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I would like to know if you are on diet for your BPH and what are you doing for a healthy prostate. Any suggestions, please let me know.
I have stopped a lot of things in my diet : no diary products, red meat, processed foods and I have included a lot of vegetables. Green smoothie every day in the morning.
I want to lose few kilos specially belly fat..
Thanks
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joseph75 bruno01445
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I am on a pretty bland diet with BPH, especially during flair-ups. My Doc. gave strict instructions, no alcohol, no caffeine, no spicy foods. Sometimes, I've had to learn the lesson the hard way and tried a cup of coffee one morning when I was tired. I also drank a beer at a friends party. I regretted both. The effects were that all BPH symptoms became significantly worse within an hour, and lasted for 6-8 hours. I've also discovered a connection with red meat. Every time I eat red meat, the BHP symptoms get worse, like with caffeine and alcohol. I do pretty well avoiding alcohol, caffeine, spicy foods, and red meat. I miss those things but being able to pee is a big reward.
I wonder if the diet restrictions are a permanent part of BPH. I started to have the diet problems when the Doc increased my dose of Tamsulosin from .4mg to .8 mg per day.
lee56659 bruno01445
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The only food related connection I can make is if I have more than 1 drink, my peeing becomes more frequent and the feeling that I have not emptied my bladder becomes stronger. Don't really notice this with other things like spicy foods or red meat (which I eat only a few times a month). I drink caffeinated beverages very rarely but don't notice effects from those either. I am on 4mg doxazosin.
uncklefester bruno01445
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I'm like lee. I eat spicy food a few times a month. Drink iced tea every day. Eat dark chocolate. I don't drink alcohol so I don't know about that. In the end were all individuals and.what effects one person may not bother another.
brian34488 bruno01445
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joseph75 brian34488
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Brian, thanks for the excellent input. It's amazing to me, a 70 yr old, and always very health conscious, that alcohol and caffeine have such an impact on the body. I drank coffee every morning for 40 years, kept it to 1 cup (10 oz). Now, I've been off coffee and alcohol for a month and the other night commented I to my wife and daughter (both healthcare professionals) how much better I was sleeping. They weren't surprised, saying that coffee, even 1 cup early in the day can affact sleep. Many people (good sleepers) won't notice but poor sleepers, like me, will notive the difference.
brian34488 joseph75
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natural sugar from fruits etc I imagine will be less damaging if not beneficial, my guess is very healthy for us although I recall many years ago it was announced on the news in Australia to always peel your fruit to avoid spray.
breeze61 bruno01445
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I think eating sensibly will make you healthier in the long run but I think BPH is like male pattern baldness, it just get worse with time,no matter what you do. Of course all the naturalists make a lot of money from it so they have an incentive to promote their dandilion milk etc etc products.