Constipation and BPH

The bowels can put some pressure on the prostate so it's not surprising that you were able to void better with a completely empty colon. So constipation bad, empty bowel good for LUTS, but yes, you do have to eat from time to time

Jim

Hank

Hank, 

I discovered the loss of hunger at a time that I was frequently taking clients out for lunch or dinner.  It was very difficult to control my weight until I started to fast.

I'd pick a day and just have lots of liquids, some broth, and fruits.   By the next day I had lost my appetite and could continue to fast for 2-3 more days, with the addition of some protein.  

By the end I had lost usually about 9lbs and felt great.  Then I slowly restarted eating.

jjjj, 

  Very good tip for weight loss. Maybe you can write a book. However, I am already on the underweight side so I can not do this very often since I've read that underweight people tend to drop dead more often than normal and a little overweight people.

Hank

Hank, 

For every study that shows increased fat in the diet is healthy, I'll find you one (or more) that says the opposite. Such is the nature of nutritional research and opinion, which could drive a sane man nuts which by the way are either healthy or not healthy depending who you read. Personally, I go with the Pritikin, Ornish, Esselstyn, China Study crowd that shows that populations eating a low fat, plant oriented diet live longer, have less cancer, etc. YMMV.

Jim

Jim, I think you need more sardines. Name me a study that is non-biased and as extensive as the one I mentioned above, regarding fat and longevity. Most past anti-fat studies or books are either unproven and usu are profit-motivated (to sell drugs, books, or diet foods). I read them all. Many of them just follow the bandwagons to catch some easy bucks. Some of them maybe right targeting against a certain enemies (like certain cancer or heart disease) but the end results are usu shorter life span, due to the human body complication. 

Two of the longest living women that recently passed away within the last 2 years. One had 3 eggs a day all her life. The other had scrambled eggs and bacon and grits for breakfast everyday. I guess they did not have constipation.

If more fat rids of my constipation, I'll stick with it. It can't be bad for the colon, and now, BPH. This new study just makes me feel a lot better about doing it. 

You better add more fat to your diet or I may outlive you. If that is the case, would you will me your Self Catherization discussions ?

Hank

Questionnaire studies, like the ones you cite are always suspect, because so many variables plus the unreliability of lay people recording what they eat accurately. I like the more epidimological studies where professionals analyze how different populations eat, and then look for incidence of heart disease in a scientific way. The China Study and some of the older studies in Pritkin's first group do that. I also like the Ornish data where they show pictures of arterial regression before and after the diet. Personally, I've tried most combinations, and the only diet that gets both my cholesterol and bp down is a very low fat, low sodium, and relatively low protein diet. YMMV.

Jim

Well, I'll guess you've have to wait until my answer comes out of "moderation" LOL. Not sure what I wrote that got me moderated! Try to be patient, although I 've found that it's hard to relax on a high fat, high protein diet. LOL.

Jim

Don't feel bad, Jim. I would have been moderated too if I were on a low-fat, low-protein diet. 😁 Hank