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well today i have a very interesting

video on the prostate and the most

important nutrient

to maintain prostate health now this

topic was inspired by my new favorite

book called soil grass

and cancer

okay this is a book

that i found

uh it was very expensive it’s basically

250

dollars i couldn’t find any used books

but it’s filled with nutritional

information that’s just fascinating and

each chapter is very very different so

the last chapter was on insulin which i

did a video on that and then this one

was on the relationship between

zinc and the prostate gland there’s some

great data i want to share with you i

think the first thing to talk about is

this big confusion of what the prostate

gland is very few people know what the

prostate gland does

all they know is that as you get older

and enlarges and then it affects your

urination

50 of men over the age of 60

start to get an enlargement of the

prostate gland so what we do know is as

you age the prostate gets larger and

that can affect urination stream flow

libido

retention of urine and your bladder

backup of urine in the kidney

and so i think it’s important to

understand a little bit about the

prostate in identifying why this occurs

i mean it’s kind of weird that as men

age a high high percentage of them start

developing prostate problems and then

as it gets bigger you’re more at risk of

getting prostate cancer but just because

the prostate enlarges doesn’t mean

that’s cancer so let’s first start with

where the prostate is located

there’s a little bone in the front part

of your pelvis called the symphysis

pubis and the prostate is right behind

that bone okay and then the prostate

also is just underneath the bladder and

there’s a little tube that comes down

from the bladder that this prostate

wraps around and the size of the

prostate would be about equivalent to a

walnut size

so it’s not that big but it can get

quite big and then you have the rectum

which is right behind that so that’s

where it’s located but what does it do

the prostate is about 70

gland

and 30

muscle so it does two things it helps

you secrete a certain fluid which i’m

going to talk about

and it also acts as a pump during

ejaculation so it helps push this fluid

through the tube which is the same tube

is where your urine goes through

and then out of the body now sperm is

created in the testicles okay and it

takes roughly about 60 to 70 days for

sperm to

develop so the sperm travels through

this little tube up into the area of the

prostate where you have

additional glands

that produce fluid

with the fluids of the prostate gland

all mixing together into what’s called

semen

and so the purpose of semen is to

fertilize sperm and sperm is basically

just the genetics from a male body which

is then going to join with the genetics

of the ovary to form a human body so to

do that you need something to feed the

sperm which is fructose from the semen

you need certain enzymes to help

penetrate into the uterus lining because

there’s mucus there and a lot of other

factors to keep this sperm fertile and

the sperm outside the body can last

roughly about five days so on the other

end in the female you have this egg

which is inactive and it becomes active

once the sperm penetrates so that’s a

summary of what the prostate does in

relationship to these other factors now

what’s interesting about the prostate

gland in relationship to nutrition

is that it is the

gland that has the highest concentration

of zinc so the prostate has a hundred

times more concentration of zinc than

your blood because if you test your

blood and it’s normal with zinc it might

not

tell you what’s going on inside the

prostate gland so in this book i want to

mention a couple little points

he’s talking about the relationship

between a zinc deficiency and what

happens with the prostate gland

it actually enlarges there is a study

done and i will put some links down

below that shows a normal prostate okay

and the level of zinc that’s in it it’s

like 744

micrograms and then you have a mild

hypertrophy or enlarged prostate gland

that had a lesser amount of zinc which

is 486

micrograms then they tested people with

chronic prostatitis and that was at

470 micrograms now remember this is all

compared to a normal prostate gland

which has

744

micrograms and then he talks about

prostate and the cancer

related to zinc apparently that level

was actually on average 273

micrograms of

zinc so we have this relationship

between a zinc deficiency

and inflammation in the prostate gland

enlargement of the prostate gland and

susceptibility to getting prostate

cancer very very interesting the other

point i want to bring up about this is

that

you have a very powerful form of

testosterone okay called dht

so

testosterone can convert to dht

with a certain enzyme okay and that’s

called 5-alpha reductase and so

there are certain medications that

inhibit that enzyme to help reduce dht

four

now pattern baldness prostate

hypertrophy erectile dysfunction because

too much of that hormone dht

can create

bad effects but what’s interesting about

that is zinc is a natural inhibitor of

that enzyme

fascinating and we also know that people

with low testosterone are usually zinc

deficient so zinc is the most important

trace mineral to make sure your

testosterone is high

make sure that the fertility of sperm

is there and to make sure that the size

of the prostate is maintained now it’s

going to get more interesting

why would someone be deficient in zinc

that’s the big question okay i’m going

to go through the reasons

they don’t consume enough red meat now

think about this

what is the big push now with especially

men as they get over the age of 50.

don’t consume red meat red meat is bad

well they never differentiate the

quality of red meat okay they lump red

meat into one group they don’t

differentiate between processed meats

and grass-fed organic

they just lump it into one big concept

and tell you to get off red meat and

they tell you to lower your cholesterol

foods which happen to be the building

block of testosterone and then what do

they tell you to eat eat plant-based

make sure you’re eating enough whole

grains

which is loaded with phytic acid

probably the biggest thing that blocks

your ability to absorb

zinc in fact two billion people on this

planet are deficient in zinc probably

because they’re consuming too much

cereal and too many grains okay

now the other interesting thing about

aging is that when you age you lose

the concentration of stomach acids and

we need stomach acid to be able to

absorb this zinc

if you have low stomach acids you’re not

going to absorb

zinc not to mention if you’re taking an

antacid you’re going to be deficient in

zinc if you’re taking a diuretic

that medication will deplete you of zinc

if you’re taking statins

you’ll have significant zinc

deficiencies alcohol is another common

thing that will cause a zinc deficiency

consuming a lot of sugar

will cause a zinc deficiency

eating frequent meals like in snacking

lid at night while you’re watching the

tv creates insulin resistance which can

also deplete

zinc and so i’m trying to prove a point

here if you’re not consuming enough zinc

that’s going to affect your libido your

testosterone

sperm count

the size of your prostate and eventually

your urine flow one of the best sources

of zinc is shellfish as in oysters but

the second best source is red meat and

to be totally transparent i do have a

zinc product it’s my trace minerals

product but i’m going to tell you right

now taking zinc is not going to

guarantee any type of cure for enlarged

prostate lower testosterone reducing

your risk of prostate cancer

or anything related to any medical

condition because there are a lot of

other factors involved your diet how

much alcohol you drink how much stress

you go through and a lot of other

factors related to your medications etc

etc all right so now that you know a

little bit more about the relationship

between zinc and your prostate i wanted

you to watch this next video on zinc

which is quite interesting check it out

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