Prostate supplements and prostate vitamins play a huge role in the overall health of the prostate gland. Many of the enlarged prostate treatment regimes could be avoided if not drastically reduced with only a few life style changes and targeted supplementation. I am also, if you haven’t already deduced, a great fan of external prostate massage. I have actually gone out on a limb with the latter and personally recommended aProstate Cradle which will more than do the job. I maintain that every man over the age of forty should have one of these.

The prostate supplement I want to talk about in this article is Saw Palmetto. The majority of men with challenging prostate issues will have heard of this prostate herb, as I call it, because it has stood the test of time. The next paragraph is a direct quote I use frequently to offer confidence in the use of this natural product.

“A three year trial in Germany found that taking 160mg of saw palmetto extract twice daily reduced the need for night-time urination in 73% of patients and significantly improved urinary flow rates. In a double blind trial, 160mg of saw palmetto extract taken twice daily was found to treat BPH as effectively as finasteride(Proscar) without side effects such as loss of libido.”

Saw Palmetto is a shrub-like palm and is found in parts of the Mediterranean area and is also found in the south eastern part of the United States. The fruit is a berry about the size of an olive and picked when ripe. It goes through a process where it is partially dried and then used for medicinal purposes. Apparently, the seeds have a soapy taste and are really quite unpleasant. I will have to take that as read because I have never tasted the berry itself.

So how does this prostate supplement qualify as an enlarged prostate treatment remedy? In a nut shell, the over production of dihydrotestosterone (DHT) is the main reason for the enlargement process. And it is the free fatty acids and sterols found in the saw palmetto extract which actively reduces the amount of DHT produced by the body.

Saw Palmetto is proved to be effective in the treatment of BPH( benign prostatic hyperplasia) and is also considerably cheaper than prescribed drugs. Most doctors are now fully aware of the benefits of the extract from this berry, so why not discuss the subject with your doctor if you have concerns about your prostate health.

Prevention has to be better than cure so even if you don’t have BPH, adopt an external massage routine and supplement with saw palmetto and ensure you have a healthy prostate well into old age. A healthy prostate is so important to a healthy love life that you might find this site a useful source of information.