What vegetables to eat for prostate health

If you want to maintain prostate health every day, you should give priority to home-cooked vegetables such as cruciferous vegetables, ripe tomatoes, and fresh pumpkin sprouts. There is no need to look for rare and expensive functional ingredients.

A few years ago, I helped my father adjust his diet for prostate hyperplasia. At that time, he had to wake up three or four times a night and couldn't sleep well. He was not energetic. In addition to following the doctor's instructions and taking medicine to control hyperplasia, I arranged three meals a week of stir-fried broccoli and two meals of stewed beef brisket with tomatoes. In time for the pumpkin season in spring and summer. He would also cook a lot when he was getting pregnant. He persisted like this for more than three months, and the number of times he woke up at night was basically reduced to once a night. During the reexamination, his PSA (prostate specific antigen, the core monitoring indicator of prostate health) was also stable in the safe range. The doctor praised him for doing a good job in adjusting his diet.

When chatting with a familiar urologist before, he also said that in clinical dietary guidance for patients with prostate problems, they never recommend any niche ingredients. They are all vegetables that can be bought in the market. The key is to eat them for a long time, not just eating them once or twice to get results. The isothiocyanates in cruciferous vegetables such as broccoli, kale, and purple cabbage are like gentle daily cleaning of the prostate. They can help reduce chronic inflammatory reactions and reduce the risk of abnormal hyperplasia. Even men without prostate problems, there is no harm in eating more.

However, when it comes to tomatoes, there are quite a lot of different opinions. In the early years, popular nutrition science emphasized that they must be fried in hot oil until soft. Lycopene is said to be fat-soluble and cannot be absorbed without oil or frying. However, a relevant study published in the "American Journal of Clinical Nutrition" last year also mentioned As long as there are other fat-containing dishes in the meal, even raw tomatoes, lycopene can be absorbed normally. There is no need to fry them with heavy oil. People who are afraid of high blood lipids can eat sliced tomatoes with greasy dishes such as fried eggs and braised pork ribs, and the effect will not be much different.

There are also fresh pumpkin sprouts that are common in the South, which are the tender tips of pumpkins. They are very delicious when stir-fried or boiled with eggs and boiled in soup. The phytosterols in them have a good auxiliary effect on relieving the swelling and difficulty in urination caused by prostate hyperplasia. Several old men with mild hyperplasia around me usually eat a meal every three to five, and they all report that urination is much smoother.

To be honest, diet is only part of the daily maintenance of prostate health. If you have frequent urination, painful urination, lower abdominal distension, or abnormal indicators, it is important to see a urologist for investigation as soon as possible. Don't just rely on eating vegetables to delay treatment. After all, diet therapy is only an auxiliary and cannot replace formal medical intervention.