Prostate hypertrophy initiates the same hormone - testosterone, which in the young provides masculinity, and at the same time its excess deprives the male head of excess hair. So if a man comes to a characteristic bend when he is young, it is a sign that he should take care of the prostate after the age of 50.
Frequenturia and other ailments are caused by the growth of the prostate gland.
Prostate is an organ of small size, located directly under the bladder. It surrounds the section of the urethra coming out of the bladder and overgrowing with its internal tissue - the so-called antebellum - "squeezes like a hoop" urinary tract. This narrows the ureteral light and impedes the outflow of urine from the bladder.
The prostate gland, called the prostate or prostate, nature was located in the body of a man under the bladder. The enlargement of the gland causes the narrowing of the urethra, a tubular duct that is urinated from the bladder. This causes a lot of different symptoms, most of which are associated with impaired urination.
Due to the pressure of the enlarged prostate, the urinary bladder does not completely empty.
Urinating favors among others urinary tract infections and urolithiasis, which can lead to complete urinary retention, renal parenchyma and renal failure. The latter means slow self-infestation of the body.
Treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia consists primarily of on reducing the tension of muscle fibers in the prostate and prostatic urethra.
Muscle fibers shrunk under the influence of this tension, like a small "hoop" squeeze the urinary tract and narrow its light. Relaxation of this muscle rim increases the lumen of the urinary tract and leads to the full excretion of urine from the bladder. This can be achieved with the help of phytosterols specific lipid-steroid substances contained in some plants.
Plant phytosterols inhibit prostatic growth!
They regenerate the epithelial cells of the prostate gland, stimulate its secretory activity, associated with the production of seminal fluid, reduce swelling and hyperplasia of the stroma. In total, they turn out to be beneficial for men over 50, suffering from benign prostatic hyperplasia and the associated difficulty in urinating.
Among the most important medicinal plants that provide phytosterols are mentioned such raw materials as:
♦ African plum bark,
♦ pumpkin seeds,
♦ nettle root,
♦ corn germs
♦ the fruits of the dwarf palm (saw palmetto), etc.
What heals in phytosterols and why?
In part, we have already mentioned the healing properties of lipid steroid substances. Let's repeat once more: they regenerate the prostatic epithelial cells, reduce swelling and hyperplasia of the stroma. Some of their properties are due to the fact that these substances called phytosterols are similar to human sex hormones. This is due to the fact that the proper condition of the prostate, also known as the prostate, corresponds to a suitable, not too high, hormone called testosterone, and especially its active form - dihydrotestosterone, called DHT. When the level of this hormone in the blood increases too much, the prostate begins to grow morbidly squeeze like a "tight hoop" of the urinary tract - which makes it difficult to urinate and provokes prostatitis.
How do phytosterols affect the "overgrown" prostate?
These substances reduce prostate hypertrophy and the elasticity of its walls, which relaxes the "compressed rim" on the urethra. The tension of the urethra and bladder muscles also decreases.These properties make the strength and volume of urine disposed once better. A man may use the toilet less often, he does not have to get up at night and he stops worrying about the prospect of prostate surgery as a final and highly effective treatment.
What is the mechanism of action of plant hormones? Well, phytosterols thanks to their properties are able to eliminate the "prostate killer"
The twin similarity of plant phytosterols to human hormones means that these substances, in living organisms, can imitate each other and replace each other. And so, phytosterols mimicking the effects of human hormones suggest to the body that they have produced too many of them. This stops the production of the human hormone, as well as raw materials for its production. It is necessary to know that DHT - a "prostate killer" arises as a result of biochemical changes with an otherwise well-known and badly associated substance - cholesterol. Cholesterol is supplied with food, or is produced in the liver. The more cholesterol in the food, the less it produces the body itself and vice versa ...
Phytosterols are endowed with this universal feature that both limit the absorption of dietary cholesterol in the gastrointestinal tract, as well as reduce its production by the liver and exacerbate excretion.
The reason is the aforementioned twin similarity to human hormones. Thanks to it, the plant hormone imitates effectively its human counterpart - simulating its large excess in the body. The cheated organism blocks the mechanisms of intestinal absorption of the raw material for the production of the hormone - cholesterol - from food and from bile acids (in the liver), from which it is usually recovered. "Cheated" are also enzymes that produce cholesterol from the fat circulating in the blood, which, in the presence of phytosterols, it seems that they have produced enough of this substance, and therefore cease to work. It causes -
decrease in cholesterol!
- and this in turn results in a reduction in DHT levels! However, this is not the end but only the first stage of beneficial phytosterol interactions. DHT is not formed directly from cholesterol, but through intermediates, the most important of which is the known male hormone testosterone. An enzyme converts testosterone into DHT directly.
Some phytosterols are so similar to testosterone that the enzyme is "wrong"
And instead of converting testosterone, it takes for the treatment of phytosterols, turning it into a substance that does not damage the prostate. Researchers do not exclude that some phytosterols, because of the similarity of structure, settle in the prostatic gland on sites "reserved" for DHT (in the so-called receptors), thereby blocking the inflow of DHT, and themselves being free of hormonal activity, do not harm the prostate .
Hyperplasia of the prostate gland usually accompanies inflammation.
Many phytosterols mimic human anti-inflammatory hormones - corticosteroids and thus, in addition, relieve symptoms of the disease. It should be remembered, however, that even eliminating the difficulty of urinating due to plant phytosterols does not absolve anyone from periodic visits to the urologist. Already in the first, mild phase of the disease, which can be treated with preparations containing plant phytosterols, it should be based on a simple study to exclude prostate cancer, quite common in men.
