Men’ s Health: Natural health approaches for better prostate health
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the health benefits of soybeans
Helps Prevent Prostate Cancer Studies continue to show that soybeans can help promote healthy prostate function. Soybeans are rich in isoflavones. These are powerful antioxidants that help inhibit the enzymes which stimulate prostate cell growth. Men in Asia have low cancer rates that have been attributed to eating soybeans.
Prostate Cancer Prostate cancer is feared by many men because the changes to the prostate, from around the age of 40, can be unpleasant or even painful, although sometimes those suffering from prostate cancer have experienced little to no symptoms at all. There is evidence to suggest that a healthier diet along with key nutrients and phytochemicals may reduce the risk of prostate cancer. Diagnosis tends to occur at an older age and tumors tend to be slow growing. It is possible that changes in diet and exercise could lead
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