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Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: About Harmful Vegetables and Fruits

Question

How can one determine the safety level of vegetables and fruits? After all, when buying them in a supermarket or at a market, it is practically impossible to detect the level of nitrate contamination. As a result, the treatment process for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is interrupted; more precisely, the condition progresses at an accelerated pace. Which foods should not be eaten with prostate adenoma? Which foods are beneficial for the prostate?

Answer

Causes of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia: Neglecting Proper Nutrition

An excess of nitrates entering the body with food acts like poison. The effect of any poison is systemic, but one of the main side effects is oxygen deficiency and, consequently, swelling of the affected tissues. For the development of prostate adenoma, these are very favorable conditions.

I tested this on myself at a time when I already knew about the danger of this type of carcinogen, even though I had no painful symptoms in the prostate and its size was normal. The experiment was simple: just once a day, every morning, I added a deep plate of salad made of greenhouse cucumbers, cabbage, and green onions to my breakfast.

By the way, when I bought that white cabbage at the market, I noticed to myself that its color wasn’t just light green, but had a toxic-looking shade. In general, eating becomes an unpleasant procedure when you know there’s something nasty in it.

After the third day of the experiment, I woke up in the morning and clearly noticed that my bladder was much fuller than usual (in fact, compressed by the surrounding muscles), and urination was quite sluggish. I didn’t try to figure out which ingredient in the salad was more harmful. The remaining cucumbers, onions, and cabbage went straight from the fridge into the trash, and I had to immediately start restoring myself with therapeutic exercises. My trained body needed about four days.

I should note that years of health practices have taught me to always clearly understand and, if necessary, assess my condition. During this time, especially on the first day of recovery, I felt a slight heaviness when moving, meaning all my muscles experienced mild swelling. I am sure the amount of nitrates I consumed in those three days exceeded the reasonable norm several times over.

Lessons Learned and Common Mistakes

I believe what I described above will be useful to you. Just imagine how prostate adenoma develops in a sick person who has no knowledge of this issue and doesn’t even suspect the harm he is doing to himself. On the contrary, he thinks that such a vegetable menu benefits him and that this is the proper diet for prostatitis and prostate adenoma.

Are Nitrate Testers Reliable?

Now let me specifically answer the question. There are patients who, after noticing the first signs of prostate adenoma, try to monitor the nitrate content in vegetables and fruits using a special device called a nitrate tester. It is useful only if the harmful substances in a product significantly exceed reasonable limits. But I was told about a major drawback.

For example, you test a tomato. The device shows a safe level, and it seems the vegetable is fine. But our people are cautious and smart, so they test again on the same tomato, just one centimeter away and at the same depth. The device then shows excess nitrates. The conclusion: nitrates are unevenly distributed, and the device does not meet the requirements. So what—do we need to take 20–30 samples from the same vegetable to find the average nitrate level? Absurd.

The Golden Rule: Avoid Suspicious Vegetables

Therefore, in treating prostate adenoma, the wisest rule is this: one cannot go wrong by avoiding such foods altogether. Everything has its time, and vegetables grown under natural conditions—in the soil—will benefit your body. Do not try to find something harmless at the stalls during the off-season—it is not there. Never buy the very earliest (first) vegetables, berries, and fruits. The producer, driven by excess profit, violates all possible technologies, turning the product into disguised poison.

These toxic goods are grown in large batches, and I am firmly convinced that, for example, they enter our country without hindrance, bypassing customs thanks to huge bribes. In my opinion, such profiteers should be punished very seriously. Their actions cripple the younger generation and shorten the lives of the entire nation much more than any large-scale war does.

About Fruits and Berries

As for fruits and most berries, I felt excess nitrate concentrations in them much less often. But this opinion should never dull your vigilance. Each of us lives in completely different environmental conditions. Let me emphasize melons and watermelons. With prostate adenoma, these fruit-vegetable crops are best minimized or excluded from the diet, even if they contain low levels of carcinogens. The side effect of prolonged diuretic action is unnecessary with such a diagnosis.

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Gennadiy Plotyan — author of the site devoted to the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of BPH.