Health Problems Part 1

Men’s Health Problems

Benign Enlargement of the Prostate
This condition, in which the prostate gland becomes swollen enough to obstruct urine flow, makes urination difficult and causes frequent trips to the bathroom during the night. It strikes most men as they age, usually by the time they reach sixty or sixty-five. Billions of dollars are spent annually managing benign enlargement of the prostate, mostly with medication and surgical procedures. However, prostate enlargement responds so well to nutritional and herbal medicine that mainstream solutions are in fact completely unnecessary. Many complementary doctors recommend a procedure called hyperthermia, which involves applying enormous amounts of heat (around 42°C/108°F) to the enlarged prostate. This practice, along with the following regimen, allows patients to avoid complication-laden surgery.

Women’s Health Problems

Cervical Dysplasia
Cervical dysplasia is a precancerous condition that can signal an increased risk of cervical cancer. It can be detected when the cells of the cervix begin to reproduce abnormally, because it causes an abnormal Pap smear reading. High doses of certain nutrients, especially prescription doses of folic acid, have reversed the majority of abnormal Pap smear readings caused by cervical dysplasia.

•Women who need to shrink uterine fibroids, prevent breast cancer recurrences or deal with endometriosis or fibrocystic breasts should keep supplemental folic acid below 600 meg.

Endometriosis and Fibrocystic Breast Disease
Endometriosis (uterine lining tissue growing elsewhere in the abdomen), fibrocystic breast disease (the benign lumpy breast condition often mistaken for early breast cancer) and uterine fibroids (the nonmalignant tumours that grow so large that hysterectomies are often recommended) are all conditions that often occur because of imbalanced female hormones; oestrogen predominates over progesterone. Supporting the liver with methionine, choline and inositol helps the body better balance the hormones by converting oestradiol to the weaker oestrogen, oestriol.

Premenstrual Syndrome
Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) has symptoms such as anger, breast tenderness, food cravings and depression that come just before the bleeding phase of the female cycle. They can often be alleviated by optimizing nutrition. Elimination of sugar and caffeine is a must, and consuming adequate protein throughout the day – not just at one meal – is essential.

Menopausal Symptoms
Women are often told that any discomforts of menopause, such as hot flushes or dry skin, can be fixed only by hormonal replacement therapy. Not so. These symptoms are in fact the first and foremost signs that the body needs optimal nutrition. While oestrogen replacement therapy carries with it significant increased risk for cancei; nutrient therapy has only positive benefits and should always be the first defencc against menopause symptoms. The nutritional therapy should be centred around large doses of folic acid as well as the hormone precursors pregnenolone and DHEA.

•Women who need to shrink uterine fibroids, prevent breast cancer recurrences or deal with endometriosis or fibrocystic breasts should keep supplemental folic acid below 600 meg.