By age 50, most men suffer some degree of Prostate disease. They get recurrent prostatitis (inflammation of the prostate, usually caused by infection), or benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH, overgrowth of the prostate gland), or both. By age 85, over 90% of men develop prostate cancer. Urologists are loathe to admit that earlier prostate disease eventually develops into cancer, because how it does so is still unclear. Nevertheless, the figures are undeniable.

Up until a few years ago, degenerative conditions, such as prostate disease, were thought to be inevitable consequences of human aging. Recent discoveries, however, indicate they are much more the consequences of faulty nutrition and lifestyle. Yes, we have created much of the prostate disease that now plagues our lives. The good news is: being man-made, the circumstances that create a lot of prostate disease are easy to discover — and to change. When they are changed by strong public health policies, a great deal of prostate disease will simply disappear. Until that occurs, which may take quite some time, you will have to take care of yourself.

Right now, virtually nothing is being done to prevent prostate disease. To the contrary, the increasing pollution of our environment, the destruction of nutrients in our food supply by mass agriculture and food processing, and the progressive adoption of unhealthy lifestyles continue to increase the degenerative burden on all tissues, including the prostate.

The incidence of prostate disease and the death rate from prostate cancer have soared in the last 30 years. In America, during the last decade alone, the death rate for prostate cancer has grown to nearly twice that for breast cancer. It is now the second leading cause of cancer death in American men, with over 300,000 new cases springing up every year. With the right information, however, you should be able to prevent it for life.


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