Happy Birthday Dad!

This is a change from Breast Cancer...this is for all the men we love in our life!!!!I want my Father around for a long time..especially since I've had cancer on my mind lately!

Happy Birthday today dad..I love you!!!!  Thinking of you today! (turn the music on dad!)Song that goes with post-(My Fathers Eyes)

Ps.  including my grandfather who also had a birthday this week & has been affected by this disease!  Thinking of you!

Healthy Down There: Help Your Man Have a Healthy Prostate

A number of recent studies have documented what women have known for a long time: Men hate to go to the doctor; they are less likely than women to seek out alternative health approaches for their conditions, and they are much less apt to take preventive health measures than their female counterparts.Prostate issues are ubiquitous in men older than 50. The current medical model emphasizes a PSA test, often followed by invasive diagnostic tests that can leave a man impotent or incontinent. No wonder men avoid the doctor’s office!PSA tests are not accurate. They predict cancer correctly only two percent of the time. As many as a quarter of those with active prostate cancer will have normal PSA levels. Older men are particularly vulnerable to misdiagnosis or overtreatment, as their PSA levels are higher normally.Prostate problems can be the bane of midlife and older men. Help your favorite man ease urinary tract problems (LUTS) and prevent—and even counter—prostate cancer with these simple, natural tips.
If his PSA reading is high…Blue light therapy calms the prostate and lowers PSA.

• Consuming one ounce of ground, cooked flax seeds daily for a month has been shown to reduce PSA levels by one-third.
• A low-fat diet can normalize PSA readings within 30 days.
• Consuming the carotene lycopene three-four times a week—in the form of cooked tomatoes, frozen watermelon, and pasteurized pink grapefruit juice (but not from raw foods)—reduces PSA levels.
• Drinking eight ounces of pomegranate juice daily lowered PSA levels up to 85 percent in 30 percent of men who drank it.
• Eating two servings of soy foods daily for three months can lower your PSA by 14 percent.
• If these remedies fail, try four weeks of antibiotics; this restores normal PSA levels in half of those with elevated levels.

If he is diagnosed with BPH (benign prostate hyperplasia)…Lying on a slant board with your legs up and your head down is often the simplest and most successful treatment for men with BPH.

• Homeopathic remedies can lessen urinary tract symptoms, including urgency, frequency, dribbling, and reduced flow.
• Eating a handful of pumpkin seeds daily reduces urinary problems and protects against prostate cancer too.
• Drinking one-two quarts of isoflavone-rich red clover (Trifolium pratense) infusion a week can reduce prostate swelling and pain.

If he is diagnosed with prostatitis…

• Corn silk (Zea mays) tea is a gentle but powerful anti-inflammatory for the bladder and prostate.
• Tincture of flowering cleavers (Galium aparine) is specific against swelling in the prostate or testicles.
• Consider using one or more of these herbs to help: horsetail tea, saw palmetto tincture, rye pollen capsules, or nettle root tincture.
• A dropperful of couch grass (Argopyron repens) tincture several times a day is a favorite remedy in Germany to reduce pain and stress in the prostate.
• Infusion of buchu (Barosma betulina) is said by herbalists to heal all chronic complaints of the genitourinary tract.
• Quercetin significantly improved the quality of life for two-thirds of those with prostatitis who took it daily.
• Reiki can help counter prostate pain, as can homeopathic remedies such as Pulsatilla or Sulphur.
• To help him prevent prostate cancer…
  He should eat more of these healing foods:
  
  • Cabbage family plants; four servings a week reduces risk by 50 percent.
  • Garlic and onions; three cloves of garlic, or two onions, a day reduces risk by 50 percent.
  • Fatty fish such as sardines, salmon, anchovies, and halibut; two servings a week reduces risk by 50 percent.
  • Avocados boost absorption of anticancer carotenes from your diet; aim for one or more a week.
  • Lentils and red clover infusion are two of the many hormonally active foods that lower the risk of breast and prostate cancer.
  • Brazil nuts and sunflower seeds supply lots of the anticancer mineral selenium.
  • Applesauce is tastier than onion skins; both are sources of the anticancer nutrient quercetin.
  You’ll find lots more tips, tricks, and recipes for keeping your guy healthy “down there” in my new book by the same name.
  Susun S. Weed is a best-selling author and a leading herbal medicine expert. Her new book, “Down There: Sexual and Reproductive Health, the Wise Woman Way” (Ash Tree Publishing, $29.95), presents integrative, alternative, and conventional treatment options for both men’s and women’s reproductive health. 

  • This is from another blog (http://www.crazysexylife.com/) and I thought it was a great info for men!