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YOUR PROSTATE GLAND-WHERE IT IS AND WHAT IT DOES....

Your Prostate Gland - Where It Is and What It Does...

The prostate is a small round sex gland and muscle, approximately the size of a walnut, weighing between 15-20gm. The prostate has a vital role to play in the male reproductive system.The prostate is located directly below your bladder and wraps around tubing, called the urethra.The urethra is the tube that carries urine from the bladder and the flow of semen through the penis.

The Function of Your Prostate
One of the primary functions of your prostate is to produce secretions that form part of the semen and eventually nourishes and protects your sperm.
Just before you experience an ejaculation, these prostatic secretions are squeezed into the urethra from ducts in the prostate gland, where it mixes with the sperm when your prostate is working as a muscle, it helps propel semen out of the body.

13 Possible Symptoms That May Indicate You Have Prostate Problems
You experience a burning sensation when urinating
You get interrupted sleep due to the constant need to urinate at night
You experience a weak urine flow
You find that you cannot empty your bladder completely
You experience pain, hesitancy or urgency to urinate
You see blood in your urine
You have lower back pain
You feel uncomfortable when sitting
You experience pain in the testicles groin or penis
You feel pain when ejaculating or during sex
You have a constant itchy feeling in your penis
You experience difficulties getting an erection or impotence
You notice a decrease in sexual desire

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ALL MEN AGED 45 AND ABOVE SHOULD BE SCRENED BY HAVING AN ANNUAL BLOOD TEST ( PSA - PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN ) AND PHYSICAL EXAMINATION.

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IS YOUR FOOD SAFE?

How Safe Is Your Food?

DO YOU eat three meals a day? If so, by the time you are 70 years old, you will have consumed over 75,000 meals. For a typical European, that will mean eating—among other things—some 10,000 eggs, 5,000 loaves of bread, 100 sacks of potatoes, 6 sides of beef, and 2 sheep. Does all that eating amount to a chore? Far from it! How we relish hearing such expressions as "enjoy your meal" or "guten Appetit" or "bon appétit"! The head of a cooking school went so far as to say: "Food is the essence of life."

Most of the time, we may tend to take it for granted that the food we consume is wholesome and healthful. But if just one of those 75,000 meals were to contain something harmful, we could get seriously ill. Can we be sure that what we eat is safe? These days, more and more people seem to have doubts on that score. In some countries food safety has become a major concern.

Why?
Causes of Concern
Each year, foodborne illness affects about 15 percent of the population of Europe. In the early 1980's, for instance, toxic cooking oil in Spain killed about 1,000 people and made another 20,000 seriously ill. In 1999 the population of Belgium was aghast when it was reported that such items as eggs, poultry, cheese, and butter were possibly contaminated by a poison called dioxin. More recently, Britain's consumers were horrified—and its beef industry was shattered—when cattle became infected with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease). Then there was an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, which required the slaughter and disposal of millions of cows, sheep, pigs, and goats.

Grave though such risks are, there are other factors that worry people when it comes to food. Consumers are troubled by new techniques that are now being used in the growth and processing of foodstuffs. The European Commission wrote in 1998: "Novel technologies like food irradiation and genetic engineering of food crops have caused a lot of controversy." Do such modern scientific techniques improve our food or adulterate it? And what can we do to increase the safety of our own food?

CUTTING THE RISK OF KIDNEY STONES

Doctors suggest limiting your consumption of RED MEAT, SALT, AND FOODS HIGH IN OXALATE, which are believed to help form stones. These foods include nuts, chocolate, black pepper, and leafy green vegetables, such as spinach. Doctors also once recommended reducing calcium intake, but recent research indicates instead that an increase of dietary calcium tends to decrease the tendency to form stones.

Strangely, an 8-ounce glass of grapefruit juice daily boost the risk of stones by 44 percent,” “No other drink had such a negative impact.”

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HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE

HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
Prevention and Control

By Awake! writer in Brazil

MARIAN was afraid! Without warning, her nose had begun to bleed profusely. "I thought I was going to die," she recalls. A doctor informed Marian that her nosebleed had been caused by high blood pressure (arterial hypertension). "But I feel fine," answered Marian. "Many people do not know that they have high blood pressure because they have no symptoms," she replied.

What about your blood pressure? Could your current life-style cause high blood pressure in the future? What can you do to keep your blood pressure under control?*

Blood pressure is the force blood exerts against blood vessel walls. It can be measured using an inflatable rubber cuff, which is wrapped around the upper arm and connected to an apparatus that records pressure. Two readings are obtained. For example: 120/80. The first number is called systolic blood pressure because it indicates blood pressure during the heartbeat (systole), and the second number is called diastolic blood pressure because it indicates blood pressure while the heart is relaxed (diastole). Blood pressure is measured in millimeters of mercury, and physicians classify patients as hypertensive when their blood pressure is above 140/90.

What makes blood pressure increase? Imagine that you are watering your garden. By opening the faucet or by reducing the caliber, or diameter, of the jet of water, you increase the pressure of the water. The same occurs with blood pressure: Increasing the rate of flow of blood or decreasing the caliber of the blood vessel elevates the blood pressure. How does high blood pressure occur? Many factors are involved.

