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(NaturalNews) All the disinformation being spread about Ebola by the U.S. government and the complicit mass media will unfortunately make the Ebola pandemic far worse. That's because the public isn't being told the truth about how Ebola spreads and how individuals can help prevent transmission of the disease.
At every level of media and government, protecting the financial interests of drug companies appears to be far more important than protecting public health. So people aren't told the truth about how Ebola spreads and how they can increase their ability to survive a global pandemic.
Here are five of the biggest lies being spread about Ebola right now. Once you've reviewed the lies, learn the truth at www.BioDefense.com
Lie #1) Ebola won't ever come to the United States
Not only has Ebola already spread to America, but a top scientist who used to work for the FDA now says this is only the beginning and that Ebola will spread in America. [1]
As printed in The Extinction Protocol: "...it appears several people were exposed before the individual was placed in isolation, and it is quite possible that one or more of his contacts will be infected," he added. What's more, he conceded that it was "only a matter of time" that the swift-killing African virus arrived in the U.S.
Lie #2) Ebola is only spread via direct contact with body fluids
This outrageous medical lie may soon cost the lives of millions of innocent people. In truth, Ebola can spread through the air over short distances via aerosols - airborne particles.
Ebola can also spread via contaminated surfaces. When an infected patient makes contact with a surface such as a doorknob or ATM keypad, they may leave behind the Ebola virus which survives for many minutes or hours in the open, depending on environmental conditions (temperature, humidity, etc.) Another person who touches the same surface may then become instantly infected by simply touching their own eyes, nose or mouth.
The ability of Ebola to spread via contaminated surfaces is why victims in Africa have become infected by riding in taxi cabs. This also means any form of public transportation -- airplanes, ambulances, subways -- may harbor the virus and accelerate the spread of an outbreak.
Like all viruses, Ebola is destroyed by sunlight. But it can remain viable for a surprisingly long time in environments where sunlight never reaches -- such as underground subways, which are the perfect breeding grounds for viral transmission.
Lie #3) Don't worry: Health authorities have everything under control
The overarching lie about Ebola that's being repeated by the U.S. government is "Don't worry, we have it under control!"
Of course, the fact that an infected Ebola victim just flew right into the country with Ebola, then walked around the city of Dallas for 10 days while carrying Ebola, utterly belies the false promises of health authorities who claim to have things under control.
In truth, Ebola is completely out of control which is precisely why its sudden appearance in a Dallas hospital surprised nearly everyone. The sobering fact of the matter is that despite all the money being spent on "homeland security," DHS has no way to stop Ebola from walking right into the USA, including on foot from our wide open southern border.
While the public can be easily lied to and told everything is under control, behind closed doors at the highest levels of government, everybody knows this pandemic could rapidly become a global killer that no one can stop.
Lie #4) The only defense against Ebola is a vaccine or a pharmaceutical drug
This lie may get millions of people killed if the Ebola outbreak gets worse. In a desperate bid to make sure Ebola generates billions of dollars in profits for vaccine makers and pharmaceutical companies, the CDC, FDA and even the FTC routinely censor truthful information about natural treatments that might hold promise (such as colloidal silver).
Companies that offer extremely beneficial essential oils and colloidal silver products have already been threatened with criminal arrest and prosecution by the FDA. The mainstream media remains complicit in the systematic oppression of natural cures, printing the FDA's propaganda while completely avoiding any balanced reporting that might highlight the extraordinary anti-viral capabilities of many medicinal herbs as I've described in Episode Six of Pandemic Preparedness.
If we really want to stop the spread of this viral pandemic right now, both government and the media should be urging citizens to boost their immune defenses by consuming more nutritious foods, herbal spices, superfoods and anti-viral plants (which include peppermint, basil, rosemary, cinnamon and oregano, just to name a few).
Everyone should be immediately urged to make sure they have sufficient vitamin D circulating in their blood, and those who have low vitamin D -- which includes just about everyone in America today -- should be urged to take vitamin D supplements.
