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The general knowledge is that enlarged prostate is unavoidable\u2014almost every man will develop it as he ages.<\/p>\nThe general knowledge is that enlarged prostate is unavoidable\u2014almost every man will develop it as he ages.<\/p>\n
But nothing could be further from the truth, according to a new study published in the latest edition of the Central Asian Journal of Medicine<\/em>.<\/p>\n In fact, all of the factors that cause enlarged prostate are lifestyle factors. And if you stop doing these things causing your prostate to grow bigger, it will shrink down to normal.<\/p>\n This research team noted that an enlarged prostate was a very common complaint among elderly men, but they also cited some research showing that the prevalence of this disorder is increasing among younger men, especially those aged 50 and above.<\/p>\n They sent out a questionnaire to men in Andijan, Uzbekistan, between the ages of 30 and 80; 1,977 responded.<\/p>\n The questionnaire asked questions about their age, family medical history, co-occurring conditions, smoking, alcohol consumption, exercise, diet, and numerous other health and lifestyle factors.<\/p>\n They discovered that 42.7% of the men who responded reported some level of the symptoms typically caused by enlarged prostate.<\/p>\n Predictably, the occurrence of these symptoms was 9.9 times higher for the 80-year-olds than for those between ages 30 and 39. That tells us something we already know: age is the main risk factor for an enlarged prostate.<\/p>\n But when they analyzed these statistics to adjust for age as a risk factor, they found that the 50 to 59-year-olds actually displayed the highest risk for these symptoms, meaning that age is far from the only risk factor.<\/p>\n So, what were the other risk factors?<\/p>\n 1. Married men had the highest risk, while divorced men had the lowest. This is not so much a risk factor\u2014but being married seems to increase the likelihood that men will engage in habits that put them at risk. Other diseases that contributed to the development of an enlarged prostate were diabetes, respiratory problems, rheumatic diseases, prostate inflammation, urinary stones, kidney inflammation, anemia, and cancer.<\/p>\n But this list of diseases, while they were risk factors, contributed less than the first 11 factors. This means that, since enlarged prostate is almost always caused by lifestyle factors, you can shrink your prostate by changing your diet and other lifestyle factors.<\/p>\n\n
\n2. Being overweight or obese increases men’s risk, with 88.7% of men with enlarged prostates in this study fitting this description.
\n3. High cholesterol or fat levels in the blood (64.9%).
\n4. Smoking (77.1%).
\n5. Daily alcohol consumption (87.8%).
\n6. Drug use (82.5%).
\n7. Eating disorders (60.2%).
\n8. Low fruit and vegetable consumption (52.7%).
\n9. Excessive salt intake (59.1%).
\n10. Physical inactivity (66.1%).
\n11. Urinary tract infection (59.8%).<\/p>\n<\/dl>\n<\/dd>\n
\nGenetic inheritance played almost no role at all.<\/p>\n