Factors You Cannot Control

Researchers have discovered that if a person has relatives with high blood pressure, his chances of suffering from the disease are greater. Statistics indicate a higher incidence of hypertension in identical twins than in fraternal twins. One study refers to the "mapping of the genes responsible for arterial hypertension," all of which would confirm the existence of a hereditary component responsible for high blood pressure. The risk of abnormally high blood pressure is also known to increase with age and to be greater among black males.

Factors You Can Control

Watch your diet! Salt (sodium) can boost blood pressure in some people, especially people with diabetes, those with severe hypertension, older people, and some blacks. Excess fat in the bloodstream can create deposits of cholesterol on the internal walls of blood vessels (atherosclerosis), thus reducing their caliber and increasing blood pressure. People who are more than 30 percent above their ideal body weight are liable to have high blood pressure. Studies suggest that increasing the intake of potassium and calcium may lower blood pressure.

Smoking is related to a greater risk of atherosclerosis, diabetes, heart attack, and stroke. That being so, smoking and high blood pressure are a dangerous combination that can lead to cardiovascular diseases. Although the evidence is contradictory, caffeine—contained in coffee, tea, and cola drinks—and emotional and physical stress may also aggravate high blood pressure. In addition, scientists know that intensive or chronic consumption of alcoholic drinks and lack of physical activity can increase blood pressure.

Healthful Life-Style

It would be a mistake to wait for high blood pressure to develop before taking positive steps. A healthful life-style should be a concern from an early age. Taking care now will result in a better quality of life in the future.

The Third Brazilian Consensus on Arterial Hypertension defined the life-style changes that favor a decrease in arterial blood pressure. They are a helpful guide to people with high or normal
blood pressure.

For the obese, researchers recommended a balanced low-calorie diet, avoiding fast and "miracle" diets, while maintaining a program of moderate physical exercise. With regard to salt, they suggested a consumption of no more than six grams or one teaspoon per day.^# In practice, that means cutting to a minimum the use of salt in food preparation, as well as minimizing canned foods, cold cuts (salami, ham, sausage, and others), and smoked foods. Salt intake can also be reduced by refraining from adding extra salt during the meal and by checking the packaging of processed foods to see how much salt has been added.

The Brazilian Consensus also suggested increasing the intake of potassium because it may have an "antihypertensive effect." That being so, a healthful diet should include "foods that are low in sodium and rich in potassium," such as beans, dark green vegetables, bananas, melons, carrots, beets, tomatoes, and oranges. Keeping alcohol intake at a moderate level is also important. Some researchers indicate that hypertensive males should consume no more than one ounce [30 ml] of alcohol per day; and women or those with low body weight no more than one half ounce [15 ml].^%

The Brazilian Consensus concluded that regular physical exercise decreased blood pressure and thus lowered the risk of developing arterial hypertension. Moderate aerobic exercise, such as walking, cycling, and swimming, for 30 to 45 minutes, three to five times a week is beneficial.^ Other factors that have been associated with a more healthful life-style include quitting smoking, controlling blood fats (cholesterol and triglycerides) and diabetes, getting an adequate intake of calcium and magnesium, and controlling physical and emotional stress. Some drugs may increase blood pressure, such as nasal decongestants, antacids high in sodium, appetite moderators, and caffeine-containing painkillers for migraines.

Certainly, if you have arterial hypertension, your doctor is in the best position to give you advice on your diet and habits, according to your personal needs. Regardless of your situation, however, adopting a healthful life-style from an early age is always beneficial, not only for hypertensive people but for all the members of the family. Marian, mentioned at the beginning of this article, had to make changes in her life-style. Currently she takes medication and leads a normal life despite her health problem. How about you? While awaiting the time when all people will have a healthful life and "no resident will say: 'I am sick,'" keep your blood pressure under control!—Isaiah 33:24.

* Awake! does not endorse any particular form of treatment, recognizing that this is a matter for personal decision.


^# Consult your physician about your daily sodium and potassium requirements if you suffer from arterial hypertension or heart, liver, or kidney disease and are on medication.
^% One ounce [30 ml] of alcohol is equivalent to 2 ounces [60 ml] of distilled drinks (whiskey, vodka, and others), 8 ounces [240 ml] of wine, or 24 ounces [720 ml] of beer.
^ Discuss with your doctor the need for a personal exercise program.

FIGHTING HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE

1. Measures That Can Help Control High Blood Pressure

• Reduce body weight
• Cut salt intake
• Increase intake of potassium-rich foods
• Reduce consumption of alcoholic drinks
• Exercise regularly

2. Other Measures That May Help Control Blood Pressure

• Calcium and magnesium supplements
• High-fiber vegetarian diet
• Antistress therapy

3. Related Measures

• Quit smoking
• Control cholesterol level
• Control diabetes
• Avoid drugs that can boost blood pressure

Adapted from the Third Brazilian Consensus on Arterial Hypertension—Revista Brasileira de Clínica & Terapêutica.

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• Is Your Life-Style Killing You?
• Obesity—Becoming a Global Epidemic?

Your Diet—Why Be Concerned

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