But instead of urging the public to enhance their immune function and boost their natural defenses against Ebola, everyone is ridiculously told to "wash your hands" and wait around for a drug company to introduce an Ebola vaccine.
Lie #5) Ebola came out of nowhere and was a random fluke of nature
The modern-day version of Ebola that's so aggressively circulating today may actually be a bioengineered virus, according to one scientist who wrote a front-page story in Liberia's largest newspaper.
"Ebola is a genetically modified organism (GMO)," declared Dr. Cyril Broderick, Professor of Plant Pathology, in a front-page story published in the Liberian Observer. [2]
He goes on to explain: [Horowitz] confirmed the existence of an American Military-Medical-Industry that conducts biological weapons tests under the guise of administering vaccinations to control diseases and improve the health of "black Africans overseas."
https://patents.google.com/patent/CA2741523A1/en Further supporting this genetic engineering research claim, the U.S. government patented Ebola in 2010 and now claims intellectual property ownership over all Ebola variants. That patent number is CA2741523A1, viewable at this link.
This means the U.S. government claims all control over Ebola research, too, because any research project involving replication of the virus would violate the government's patent.
In fact, the vastly improved transmission ability of the Ebola strain currently circulating (compared to previous outbreaks in years past) has many people convinced this strain is a "weaponized" variant which either broke through containment protocols at government labs or was intentionally deployed as a population control weapon.
Several U.S. scientists have openly called for global depopulation using genetically engineered bioweapons such as Ebola. Dr. Eric Pianka of the University of Texas at Austin reportedly advocated the use of Ebola to wipe out 90% of the human population, according to Life Site News. [3]
It appears he may soon get his wish. If the current Ebola explosion continues, the global population may be in serious jeopardy and many millions could die.
Those who wish to live through a global pandemic should learn how to get prepared now by listening to the audio chapters at www.BioDefense.com
Collecting Rainwater Now Illegal in Many States as Big Government Claims Ownership Over Our Water
Many of the freedoms we enjoy here in the U.S. are quickly eroding as the nation transforms from the land of the free into the land of the enslaved, but what I’m about to share with you takes the assault on our freedoms to a whole new level. You may not be aware of this, but many Western states, including Utah, Washington and Colorado, have long outlawed individuals from collecting rainwater on their own properties because, according to officials, that rain belongs to someone else.
As bizarre as it sounds, laws restricting property owners from “diverting” water that falls on their own homes and land have been on the books for quite some time in many Western states.
Only recently, as droughts and renewed interest in water conservation methods have become more common, have individuals and business owners started butting heads with law enforcement over the practice of collecting rainwater for personal use.
Check out this news report out of Salt Lake City, Utah, about the issue. It’s illegal in Utah to divert rainwater without a valid water right, and Mark Miller of Mark Miller Toyota, found this out the hard way.
Mark Miller Toyota Green Dealership Water Story
It’s illegal in Utah to divert rainwater without a valid water right...
After constructing a large rainwater collection system at his new dealership to use for washing new cars, Miller found out that the project was actually an “unlawful diversion of rainwater.” Even though it makes logical conservation sense to collect rainwater for this type of use since rain is scarce in Utah, it’s still considered a violation of water rights which apparently belong exclusively to Utah’s various government bodies.
“Utah’s the second driest state in the nation. Our laws probably ought to catch up with that,” explained Miller in response to the state’s ridiculous rainwater collection ban.
Salt Lake City officials worked out a compromise with Miller and are now permitting him to use “their” rainwater, but the fact that individuals like Miller don’t actually own the rainwater that falls on their property is a true indicator of what little freedom we actually have here in the U.S. (Access to the rainwater that falls on your own property seems to be a basic right, wouldn’t you agree?)
