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Most Dangerous Foods for the Prostate in Cases of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia

Carcinogens and Their Impact on the Body

Question:

Carcinogens are now added during the production or cultivation of almost any food whenever there is even the slightest need for it. They have a destructive effect on the entire body, and eliminating benign prostatic hyperplasia is not easy — and not only this condition. Which foods are the most dangerous for the prostate in cases of benign prostatic hyperplasia?

Recommendation and Importance of Proper Nutrition

Answer:

First of all, after familiarizing yourself with this material, I recommend studying the prostate treatment method presented on this website. After that, let’s analyze everything as thoroughly as possible. This is an important issue, and if you understand and start applying everything described below, you will create one of the strongest barriers not only against the development of prostate adenoma but also against other diseases that may accompany you. Proper nutrition with well-founded restrictions is both excellent prevention of benign prostatic hyperplasia and a foundation for strong health, known as immunity.
First of all, the most harmful types of food are those produced or grown in complete violation of proper technologies. This happens quite often, especially in regions where the authorities responsible for trade either remain inactive or are corrupt and therefore do not prevent such goods from reaching consumers. For example, an official may allow the sale of vegetables with nitrate concentrations 5–15 times above normal limits, products containing food additives proven to be carcinogenic and fully prohibited by law, or meat products with dangerous nitrite levels exceeding the norm by 3–10 times. These are not baseless claims — this information comes from people who either attempt or have the means to check the composition of food products and know how to properly treat prostatitis (including its chronic forms) and how to reduce prostate hyperplasia. Frankly speaking, such items cannot even be called food — they are poisons that accelerate the development of BPH. However, since the internet is already overflowing with such descriptions, I will not repeat them and will instead present information that is not so commonplace.

Nitrites (Salts of Nitrous Acid)

Nitrites are a kind of poison that provokes oxygen deficiency and, as a result—though not always noticeable—causes spasms from excessive vessel dilation. They may be present in ready-to-eat meat products as well as in canned fish and meat. This is not advice but truth: in cases of benign prostatic hyperplasia, you should avoid such foods—they are not a vital necessity. I recommend buying sausages only from a trusted producer; among large manufacturers, such ones are rare. At meat plants and factories, the sheer volume of processed raw materials makes it impossible to avoid preservatives that extend shelf life, intensify smell, and improve product color. I have never tested long-cooked sausage myself (I doubt it would retain any decent taste), but short-term boiling does not eliminate most nitrites—that’s a fact. Moreover, nitrates turn into nitrites right in our digestive tract during fermentation. Regulatory authorities specify the acceptable daily dose of nitrites; in my country, it is 0.2 milligrams per kilogram of adult body weight, while in Europe it is twice as low. However, accurately calculating the actual intake is nearly impossible, since the nitrite content is not listed on many questionable products.

Nitrates (salts of nitric acid)

I suggest you develop the habit of assessing, whenever possible, how harmful a food might be. For example, take a look at the list of vegetables for which sanitary regulations allow the highest permissible limits (in milligrams of nitrates per kilogram of product).

• Leafy greens – 2000 mg/kg
• Lettuce – 2000 mg/kg
• Radish – 1500 mg/kg
• Beet – 1400 mg/kg
• Black radish – 1000 mg/kg
• Early cabbage – 900 mg/kg
• Green onions – 600 mg/kg
• Late cabbage – 500 mg/kg
• Early carrots – 400 mg/kg
• Greenhouse cucumber – 400 mg/kg
• Zucchini – 400 mg/kg
• Greenhouse tomato – 300 mg/kg
• Eggplant – 300 mg/kg

For adults, a daily intake of 320–330 milligrams of nitrates is considered relatively safe. Taking into account that these nitric acid salts are also found in drinking water (up to 40 milligrams per liter by standard) and that each of us should drink about two liters a day, the total nitrate intake reaches about 240–250 milligrams.
If you prepare and eat 300–350 grams of salad made from early greenhouse vegetables (such as cabbage, tomato, cucumber, onion, and greens), which for a man is not much, you will already reach the upper limit of the norm. And this is far from the entire daily food intake, assuming the salad’s nitrate levels are within limits (which is rare in the off-season). Thus, the nitrate level will approach excess, which is incompatible with the treatment of BPH.

How to Reduce the Harm of Nitrates

Additionally, apart from the main rule — don’t rush to buy harmful food — there are simple habits worth following. I advise you to soak all fresh produce in cold water for 20–25 minutes, then rinse again. This will wash off much of what’s on the surface. When peeling vegetables, generously cut away parts that accumulate the most nitrates (the ends or peel, depending on the vegetable).
Dietitians recommend taking pomegranate or lemon juice (or lemon water) before meals, as well as ascorbic acid, which partially neutralizes nitric acid. For foods requiring heat treatment, the best method is not frying, baking, or steaming — it’s boiling, and slowly at that. The water (broth) used for boiling should not be reused. If necessary, replace the water during cooking. The nitrates will leave with the drained water. It is said that this cooking method destroys up to 80% of toxins. I fully agree, as I’ve tested all preparation methods myself, knowing their composition, and closely tracked changes in my symptoms of benign prostatic hyperplasia and overall well-being.

