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Roberts brian에 의해One of the biggest problems that we, as men, face as we get older is BPH, benign prostatic hyperplasia. The prostate gland starts to grow and as it grows it can choke off that urethra that runs through it and we can get many different types of symptoms including increased urination, difficulties starting and maintaining a urine stream, a weak urine stream, urinary urgency, a feeling of incomplete bladder emptying, and urinary retention. And these symptoms can definitely significantly impact the quality of our life.
We, as men, have testosterone. You know, we have the beard, the deep voice, our male characteristics, it affects our growth, our muscles, and many more things. But what happens is, as time goes on, that testosterone converts to dihydrotestosterone and the enzyme 5-alpha-reductase is the key enzyme that allows this to happen.
So what happens is, as we get too much of this dihydrotestosterone, this leads to hypertrophy or hyperplasia of our prostate that continues to grow bigger bigger and it actually makes us more bald as well. It allows our hair follicles to start falling out. So too much of this dihydrotestosterone can be quite on the downside than on the plus side.
So these types of drugs that you hear about, the pharmaceutical drugs, what it does, it inhibits the enzyme of this alpha-5-reductase to take place, preventing the change of testosterone to dihydrotestosterone so it doesn't happen. So there are other herbs which I'll get into after, but there is one fat-soluble vitamin they have found that could do wonderful things to help shrink the prostate. That's vitamin D. And now medicine has brought out an awareness that