(NaturalNews) An Oregon landowner has been subjected to a 30-day prison sentence for what he says was a simple act of collecting rainwater on his own property. CNS Newsreports that Gary Harrington was convicted of nine misdemeanors and sentenced to 30 days in prison, as well as slapped with a $1,500 fine, for diverting snow runoff and rainwater into three reservoirs on his property, a move that local officials say violates an antiquated law governing personal water use.
Known as the “Rain Main,” Harrington reportedly built the reservoirs, which hold some 13 million gallons of water, for his own personal use. One of the reservoirs he stocked with largemouth bass for leisure purposes, and when wildfires emerge in the area, he says the water from this and the other two reservoirs can be used for mitigatory purposes. In Harrington’s mind, the operation is perfectly legal and a legitimate use of his own property.
But the state of Oregon disagrees, claiming that Harrington is actually diverting water intended for the Big Butte Creek watershed and its tributaries, which are governed by the nearby city of Medford, onto his own property. Some have even accused Harrington of hoarding natural resources that do not belong to him, insisting that he should instead allow water that runs onto his property to flow into the city’s water coffers for redistribution.
“They issued me my permits,” stated Harrington to CNS News about the legality of his water collection efforts. “I had my permits in hand and they retracted them just arbitrarily, basically. They took them back and said, ‘No, you can’t have them.’ So I’ve been fighting it ever since.”
Utah isn’t the only state with rainwater collection bans, either. Colorado and Washington also have rainwater collection restrictions that limit the free use of rainwater, but these restrictions vary among different areas of the states and legislators have passed some laws to help ease the restrictions.
In Colorado, two new laws were recently passed that exempt certain small-scale rainwater collection systems, like the kind people might install on their homes, from collection restrictions.
Prior to the passage of these laws, Douglas County, Colorado, conducted a study a study on how rainwater collection affects aquifer and groundwater supplies. The study revealed that letting people collect rainwater on their properties actually reduces demand from water facilities and improves conservation.
Personally, I don’t think a study was even necessary to come to this obvious conclusion. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that using rainwater instead of tap water is a smart and useful way to conserve this valuable resource, especially in areas like the West where drought is a major concern.
Additionally, the study revealed that only about three percent of Douglas County’s precipitation ended up in the streams and rivers that are supposedly being robbed from by rainwater collectors. The other 97 percent either evaporated or seeped into the ground to be used by plants.
This hints at why bureaucrats can’t really use the argument that collecting rainwater prevents that water from getting to where it was intended to go. So little of it actually makes it to the final destination that virtually every household could collect many rain barrels worth of rainwater and it would have practically no effect on the amount that ends up in streams and rivers.
It’s all about control, really
As long as people remain unaware and uninformed about important issues, the government will continue to chip away at the freedoms we enjoy. The only reason these water restrictions are finally starting to change for the better is because people started to notice and they worked to do something to reverse the law.
Even though these laws restricting water collection have been on the books for more than 100 years in some cases, they’re slowly being reversed thanks to efforts by citizens who have decided that enough is enough.
Because if we can’t even freely collect the rain that falls all around us, then what, exactly, can we freely do? The rainwater issue highlights a serious overall problem in America today: diminishing freedom and increased government control.
Today, we’ve basically been reprogrammed to think that we need permission from the government to exercise our inalienable rights, when in fact the government is supposed to derive its powerfromus. The American Republic was designed so that government would serve the People to protect and uphold freedom and liberty. But increasingly, our own government is restricting people from their rights to engage in commonsense, fundamental actions such ascollecting rainwater or buying raw milk from the farmer next door.
Today, we are living under a government that has slowly siphoned off our freedoms, only to occasionally grant us back a few limited ones under the pretense that they’re doing us a benevolent favor.
Fight back against enslavement
As long as people believe their rights stem from the government (and not the other way around), they will always be enslaved. And whatever rights and freedoms we think we still have will be quickly eroded by a system of bureaucratic power that seeks only to expand its control.
