"If you eat pizzas, then always ask for a double or triple serving of the red sauce to go on it. Tomato sauce is higher in Lycopene than tomatoes, and tomato paste is even higher, due to its concentration.
According to a study published last year(1996) in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, men who ate tomato sauce and tomatoes were less likely to get prostate cancer than men who hardly ate them.
The tomato sqauce was more associated with the protective effect than the tomatoes. The study was conducted by Harvard medical researchers, and the results illustrated that men who ate more pizza, tomato sauce and tomatoes had less incidence of prostatic cancer."
Lycopene is fat-soluble and therefore dietary fat is needed for it to be absorbed through the intestines. Being fat-soluble, lycopene will also store in body fat tissues.
Saw palmetto is the ripe berry of a scrubby palm tree that grows wild in the southeastern United States.
Saw palmetto studies have been reported by D. Schardt & S. Schmidt in the NUTRITION ACTION HEALTHLETTER, 23(5):8-9, 1996. Their article points out references to various european studies using saw palmetto for up to 3 months in men with BPH. Results reported were not conclusive on saw palmetto's overall value in relieving symptoms.
Dr. Bill is in no way suggesting any of the substances mentioned on this page should be used by men without proper safeguards.
It is of paramount importance that studies using LYCOPENE or SAW PALMETTO must be conducted with appropriate scientific safeguards and must include both short-term and long-term studies. Above all, consumers must demand that any supplement sold to "relieve symptoms" must list amount of active ingredients and other chemicals as well.
Dr. Bill recognizes the frustration of men with BPH, however, randomly taking herbals without direction or supervision may be more dangerous than the condition itself.
