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BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERTROPHY AND HIGH INSULIN
A study from Sweden shows that having high levels of insulin may cause an enlarged prostate.
When a man has to stand for long time before he can start urinating, he is usually diagnosed as having Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy, which means that his prostate gland is so large that it squeezes his urinary tube and blocks the flow of urine from his bladder to the outside. Doctors don't have the foggiest idea what causes BPH, but they continue to cut out or burn prostates, even though the surgery often causes men to become incontinent, impotent, ejaculate backwards into the bladder, and have prostate infections.
This study shows that the prostate enlarges much faster in men with high blood insulin, high blood cholesterol, lower blood levels of the good HDL cholesterol, diabetes, high blood pressure, or obesity. All these conditions increase your risk for a heart attack. If future studies support this one, you can protect your prostate by eating a plant-based diet, restricting refined carbohydrates such as bakery products, pastas, sugar-added foods, and fruit juices, and checking to see if you have diabetes.
Hyperinsulinaemia as a risk factor for developing benign prostatic hyperplasia. European Urology, 2001, Vol 39, Iss 2, pp 151-158. J Hammarsten, B Hogstedt. Address Hammarsten J, Varberg Hosp, Dept Surg, Urol Sect, S-43281 Varberg, SWEDEN.
Checked 8/9/05