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This week: Pumpkin seeds for prostate trouble
ONCE men hit middle age, many start developing signs of an enlarged prostate. This triggers symptoms such as needing the loo more often, feeling as if the bladder cannot empty as normal and reduced flow.
Medication that can help alleviate symptoms and, in some cases, surgery may be necessary. However, there may be another option worth trying: a daily handful of pumpkin seeds.
"Many of my patients swear by this," says Marc Laniado, a consultant urologist at Frimley Health NHS Trust in Surrey and Nuada Medical in London.
"It is thought the oils interfere with hormonal receptors in cells and so slow down the growth of the prostate." Lab studies confirm this.
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