Because the same argument that’s now being used to restrict rainwater collection could, of course, be used to declare that you have no right to the air you breathe, either. After all, governments could declare that air to be somebody else’s air, and then they could charge you an “air tax” or an “air royalty” and demand you pay money for every breath that keeps you alive.
Think it couldn’t happen? Just give it time. The government already claims it owns your land and house, effectively. If you really think you own your home, just stop paying property taxes and see how long you still “own” it. Your county or city will seize it and then sell it to pay off your “tax debt.” That proves who really owns it in the first place… and it’s not you!
How about the question of who owns your body? According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark office, U.S. corporations and universities already own 20% of your genetic code. Your own body, they claim, is partially the property of someone else.
So if they own your land, your water and your body, how long before they claim to own your air, your mind and even your soul?
Unless we stand up against this tyranny, it will creep upon us, day after day, until we find ourselves totally enslaved by a world of corporate-government collusion where everything of value is owned by powerful corporations — all enforced at gunpoint by local law enforcement.
Article was first sited on Natural News website. //
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Saha palmetto oli suosittu kansanhoito jota amerikan intiaanit käyttivät moniin terveysongelmiin joita nykyaikainen lääketiede pitää parantumattomina. Vuosisatoja sitten muinaiset heimot käyttivät tämän kasvin marjoja hoitona hiustenlähtöön ja kaljuuntumiseen.
Kun sitä käytetään hiusjuuriin Saha palmetto-uute ei salli testosteronin muutosta dihydrotestosteroniksi (DHT), joka on tärkeä ja vaikuttava tekijä hiustenlähdön alkamisessa ja lopulta kaljuuntumisessa. 11 kliinistä tutkimusta näyttävät että Saha palmetto todella aiheuttaa hiustenkasvua ja ehkäisee hiustenlähdön jatkumista ja kaljuuntumista.
Sahapalmu (Serenoa serrulata, Sabal serrulata) on amerikkalainen pienikokoinen palmukasvi, jonka hedelmäuutetta on perinteisesti käytetty virtsaamisvaivojen hoidossa miehillä. Rohdoksesta on aikaisemmin käytetty suomenkielistä nimeä kääpiöpalmu, joka on kuitenkin toisen palmukasvin (Chamaerops humilis) virallinen suomenkielinen nimi.
Kansanlääkintä
Kääpiöpalmua käytettiin tämän vuosisadan alkupuolella mietona diureettina, kroonisessa rakkotulehduksessa ja sitä pidettiin myös hyvänä lääkkeenä suurentuneen eturauhasen hoitoon. Sen jälkeen se poistui joksikin aikaa käytöstä kunnes 1960-luvulla siitä löydettiin sitosteroleja ja se koki uuden tulon luonnonlääkkeenä.
Sahapalmu sisältää vaikuttavina aineina rasvahappoja ja kasvisteroleita, joista tärkein on beetasitosteroli. Useissa tutkimuksissa on käytetty ranskalaisen tehtaan valmistamaa, vakioitua sahapalmun hedelmäuutetta, joka sisältää 70–95 % rasvahappoja.
Viime vuosina tehdyissä kliinisissä kokeissa on havaittu, että kääpiöpalmun lipofiilisillä (rasvaliukoisilla) uutteilla on suotuisa vaikutus hyvänlaatuisen eturauhasen liikakasvun oireisiin, kuten rakon epätäydelliseen tyhjentymiseen, yölliseen virtsaamiseen ja virtsasuihkun heikkouteen.
Sahapalmun vaikutus perustuu samaan mekanismiin kuin eturauhasen liikakasvun hoidossa käytettyjen lääkkeiden vaikutus. Sahapalmun sisältämät kasvisterolit estävät testosteronin muuttumista aktiivisemmaksi dihydrotestosteroniksi (DHT), ja miessukuhormonivaikutus eturauhasessa vähenee.
Tätä hormonivaikutusta pidetään ensisijaisena syynä eturauhasen liikakasvuun.
