This video, titled "Prostate," discusses common prostate health issues like prostate cancer, benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH), and prostatitis. It emphasizes the importance of diet and lifestyle changes, such as adopting a Mediterranean diet rich in vegetables, omega-3 fish, and green tea, while limiting red meat and dairy. The video also highlights several supplements like curcumin, pomegranate, grape seed extract, milk thistle, vitamins D and E, selenium, lycopene, zinc, fish oil, saw palmetto, stinging nettle, and rosemary, explaining their potential benefits for prostate health.
Key Takeaways
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Prostate health is a significant concern for men, with prostate cancer being the second leading cause of cancer death.
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Risk factors for prostate cancer include age, family history, and race, with African-American men having a significantly higher risk.
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Benign prostate hyperplasia (BPH), or enlarged prostate, is common with age and can be impacted by hormonal changes, environmental chemicals, and excess estrogen from body fat.
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Prostatitis, inflammation of the prostate, is the most common reason for men under 50 to visit a urologist.
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A Mediterranean diet, rich in phytonutrients from vegetables (like cooked tomatoes for lycopene) and omega-3 rich fish (salmon, mackerel, anchovies, sardines, herring), is crucial for preventing prostate problems.
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Green tea, pumpkin seeds/oil, and avoiding high consumption of red meat and dairy are also recommended for prostate health.
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Regular physical activity significantly reduces the risk of prostate cancers by modulating hormones, preventing obesity, enhancing immune function, and reducing oxidative stress.
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Supplements like curcumin, pomegranate, grape seed extract, milk thistle, vitamin D, vitamin E, selenium, lycopene, zinc, fish oil, saw palmetto, stinging nettle, and rosemary are highlighted for their potential benefits in preventing prostate issues.
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Curcumin is particularly noted for its anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer properties, inhibiting tumor growth and spread.
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Rosemary, consumed frequently in cultures with long lifespans like Acciaroli, Italy, is a powerful antioxidant believed to inhibit prostate cancer.
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good morning and welcome to another
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edition of today's nutrition where we
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look at what is hot in the news what's
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new in research or any topic that can
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help us lose weight feel great and live
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longer better today and in fact all
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month long I'm going to focus on the
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health of the men in our lives we want
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them to enjoy great Health and Longevity
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too and Today's show is going to be
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about prostate health what can go wrong
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and simply what we can do to help
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prevent prostate disease biggest problem
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that affects the prostate is prostate
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cancer my grandfather and father both
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had prostate cancer so I am keen on
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being sure the men in my life are aware
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of what they can do to reduce the risk
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of developing it unfortunately it is all
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too common in the United States and it
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is the second leading cause of cancer
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death behind lung cancer so in this show
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I'm going to give you the latest on diet
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and lifestyle changes that can reduce
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the risk of developing prostate health
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issues and you're already dealing with
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some of these problems I'm going to give
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you some of the greatest tools we have
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from ancient herbs and modern
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supplements that can help reduce that
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inflammation fight prostate enlargement
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and inhibit the growth of cancer cells
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so first we're going to Dive Right deep
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into the water with prostate cancer
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prostate cancer risk begins to rise
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sharply after age about 55 and Peaks at
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about age 70 to 74 when then it starts
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to decline just a little bit typically I
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mean usually there are no symptoms at
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all with prostate cancer and thank
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heaven prostate cancer is screened by
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PSA prostate specific antigen tests
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isn't perfect no but it is a powerful
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screening tool the best we have right
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now but the risk of developing prostate
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cancer as well as other cancers
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increases with age and when we look
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closely we find that men even in their
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20s and 30s already have some lesions
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other risk factors include family
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history like brother father and that can
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actually double the risk and Race
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African-American an have a 60% higher
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risk than Caucasians and more aggressive
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with their mortality actually doubling
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Caucasians I imagine that the decline
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that we have seen that started a few
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years ago is going to reverse and we're
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going to be seeing an increase as men
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who have eaten the Western diet and has
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that been part of that Western lifestyle
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is going to reflect the same increases
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in cancer as we have seen in the colar
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Rector cancer so much so that they have
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started to recommend colonoscopies at
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much younger ages so now let's look at
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benign prostate hyperplasia en large
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prostate BPH that's when the prostate
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gland enlarges typically as men get
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older BPH is not the same as prostate
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cancer and it certainly doesn't mean
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you're going to get prostate cancer
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typically it happens you know you're
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going to notice maybe having to get up a
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lot more at night and there is also an
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increased risk of bladder infection or
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bladder stones there's a lot of research
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um review in urology BPH develops
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strictly age related phenomena you know
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they call it a phenomena but we know we
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can do a lot to decrease that but it
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usually starts at about 40 years of age
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and by 60% of the men in their 60s 60%
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have them and then 90% of the men in
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their 80s are going to have
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BPH a lot of things are going to impact
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that hormonal changes like if you're not
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detoxifying testosterone properly you
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get a lot of the BPH uh or BPT sorry and
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of course in our environment we have a
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lot of those incant disrupting chemicals
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and then there's also the thing about
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excess estrogen which means if you've
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got a lot of excess weight there is an
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enzyme called aromatase that converts
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testosterone to estrogen that is in the
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fat cells so if you got a lot of
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waistline expansion you got a lot more
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of that aromatase converting your
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testosterone to estrogen so also
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nutritional deficiencies especially zinc
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has a lot to do with it as a side note
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and I'm going to expand on that in a