Food additives (flavorings, colorants, plasticizers, modifiers, preservatives, etc.)

Ordinary consumers have few feasible methods of control. For packaged goods there is practically nothing to be done apart from checking the expiration date and becoming suspicious if it is unusually long, and reading the list of food additives on the label. For this section I propose a list, compiled with reference to Wikipedia pages (the free encyclopedia). What alarmed me there is the fact that, in addition to prohibited additives, there are also non-authorized additives — those whose effects on the human body have not been studied. Among the non-authorized additives are, in particular: aluminum (E173), tin chloride (E512), oxidized polyethylene wax (E914), acetone peroxide (E929). I think these names speak for themselves and comments on the properties of these substances would be superfluous. For your convenience I arranged the list in ascending order by number and line by line within each hundred-series so that it is easier to memorize. You can copy it to a small piece of paper and keep it in your wallet. When you visit, for example, a supermarket, look at the additive codes and analyze the product you need. Yet again from experience, there are additives in this list that are almost impossible to detect on labels, and they are very harmful — E922, E923, E924b, E925, E926, E929. They are classified as non-authorized and are believed to improve flour products. Naturally, these items cannot be considered beneficial foods for patients with prostate adenoma or prostatitis. This is an enormous nastiness, and it is added to the corresponding factory products in my country without any real control. These additives are present in almost everything, except quality bread and good pasta. They are in cakes and cupcakes, cookies and waffles, semi-finished dumplings, vareniki and pancakes — in short, everything that allows shelf life longer than a few days. Okay for a mature person sometimes, but most children like such products, and I become frightened that the current system from an early age cripples their health. Here is the listing:

• E121, E123, E127, E128, E142, E154, E173, E180
• E216, E217, E240
• E388, E389
• E424, E425
• E512, E537, E557
• E912, E914, E916, E917, E918, E919, E922, E923, E924b, E925, E926

I would note again from my own experience that an excess of nitric acid salts in prostate adenoma does not produce an accelerated onset of painful symptoms; if you exceeded the reasonable norm one time, the organism will most likely process the nitrates without obvious painful consequences. But this happens very rarely among us, because products are usually bought in bulk and consumed over several days. If some of them are oversaturated with nitric acid salts, benign prostatic hyperplasia will signal itself on the second or third day of consuming them. Consumption of dangerous food additives, however, can provoke an exacerbation of prostate adenoma within a few hours of their entering the stomach.

Peroxides

These are derivatives of rancid fats, which in turn result from heating vegetable oils to high temperatures. You can avoid their consumption by refusing street food and fast-food snacks, and by avoiding fried dishes prepared at home.

Benzopyrenes

These harmful substances are formed when food is roasted on an open fire, grill, barbecue, or charcoal. It is also advisable to avoid prolonged heat treatment when cooking meat in the oven. Coffee in cases of prostate adenoma or prostatitis is a prohibited drink (benzopyrene appears and accumulates during the roasting of cocoa beans).

Conclusions to be understood for grasping the essence of treatment and its effectiveness.

Once again, I will offer you my opinion, based on personal observations. With a diagnosis of prostate adenoma, it is harmful to consume any carcinogens, but life happens, and sometimes circumstances (travel, business trips, or other temporary changes) do not allow proper nutrition.
If I were asked to rank carcinogens by their degree of harm and their influence on the development of benign prostatic hyperplasia, I would place banned food additives, nitrites, and benzopyrenes at the top. Very close to them, in second place, would be nitrates. As for peroxides, I would assign them the third position.
To summarize: foods containing carcinogens are dangerous not only for those diagnosed with prostate adenoma or benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) combined with chronic prostatitis, but also for healthy people — consumption of such poison can turn anyone into an invalid in a short time.
If you remain attentive while buying and preparing food, apply your knowledge — everything will be fine, and the body, in combination with other measures, will be able to restore lost health. The universe almost always gives a person such an opportunity.
I would also like to elevate one of my thoughts to the level of truth:
If one fully realizes or experiences the degree of harm caused by carcinogens, and takes into account the dangerous oversaturation of most foods with them — it becomes incomprehensible how certain branches of medicine, both folk and modern, can ignore this.
How can any medicine, dietary supplement, or folk remedy (even if somewhat effective) be prescribed without clear recommendations on nutrition and lifestyle? You won’t find such guidelines in any drug description.
My conclusion: such prescriptions, when it comes to prostate adenoma and beyond, are a major fiction.

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