This is a copy of a report Cassie uploaded to Bee's candida site. As my readers know, we are both on Bee's lo-2-no carb diet and have been for some time.
The load on a partner of a man with any sort of prostate problem, even benign hyperplasia like mine is big. They never know when we might go on to cancer, and the actual daily problem of bladder control can be frankly, a pain in the lower abdominal region.
~Ian
"My husband, 64 years, has been on this program for 12 months.
He has an enlarged prostate and a large kidney. About 6 months ago he had exploratory surgery because he was getting a pain in his kidney on urination. After surgery he urologist told him his enlarged kidney was 'congenital' and nothing could be done.
It was suggested that he had surgery on his prostate to help his urine stream and reduce frequency. The surgery basically bores out the insides of the prostate - which often leads to impotence. And after all that he would need more surgery in a few years time anyway.
Although the kidney pain is still there, his frequent urination and small stream from the enlarged prostate has hugely improved. He was getting up in the night up to 4 times. He is now only getting up once and sometimes not at all. During the day it was difficult going out as he would need to use a toilet very frequently. This is now not a problem.
I believe this has happened because his hormonal system has balanced out on this program.
I would like to mention also that he used to get a very bad back ache, which was crippling and would last for days. I took him off gluten several years ago and the bad back aches went away. But if he binges on gluten (which he has just done as we have been in France with the bread!) he experiences the back pain again.
He also says he has a fabulous sense of loving his food and eating less on this program."
Cassie Bond.
Ian: am I the lucky guy or what? I want to add that Cassie researched all of Bee's recommendations fully, and arrived at her own decisions based on her intensive study.
A recent review on environmental factors in human prostate cancer also found that there were protective effects of vitamin E, pulses, soy foods and high plasma 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D levels.
The Mediterranean diet is abundant in foods that may protect against prostate cancer and is associated with longevity and reduced cardiovascular and cancer mortality. Compared with many Western countries Greece has lower prostate cancer mortality and Greek migrant men in Australia have retained their low risk for prostate cancer.
Consumption of a traditional Mediterranean diet, rich in bioactive nutrients, may confer protection to Greek migrant men, and this dietary pattern offers a palatable alternative for prevention of this disease.
Now there's some good news! I LOVE the Mediterranean diet!
Here's the science.
There is a definite cycle with many good products that are introduced via Multi Level Marketing. At first expensive and only available through MLM, it seems very little time passes before many supplement products find an alternative way of being sold and at prices far more equitable. Zeolite was introduced to Australia via a US MLM company. Basically, it's a clay that has enormous absorption abilities and as such it has been sold as an excellent detox method, including its use for cancer sufferers.
I'm always skeptical of big claims made by new sellers of product and there is a problem with new MLM participants. In their inexperience they tend to make over-the-top claims and this was no exception.Whilke this post isn't an advocacy for its use - I have no ability to do so as I haven't even used it myself, I am willing to pass on stories about its use.
Recently I had Catherine and Peter, two wonderful people come in to purchase their own water alkalizer. He had been diagnosed with prostate cancer and had watched helplessly as his PSA readings rose inexorably. She was a good researcher and was able to check out Zeolite with a good degree of prior scientific knowledge
They had purchased some of the expensive MLM product. Within two weeks his PSA went from 5.5 to 2.67; lower than the level of normal health.
Of course it was still very expensive; so they were very happy to hear of a site that offered Zeolite at a much, much more reasonable price, and happy also to pass the site on to others. We're not selling it, but I'm sure many of my readers will have a friend who may be interested.
Here it is