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little bit it's interesting that CC
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curcumin my favorite extract of turmeric
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has been shown to inhibit the hormones
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that cause BPH conditions third
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prostatitis that is the third condition
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I'm going to cover and it's a real
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health problem with the prevalence of up
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to 16% in men it is the most common
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reason for men under the age of 50 to
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consult a urologist it generates more
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physician visits than BPH or prostate
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cancer it is irritating you know itis
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means inflammation so oh gosh when it
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gets inflamed it can be bacterial it can
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be non-bacterial or it can just be pain
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so now we're going to Pivot and look at
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how we can prevent prostate cancer now
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you know me I'm going to dig into the
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diet and exercise diet is absolutely the
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most profound thing that we can do to
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help prevent problems and you're also
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what's cool is you're also going to
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prevent a myriad of other problems
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dementia Frailty heart disease metabolic
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syndrome Advanced aging and other
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cancers starting the Mediterranean diet
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rich in phytonutrients those colors and
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when I say the Mediterranean diet
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realize I'm not saying pasta pasta and
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bread high in
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sugars starches convert to sugars and
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sugars with the insulin response you're
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increasing your cancer risk with all
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that so we don't want to go there we're
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going to go the Mediterranean diet rich
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in all the omega-3 fish we're going to
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go with all of those beautiful colorful
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vegetables and and some fruits in there
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good healthy fats number one eating a
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lot of vegetables for their
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phytonutrients these are the compounds
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that plants make to protect themselves
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so when we eat plants we get their
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energy from calories you know that's
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where we get their our calories but we
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also get the protection that they've
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made I believe these phytonutrients are
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at least as important as vitamins as we
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get older for example Tomatoes
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especially when they're cooked provide
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lycopene that is a nutrient that is
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critical for prostate health research
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shows that consumption of cooked
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tomatoes high
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consumption is really good providing
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lycopene and those antioxidant and that
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does a lot to help prevent prostate
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cancer another thing wild caught fish
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especially the ones that are high in
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omega-3 research from integrative cancer
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therapies indicate that researchers have
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found an association between higher
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intake of fish and decreased risk of
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prostate cancer all those things that
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are related to death the acronym smash
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helps to remember the good fish salmon
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mackerel and chovies sardines and hering
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okay I love aurelli Italy okay I'm going
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to talk a little bit more about that
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later but
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aeri that's where 15% of the population
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is over 100 years old with no typical
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signs of aging like cataracts and heart
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disease and osteoporosis and dementia
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yeah aeri itery I'm going there they eat
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a lot of anchovies and rosemary that I'm
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going to talk a little bit about later
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so remember aeri and let's go there
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second thing I'm going to talk about
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green tea green tea is the number one
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beverage for anti-ag aging because it's
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got the highest level of antioxidants
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promotes detoxification and prostate
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health okay so a study of a lot of
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research the cancer prevention reported
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that men with the lowest risk of
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developing prostate cancer were drinking
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five cups of green tea a day another
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thing pumpkin seed and pumpkin seed oil
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they have a lot of those plant
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carotenoids and a lot of fat soluble
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vitamins they really are powerful they
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contain zinc and also nutrients that
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really reduce
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inflammation one thing I am going to say
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is avoiding High consumption of meat red
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meat and dairy According to some
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research High consumption of dairy
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products and meat products are linked to
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a greater risk of prostate cancer um
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also research shows that men with higher
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intakes of Cal calcium unopposed to
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vitamin D had an almost 5-fold increase
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in prostate cancer okay so be sure
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you're keeping your D up there we've
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also found that the highest Dairy intake
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is also associated with more hormone
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related cancers I know we love our
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cheese but it is best to keep it to a
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minimum a lot of hormones and cheese a
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lot of the saturated fat there's just a
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lot of things so I really recom
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recommend we keep it to about once a
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week to help prevent
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cancers then finally physical activity
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oh boy that reduces the risk of prostate
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cancers and so much more the average
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risk reduction was about
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30% and I believe it's the ability to
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exercise you know the ability of
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exercise to modulate hormones prevent
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obesity enhance immune function and
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reduce oxidative stress I have a list of
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over 30 benefits from exercise I could
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have gone on but I stopped at 30 it is
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at least as important as a Dietrich in
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vegetables exercise so if you want a
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great long life exercise is a
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non-negotiable so now what you've been
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waiting for it's the supplements that
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can help prevent cancer specifically
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prostate cancer my number one circumin
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stops inflammation stops tumors so much
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research on it most of you probably know
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that circumin is on the top of my list
