I call foul on One a Day, Centrum and all the rest that claim

[HysteryDiagnosis]

benefits for prostate health and so forth without clinical trials. Sure, they may include a trace amount of lycopene or a small amount of beta sitosterol, pumpkin seed extract, pygeum Africanum and so on, and then they imply that they have enough mg's of these materials to create an effect. In my opinion this is false and misleading advertising. For example, if you want to see the effects of beta-sitosterol you need roughly 20 mg per day, I am sure American testers will use 5 and call it useless. You often need to get the hell out of this country to find the truth about certain supplements used overseas for a various number of afflictions.... might I add SAFELY.


Randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind clinical trial of beta-sitosterol in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia. Beta-sitosterol Study Group.

Berges RR, Windeler J, Trampisch HJ, Senge T.

Department of Urology, Ruhr-University, Bochum, Germany.

Medical treatments have become available for benign hypertrophy of the prostate, including alpha-receptor blocking agents and 5-alpha-reductase inhibitors. Drugs derived from plants, for which no precise mechanism of action has been described, are widely used for this purpose in Europe. In a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled multicentre study, 200 patients (recruited between April and October 1993) with symptomatic benign prostatic hyperplasia were treated with either 20 mg beta-sitosterol (which contains a mixture of phytosterols) three times per day or placebo. Primary end-point was a difference of modified Boyarsky score between treatment groups after 6 months; secondary end-points were changes in International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS), urine flow, and prostate volume. Modified Boyarsky score decreased significantly with a mean of -6.7 (SD 4.0) points in the beta-sitosterol-treated group versus -2.1 (3.2) points in the placebo group p < 0.01. There was a decrease in IPSS (-7.4 <3.8> points in the beta-sitosterol-treated group vs -2.1 <3.8> points in the placebo group) and changes in urine flow parameters: beta-sitosterol treatment resulted in increasing peak flow (15.2 <5.7> mL/s from 9.9 <2.5> mL/s), and decrease of mean residual urinary volume (30.4 <39.9> mL from 65.8 <20.8> mL). These parameters did not change in the placebo group (p < 0.01). No relevant reduction of prostatic volume was observed in either group. Significant improvement in symptoms and urinary flow parameters show the effectiveness of beta-sitosterol in the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia.

Publication Types:

* Clinical Trial
* Multicenter Study
* Randomized Controlled Trial

[MadMaddie]

1. My doctor says that most people absorb very little of the vitamins

and the pills pass whole sometimes...they just gave me a stomach ache...

[HysteryDiagnosis]

2. If you purchase a vitamin that is either a food formed vitamin/

mineral supplement, you will absorb most all of it. If you purchase a vitamin/mineral supplement that contains amino-acid chelated minerals, you will absorb most of it. If you use Bioperine with your supplements, you will absorb several times more than if you do not.

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