Sunday, August 3, 2008

Natural Product: Nutritional Health Supplements – Saw Palmetto

Shaklee Online Distributor
David Duncan

I’m going address an issue that seems to get an abundance of commercial time when us guys are looking at sports on television. Do you notice how many ads there are touting an over abundance of “men’s products”? It’s hard to believe how much time the drug companies have purchased so they can promote their next miracle cure all drugs.

If you are as disgusted as I am with what is continually promoted then you might want to consider an alternative remedy. The wisdom of our ancestors in these matters is just as good if not better than the drugs being pushed on us. You won’t need to worry about the disclaimer either at the end because of the side effects doing more harm than the good of the treatment you’re starting with.

Believe it or not you can find what you may be looking for in natural nutritional health supplements but you won’t see it in an advertisement while watching your sports’ championship series.

Ancient Wisdom of the Original Naturalists

American Indians used Saw Palmetto fruit for food as a treatment for genitourinary tract disturbances, a remedy for reproductive system problems, a tonic to support the body nutritionally and as a love potion. It is now a popular and effective treatment for prostate enlargement in men but has it’s origins in natural medicine as a breast enlarger for women and is still recommended today by naturopathic physicians for increasing breast size.

As you can see our ancestors already figured out that Saw Palmetto is known for its aphrodisiac properties, as well as being helpful in maintaining a proper hormone balance in the prostate gland, which is necessary for optimal sexual function. It is used by doctors in Italy, Germany and France for benign enlargement of the prostate.

Today’s research is showing us that Saw Palmetto is excellent for treating swollen or enlarged prostate, commonly called benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Symptoms of BPH include difficulty in urinating, dull aches, impotence, difficulty maintaining an erection, urgency and waking to urinate. Regular use of saw palmetto supports normal urinary elimination, especially during the night when you’re trying to sleep..

Research indicates that up to 90% of the men that have regularly used Saw Palmetto have responded favorably. Some studies in Europe show that this herb not only reduces the discomfort and symptoms of BPH, but also reduces the actual size of the prostate gland.

Saw Palmetto the Plant

Saw Palmetto is a very drought-tolerant plant, growing in the dry flat woods, dunes, scrub and low-lying areas on the coastal plain from South Carolina to Florida and Louisiana. Saw palmetto is also known as the American dwarf palm tree, cabbage palm, and it goes by the Latin names Serenoa repens and Sabal serrulata.

It has large, broad palm-like laves that are light green inland and silvery-white in costal regions. The stem of the palm frond is serrated like a saw, hence its name. Saw Palmetto is extremely slow growing, but long lived, with some plants, especially in Florida, living for over seven hundred years.

This is a subject that a lot of men let their egos get in the way of. At least silently admit the problem to yourself, ok? My intention for presenting this information is for your education and to possibly give you the option to use alternative nutritional health supplements that you don’t need a prescription for.

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