ZFD for Men - Zinc ( as zinc picolinate) (15mg), Saw Palmetto Berry Extract (160mg), Saw Palmetto Berry (160mg), Pygeum (50mg), and Pumpkin Seed (50mg)
The majority of Saw palmetto berries come from southeastern United States, whereas Pygeum comes from the higher altitudes of Africa, yet they are both widely used around the world for urinary and bladder problems associated with the enlarged prostate. The bark of the Pygeum Africanum tree was used in Europe in the 1700's for decreasing inflammation, and spread in popularity as immigrants settled into new regions. It is still prescribed today.
The oil in Pumpkin Seed is another possible remedy for prostate problems because of its high gamma-tocopherol content, a form of Vitamin E. Gamma-tocopherols have superb anti-inflammatory and antiaging properties due to their ability to protect against nitrogen-based free radicals, which cause swelling in highly concentrated amounts.
BioActive Nutrients improved their ZFD so men afflicted with prostate problems will feel new and improved.
Millions of men suffer from a swollen prostate, or Benign Prostate Hypertrophy ( BPH ).
The prostate is rich in zinc, but as we age, our bodies lose zinc. Zinc supplements are often prescribed for prevention and treatment of Benign Prostate Hypertrophy, otherwise known as BPH.
To help treat the symptoms of BPH, doctors in several countries also have been prescribing a herb called saw palmetto. Studies done in France, Italy, and Germany found that men given saw palmetto were able to significantly decrease their nightly visits to the bathroom, greatly increase their flow, and reduce the residue, while men given a placebo went unchanged or got worse.
Zinc picolinate is the form of zinc shown to be the most available to your body.
You have alternatives. Surgery for BPH is not the only way to go.
Sensitivity and Saw Palmetto
Discussing problems associated with the prostate can be a sensitive issue, literally, for millions of men, most of them over the age of fifty. History tells us that the male gender has been suffering from a swollen prostate, or Benign Prostatic Hypertrophy (BPH), for thousands of years, and relieving its symptoms by the simple use of saw palmetto, or Serenoa repens.
Aborigines of the Florida peninsula and Seminole Indians used the saw palmetto berry as a dietary staple, realizing the important properties it holds in increasing urinary flow, and decreasing residual flow of urine. Little did they know that the American dwarf palm and it's berries actually regulated the conversion of testosterone to dihydrotestosterone within the prostate, which is responsible for the overproduction of prostate cells and eventually an enlarged prostate. The extract of the berry supplies sterols and fatty acids, important for it's anti-inflammatory action.
For greater effectiveness against BPH, the saw palmetto berry extract should contain 85 to 95 percent fatty acids to sterols. This recommended amount has been standard in Europe for many years and is prescribed by it's physicians. There have been numerous clinical tests on the effectiveness of saw palmetto showing symptomatic relief in prostate disease with most patients seeing relief within the first 30 days, without any known side effects.
The United States, even though the southeastern states are major international suppliers, have just recently started more long-term testing on the use of saw palmetto for the treatment of BPH in men. Until this time, the norm for physicians had been to prescribe synthetic drugs. These same drugs have been used in comparison studies with saw palmetto, and saw palmetto was more effective at increasing urinary flow and decreasing residual urine. Physicians in all areas of the medical profession in the United States have carefully recommended saw palmetto using European standards, once again following reactions of German, Italian, and French physicians and their years of positive accumulated data on the herb.
Another detriment to aging in men is their decrease of zinc in the prostate. This mineral is stored in a normal prostate 3 - 10 times more than in any other tissue in the body, clearly showing that retention of zinc, along with saw palmetto, is key to a healthy prostate. A low level of zinc disturbs the balance between cell growth and cell death, which makes it essential for regular supplementation.
History and European studies have provided enough information to give credibility to the use of saw palmetto, in addition to zinc, as a treatment for BPH. BioActive Nutrients combines both of these in their ZFD supplement, and is as simple as taking one or two capsules a day to prevent or ease a swollen prostate. Of course, there is another option to eliminate problems of the prostate - surgery. So, the question for a large percentage of aging men is, eliminate sensitivity with saw palmetto or surgery? Hmm.
Supplement Facts
Serving Size: 1 Capsule
Servings per container: 120