Käyttötarkoitus
Sahapalmun hedelmäuutetta suositetaan lievittämään eturauhasen hyvänlaatuisen liikakasvun aiheuttamia vaivoja, joiden syntymisen taustalla ovat pitkälti hormonaaliset muutokset.
Sen sijaan se ei pienennä jo suurentunutta eturauhasta.
Huomioitavaa
On tärkeää, että sahapalmuvalmisteiden käyttö aloitetaan vasta lääkärin todettua, että kyseessä ei ole jokin eturauhasen vakava sairaus. Eturauhasen turpoaminen saattaa johtua myös tulehduksesta tai pahanlaatuisesta kasvaimesta, joiden oireet voivat muistuttaa hyvänlaatuisen liikakasvun aiheuttamia oireita.
Tutkittua tietoa
Lääkelaitos on hyväksynyt rohdoksen käyttöaiheeksi lievät eturauhasvaivat.
Sahapalmun hedelmäuute lievittää eturauhasen hyvänlaatuisen liikakasvun aiheuttamia virtsaamisoireita yhtä paljon kuin oireiden hoidossa käytetyt lääkkeet, finasteridi ja alfasalpaajat ilman niille tyypillisiä sivuvaikutuksia. Positiivinen vaikutus tulee esille vasta, kun rohdosta on käytetty pari kuukautta.
Tutkimustulokset samansuuntaisia
Sahapalmun hedelmäuutteesta on tällä hetkellä lukuisia tutkimuksia, sekä avoimia monikeskeisiä tutkimuksia että satunnaistettuja kaksoissokkokokeita. Niihin on osallistunut yhteensä useita tuhansia potilaita. Kaikissa näissä tutkimuksissa on käytetty samaa annostusta, 320 mg sahapalmun hedelmäuutetta, ja kaikissa tulos on ollut samansuuntainen: sahapalmu helpottaa oireita, muttei pienennä jo suurentunutta eturauhasta.
Toisaalta sen käyttöön ei liity synteettisille 5-alfa-reduktaasin estäjille tyypillisiä sivuvaikutuksia kuten verenpaineen nousua tai häiriöitä seksuaalisessa halussa ja kyvyssä. Myös toiseen yleisesti käytettyyn lääketyyppiin, nk. alfa-salpaajiin, voi liittyä sivuoireina huimausta ja päänsärkyä.
Koska eturauhasen liikakasvuun liittyvät vaivat saattavat jopa kolmasosassa tapauksista parantua itsestään, valmisteen todellisen tehon arvioimiseksi tarvitaan riittävän pitkä tutkimusjakso, vähintään vuosi.
Oireet helpottuivat neljällä viidestä
Kolme vuotta kestäneessä monikeskeisessä tutkimuksessa sahapalmun hedelmäuutteen (Sabal extract IDS 89) tehoa ja rajoituksia arvioitiin 435 BHP-potilaalla (hyvänlaatuisesta prostatan liikakasvusta kärsivällä). Tutkimukset suoritettiin Bonnin yliopiston urologisella klinikalla professorina toimivan Dietmar Bachin johdolla, ja niiden tulokset julkaistiin vuonna 1996. (Long-term drug treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia – results of a prospective 3-year multicenter study using Sabal extract IDS 89 . Phytomedicin Vol.111 (2), 105-111, 1996)
Tulokset vahvistavat sahapalmun terapeuttisen tehon. Oireet helpottuivat selvästi jo kolmesta kuuden kuukauden hoidon jälkeen (jäännösvirtsan määrä väheni 50% ja virtsasuihkun voimakkuus lisääntyi 6,1 ml/s). Sekä lääkärit että potilaat pitivät valmisteen tehoa hyvänä tai erittäin hyvänä yli 80 % tapauksista. 98% potilaista sieti valmistetta hyvin.