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of one of the most beneficial
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anti-cancer Botanical compounds ever
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known and that holds for prostate 2 a
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strong anti-inflammatory that doesn't
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come with any warnings unlike nides that
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can damage the liver can damage the
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stomach curcumin boy I mean it's it's
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its benefits are it seems practically
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unlimited come into the shop I'll give
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you a book on it it's you know one of
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the
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things that causes tumor formations is
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inflammation in fact the Cox 2 enzyme
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most associated with physical pain also
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plays a role in prostate cancer lesion
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so curcumin unmatched in keeping those
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inflammatory Pathways in check you be
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sure I am sure I have my brothers taking
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these that is
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an absolute so much research on curcumin
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and cancer aside from those Pathways it
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also prevents the development of blood
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vessels that would feed the tumors it's
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called
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anti-angiogenesis if tumors can't get
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blood supply they can't grow and the
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body has a better chance of detecting
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them and destroying them circumin
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inhibits so many mechanisms that allow
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cancer to spread so boy as you going to
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see why it's my favorite and talk to
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your oncologist about this but I think
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it is a powerful tool and it's also
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being used during chemotherapy and
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radiation so that lower levels can be
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employed okay I think it's just
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fascinating you know so many things that
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circumin can do but now let's go
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pomegranate pomegranate twoyear study
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men with increased levels of PSA that's
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a marker that we talked about they were
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consuming 8 O ounces of pomegranate
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juice daily PSA levels declined about
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35% in some of the patients plus there
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was a 12% decrease in cell growth and a
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177% in cell increase in cell cancer
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cell death 177% rise in cancer cell
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death unfortunately if you're drinking
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the juice you're getting lots of sugar
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and fructose and you know I like that
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and you're also missing out on omega5
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fatty acid Punic acid and research shows
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that that inhibits PSA and stops the
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growth of blood vessels another one
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grape seed extract really high in the
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opcs
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proanthocyanidins there's been a lot of
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research that shows the development and
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tumor growth in prostate cells is
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inhibited by these opcs and grape seed
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extract next milk thistle not just for
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the liver it is really good also for
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stopping the development of those blood
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vessels that feed the tumors plus really
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good for the liver vitamin D I could go
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on and on about vitamin D there's so
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much research showing that men with low
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vitamin D have more aggressive prostate
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cancers genetically I know I have the
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trait that makes me less less efficient
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at using vitamin D maybe this is why my
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father and grandfather were at increased
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risk of prostate cancer Harvard Medical
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School clinical studies showed 14% of
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the participants all of European descent
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had genes associated with less efficient
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use of vitamin D and that they were more
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susceptible to certain cancers you bet I
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keep my vitamin D level at least at
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60 then we have vitamin D or vitamin E
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we have selenium we have lopine we have
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zinc we have fish oil we have Sal petto
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we have stingy nettle and we have
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Rosemary remember at choli Italy where
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15% of the population is over a 100 and
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superagers well they're at the epicenter
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of
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Rosemary you you better believe I have
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added Rosemary to my daily supplement
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intake Rosemary powerful
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antioxidant believed to have molecular
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mechanisms that carnosic acid and
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carnosol may inhibit prostate cancer you
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know Rosemary all also is high in beta
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keratin cafeic acid luteolin uh rosemar
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acid certain tannins carnosic acid and
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Rose let's see Ros marinic acid and
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hesperadin you know the rose
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marinic acid there you go it's so rich
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in so many things that we're going to be
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discovering for years that's why I look
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at cultures who have lived long and well
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and I just do what they do while science
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figures out why it works we can
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obviously see that what we're doing here
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in the United States is not working the
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Western diet and lifestyle is making us
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sicker and weaker with each passing year
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okay I'll get off my pulpit and back to
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research and another thing about
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Rosemary several studies have indicated
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that the aroma of Rosemary can actually
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help the prevent the breakdown of
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acetylcholine and AC acetylcholine is
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that brain chemical that is attributed
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to cognitive function boosting alertness
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and concentration Rosemary of course
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before using any of these alternative
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medicines or or anything in the
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treatment of prostate problems consult
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your health care practitioner and just
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to be sure there's no interactions
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another thing I want to mention
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frankincense boswelia and the essential
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oil myrrh has a lot of research that you
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may want to look into but thanks for
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listening to another edition of today's
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nutrition I hope it helped you or
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someone you love as always you can
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Deb Ford DCN RDN
Jul 24, 2024
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In this show, I am going to give you the latest on the diet and lifestyle changes, that can reduce the risk of developing prostate health issues. And if you’re already dealing with some of these problems, I am going to give you the greatest tools we have with ancient herbs and modern supplements that can help you to reduce inflammation, fight prostate enlargement and inhibit the growth of cancer cells.