BHP:n kliininen tila ja siten myös elämänlaatu parani selvästi neljällä viidestä potilaasta kolmivuotisen terapiajakson aikana. Lisäksi voitiin todeta, että kliinisen tilan huononemista ilmeni merkitsevästi vähemmän kuin sellaisilla BHP-potilailla, jotka eivät olleet saaneet hoitoa. Siksi voitiin päätellä, että pitkäaikainen sahapalmun hedelmäuutteen käyttö vähentää myös leikkaushoidon tarvetta.
Kiinnostavimpiin tutkimuksiin yllä selostetun ohella kuuluu J.C. Carraron johdolla suoritettu kaksoisokkotutkimus, jossa sahapalmun hedelmäuutteen tehoa verrattiin 5-alfa-reduktaasin estäjään (J.C. Carraro et al. The Prostate, 1996).
Kokeeseen osallistui 1098 BPH-potilasta, ja siinä sahapalmun hedelmäuute todettiin yhtä tehokkaaksi oireiden lievittäjäksi kuin synteettinen lääkevalmistekin.
Yhteis- ja haittavaikutukset
Sahapalmu-uute aiheuttaa ohjeen mukaisesti käytettäessä harvoin ja vähäisiä haittavaikutuksia, joista yleisimpiä ovat vatsavaivat. Uute näyttää heikentävän libidoa eli sukupuoliviettiä vähemmän kuin finasteridi, eikä uute vaikuta seerumin prostataspesifisen antigeenin (PSA) pitoisuuteen.
Sahapalmuvalmisteilla ei ole todettu yhteisvaikutuksia lääkkeiden kanssa. Verenvuototaipumus saattaa lisääntyä rohdoksen käytön yhteydessä.
Sahapalmun on osoitettu estävän entsyymi 5-alfa reduktaasin tuotantoa. Tämä entsyymi muuttaa testosteronia dihydrotestosteroniksi (DHT), joka on voimakas androgeeninen hormoni. Vaikka tällä hormonilla on tärkeä rooli maskuliinisessa kehityksessä, se osaltaan myötävaikuttaa moniin ongelmiin keski-ikäisillä ja vanhemmilla miehillä.
Terveelliseen testosteronitasoon on liitetty miehekkyys, voima ja painonhallinta. Koska sahapalmu estää testosteronin muuttumisen (DHT:ksi), keho pystyy säilyttämään korkeamman testosteronitason. Korkeampi taso auttaa kehoa säätelemään kehon painoa, ylläpitää positiivisempaa mielialaa ja parempaa seksuaalista toimintakykyä.
Sahapalmu on pieni palmu, joka kasvaa kaakkois-Amerikan rannikkoseuduilla, osin Afrikassa ja eteläisessä Euroopassa.
Sahapalmun edut eturauhaselle
On ollut paljon kiistelyä Sahapalmun tehosta hyvänlaatuiseen eturauhasen liikakasvuun ja muihin eturauhasvaivoihin. Vuonna 2013 suoritetussa tutkimuksessa havaittiin sahapalmulla olevan positiivinen vaikutus eturauhasen liikakasvun oireisiin sekä seksuaalisiin toimintahäiriöihin.
Testin koehenkilöt vahvistivat, että sahapalmun käyttö vähensi heidän oireitaan ja paransi elämänlaatua yleensä.
Sahapalmun vaikutus virtsaamistiheyteen
Sahapalmun on huomattu tukevan virtsanerityselimistöä (urological system) miehillä, joilla on eturauhasen hyvänlaatuista liikakasvua. Tutkijat uskovat tämän tapahtuvan alempien virtsateiden reseptorien ja virtsateiden toimintahäiriön sekä yliaktiivisen rakon vuorovaikutuksesta. Tämä antaa tieteellistä tukea sahapalmun perinteiselle käytölle virtsaamisongelmiin.
Sahapalmu hiustenlähtöä vastaan
Testosteronin muuntuminen entsyymi 5-alfa reduktaasin vuoksi karvatupissa on katsottu olevan suurin syy miesten kaljuuntumiseen (androgeneettinen hiustenlähtö). Estämällä tämän entsyymin toiminta, sahapalmu voi vähentää hiustenlähtöä ja stimuloida hiustenkasvua. Tutkijat ovat myös havainneet sahapalmutiivisteen myötävaikuttaneen hiusten uudelleen kasvuun.
Luonnonyrtti ilman sivuvaikutuksia
Vaikka tutkimukset ovat osoittaneet, että tietyt lääketuotteet voivat olla tehokkaampia kuin sahapalmu, eturauhaseen tai hiuksiin liittyvissä ongelmissa, on unohtunut ehkä sahapalmun suurin etu - se on luonnollinen yrtti ja näyttäisi olevan ilman sivuvaikutuksia.
Sahapalmu on edelleen erinomainen vaihtoehto keski-ikäisille ja vanhemmille miehille. Se taistelee androgeenisten hormonien syntyä vastaan miesten eturauhasongelmissa ja hiustenlähdössä. Se tukee terveitä testosteronitasoja. Lisäksi, sahapalmu voi auttaa miestä suojelemaan seksuaalista toimintakykyä, eturauhasen terveyttä ja pitkän aikavälin hyvinvointia.
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Saw Palmetto Capsules
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Both are standardized blends. The lower dose should be taken twice a day according to most labels, while the directions for the higher dose usually state that the capsule should be taken once daily.
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Saw Palmetto Soft Gels
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Saw Palmetto Tablets
Saw palmetto can also be taken in tablet form, and the standard saw palmetto dosage when taken this way is 230 mg two times a day. However, this is not the most popular method, as tablets sometimes fail to break down properly in one’s digestive system, causing the herb to be ineffectual. It is not wise to chew or crush such tablets, and therefore most herbalists recommend other administration methods. It is important to understand that standardized blends are different than those that contain the whole herb. If the supplement is taken in the latter form, the standard dose is 900mg. All brands clearly mark on their labels whether they are whole herb or standardized formulas. In addition, capsules, tablets and soft gels should be taken with a meal that contains fat, as the herb is fat soluble.
Saw Palmetto Liquid
Saw palmetto can also be taken in liquid extract form. The saw palmetto dosage for this method is typically 2 to 4 mL of the liquid extract taken three times daily. It can be mixed in beverages or taken directly from the bottle. The obvious advantage with this method is the fact that absorption is virtually guaranteed. However, the herb is very bitter, and even when mixed with juice or other beverages, it is hard to avoid an unpleasant aftertaste.
Saw Palmetto Tea
Although saw palmetto can be consumed as a tea, as previously mentioned the herb itself is not water soluble. This means that taking the supplement in the form of tea may not be effective if it is taken alone. However, if the tea is consumed with a meal that contains fat, it will be properly absorbed. The only disadvantage of taking saw palmetto in the form of tea is that a minimum of 3-4 cups per day is necessary to achieve the full benefits of the supplement. Those who enjoy tea will not find this difficult, but it may be inconvenient for individuals who do not typically consume tea on a regular basis.
Saw Palmetto Oil For Hair Loss
Another option consumers have regarding saw palmetto for hair loss is oil. This method is somewhat different from those mentioned above, as one does not consume the oil, but rather rubs it into the areas of the scalp where hair loss is obvious. According to the National Institutes of Health, to properly use saw palmetto oil, one should place two tablespoons of the oil directly onto his or her scalp and massage it into the skin for at least ten minutes. The oil should then be allowed to soak into the person’s scalp for a minimum of one hour before rinsing the residue away. The oil should be used on a daily basis for best results. Based on convenience and effectiveness it is recommended that most people should go for either the soft gel or capsule options. Regardless of the administration method one chooses, it is always wise to follow the appropriate saw palmetto dosage listed on the product’s label.
The fruits of the saw palmetto are highly enriched with fatty acids and phytosterols, and extracts of the fruits have been the subject of intensive research for the symptomatic treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH).
Numerous meta-analyses of clinical trials S. repens extract in the treatment of BPH have found it safe and effective for mild-to-moderate BPH compared to placebo, finasteride, and tamsulosin[5][6] Two larger trials found the extract no different from placebo.[7][8] An updated meta-analysis including these trials found that saw palmetto extract "was not more effective than placebo for treatment of hyperplasia."[9]Saw palmettos beneath the larger evergreen canopy in the Apalachicola National Forest in Florida
S. repens extract has been promoted as useful for people with prostate cancer. However, according to the American Cancer Society, "available scientific studies do not support claims that saw palmetto can prevent or treat prostate cancer in humans".[10]
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Testosterone, prostate cancer, and balding: Is there a link? - The Family Health Guide
We can thank the Greeks for the name doctors apply to male hormones. Androgen comes from the words meaning “man-maker,” and it’s a well-chosen term. Testosterone is the most potent androgen, and it does make the man. It’s responsible for the deep voice, increased muscle mass, and strong bones that characterize the gender, and it also stimulates the production of red blood cells by the bone marrow. In addition, testosterone has crucial, if incompletely understood, effects on male behavior. It contributes to aggression, and it’s essential for the libido or sex drive, as well as for normal erections and sexual performance. Testosterone stimulates the growth of the genitals at puberty, and it is one of the factors required for sperm production throughout adult life. Finally, testosterone also acts on the liver. Normal amounts are harmless, but high doses can cause liver disease and boost the production of LDL (“bad”) cholesterol while lowering the amount of HDL ("good”) cholesterol.
Although testosterone acts directly on many tissues, some of its least desirable effects do not occur until it is converted into another androgen, dihydrotestosterone (DHT). DHT acts on the skin, sometimes producing acne, and on the hair follicles, putting hair on the chest but often taking it off the scalp. Male-pattern baldness (androgenic alopecia) is one thing, prostate disease quite another — but DHT also stimulates the growth of prostate cells, producing normal growth in adolescence but contributing to benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) in many older men.
Scientists have taken advantage of the link between male pattern baldness and BPH to develop a single medication for both conditions. Finasteride blocks the conversion of testosterone to DHT; when taken in a 5-mg dose (Proscar), it helps some men with BPH, and in a 1-mg dose (Propecia), it helps some men with androgenic alopecia. A newer drug, dutasteride (Avodart), has a similar effect on BPH but is not yet approved for baldness.
Is there another dark side to the DHT connection? Since DHT drives both hair loss and the growth of prostate cells, do men with androgenic alopecia have an increased risk of prostate cancer? Perhaps, according to scientists in Australia. They evaluated 1,446 men who were diagnosed with moderate to high-grade prostate cancer before age 70 and compared them with 1,390 men of the same age who were free of the disease. Even in the era of molecular biology, the research tool was simplicity itself. The researchers looked at each man’s scalp, then used sophisticated statistical methods to see if there was a link between hair loss and prostate cancer. They found that men with bald spots at the top of their heads (vertex baldness) were one and a half times more likely to have prostate cancer than those without bald spots. The association was particularly strong for men who were diagnosed with high-grade prostate cancer at 60–69 years of age. In contrast, there was no link between a receding hairline (frontal baldness) and cancer.
Although testosterone and DHT are the leading suspects, doctors don’t know what accounts for the apparent associations between vertex baldness and prostate cancer and heart disease. Although explanations are on the thin side, there is no reason to think that hair loss itself is harmful to the prostate or heart — though it may take a toll on some men’s self-image. But, more research is needed to explore the connection between hair loss and disease in men.Although it may seem far-fetched, there are precedents for an association between vertex baldness and disease in men. Harvard’s Physicians’ Health Study found that men with bald spots were more likely to develop coronary artery disease than men with full heads of hair. Mild vertex baldness was linked to a 23% increase, moderate baldness to a 32% rise, and severe baldness to a 36% increase in risk. As in the Australian study of prostate cancer, frontal baldness was not associated with risk.
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