Dandruff may signal a need for good oils while eliminating bad ones.

Adjunctive Nutritional Schedule
Borage Oil: 4 capsules a day
FishOIls: 3 capsules per day
GreenNutrients: 8 tablets per day

The key to getting rid of dandruff is in the diet. Begin with an Alkaline Diet. Certainly, there are many foods (and nonfoods) that cause problems, including dandruff. They are:
• All artificial ingredients
• All bad oils, including margarine, fried foods, partially hydrogentated and hydrogenated oils
• Ice cream, milk, cheese (raw cheese is okay)
• All refined sugar. See Sugar article.
• A lack of foods in the diet that contain minerals
• Allergies
• Skin irritants

Give the supplements above a chance for at least two weeks. Also, maintain the diet for at least two weeks, and be strict about it. Do not use any hair products and resist the urge to scratch and rub your scalp.

When cooking, only use these fats and oils:
Coconut butter
Organic butter
Organic olive oil

All women experience a profound fall in estrogen levels at the time of the menopause. However, in men, testosterone levels fall much less and more gradually. This decline may not affect all men.

Other terms used to refer to a decline in testosterone levels include andropause or viropause. These terms have no established medical meaning.

Testosterone treatment is often not necessary
Testosterone treatment should not be endorsed, sought or prescribed as a ‘cure-all’ for symptoms of ageing. There is no evidence that testosterone treatment will benefit older men with slight falls in testosterone levels.

Only men with proven testosterone deficiency (also referred to as androgen deficiency) will benefit from testosterone treatment.

Diagnosis
Symptoms associated with a low testosterone level may include low energy, fatigue, poor concentration or memory, mood changes, low sex drive or loss of muscle strength. However, these symptoms occur in other conditions and are often not a good guide to a man’s testosterone level.

A diagnosis of androgen deficiency may be made only after an appropriate medical examination and blood tests to check hormone levels. Other tests may also be required, either to rule out other medical conditions or to identify causes (other than age) of the low testosterone level.

Illness may lead to a drop in testosterone levels
Many illnesses that are common in older men can cause a drop in testosterone levels. Illnesses that may cause either a drop in testosterone levels or symptoms similar to testosterone (androgen) deficiency include:

• Cardiovascular disease
• Some lung diseases
• Depression.

There is no evidence to support the use of testosterone therapy for these conditions.

Obesity is a major cause of reduced testosterone
Obesity is strongly associated with lower testosterone levels. However, this does not mean that obese men with lowered testosterone levels should automatically receive testosterone treatment.

Obese men with low testosterone levels should consult their doctor for a complete review of their health, lifestyle and physical activity levels.

Treatment for men with androgen deficiency
For older men (aged over 40) with proven androgen deficiency, a number of treatment options are available in Australia. The treatment prescribed can vary according to cost and what suits the individual person. The options include:

• Injections
• Implants
• Capsules
• Patches
• Gels
• Creams.

Men who are treated with testosterone will need to be regularly monitored by their doctor; this will include prostate checks as required according to their age and family history. Cholesterol levels should also be measured.

Things to remember

• The term male menopause is misleading.
• Testosterone levels gradually fall with age but the effects are variable.
• Symptoms may not be a good guide to testosterone levels.

Source: Better Health, Victoria Australia news network, 2008

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MaleSupport: NutriPlex Formulas 

Doctors in Europe have invented something called the Erection Hardness Scale (EHS), which they say provides a reliable measure of erection hardness and an indicator of other health and wellbeing outcomes.

Medical News Today reports, “EHS rates the hardness of erection on a scale of one to four, with four being the maximal score. The language used is simple and direct, so that men with ED can use the scale to assess the severity of their condition and to monitor the impact of treatment. A score of 1 indicates that the penis is larger than normal, but not hard; 2 means the penis is hard, but not hard enough for penetration, 3 means the penis is hard enough for penetration but not completely hard, and 4 indicates that the penis is completely hard and fully rigid.”

What does any of this do for men? If you’re suffering from erectile difficulties, the rating system is supposed to give doctors a clue as to which category you fall into and what appropriate steps to take, medically speaking. One of the doctors in the European study stated, “A patient’s satisfaction with erection hardness has the scope to predict satisfaction with other quality of life measures.” However, there is one bone of contention. Some doctors are concerned that the point system will lead to relentless bragging that can lead to divorce and loss of friends.

If you have erectile dysfunction, the first thing to look into is your daily diet and nutritional intake, then examine your psychological factors.

The Reuter’s article stated:

Men who took folic acid supplements and who ate folate-rich foods such as leafy greens had fewer abnormal sperm, the team at the University of California, Berkeley said.

Specifically, the men had fewer abnormal sperm in which a chromosome had been lost or gained, known as aneuploidy, they reported in the journal Human Reproduction.

“We found a statistically significant association between high folate intake and lower sperm aneuploidy,” said Brenda Eskenazi, who helped lead the study.

“There was increasing benefit with increasing intake, and men in the upper 25th percentile who had the highest intake of folate between 722-1150 micrograms, had 20 percent to 30 percent lower frequencies of several types of aneuploidy compared with men with a lower intake,” Eskenazi added in a statement. (Reuters)

Men who ate the most zinc and beta-carotene also had fewer instances of some sperm abnormalities, but not aneuploidy, the researchers found. Zinc is found in a number of foods, including some seafood such as oysters, and beta carotene is found in carrots, as well as green vegetables.

A BBC article elaborates on sperm-healthy diet:

There have been numerous research studies looking at preconceptual nutrition in men. We know that diets low in zinc can reduce sperm counts, while excessive alcohol intake can reduce zinc levels even further. Zinc is found in food such as meat, wholegrain cereals, seafood, eggs and pulses.

Another nutrient that has a role in male fertility is selenium. Brazil nuts contain lots of this important mineral, along with meat, seafood, mushrooms and cereals. As with women, being very overweight or underweight can influence your fertility significantly. Aim to be the right weight for your height by eating sensibly and exercising on a regular basis.

The key message is to stick firmly within the alcohol limits – or reduce them further – and embark on a healthy-eating regime to ensure you and your sperm are in tip-top condition. Don’t expect results overnight – better quality sperm will result in about three months, the length of the sperm production cycle.

Plan well in advance of the intended time of conception. Each day, simply choose food from each of the major food groups, as outlined in nutrition basics. This will help you ensure you have a diet packed with energy-giving carbohydrates, moderate in protein and fat (but low in saturated fat) and rich in vitamins and minerals.

There seems to be a missing link between lively imaginations and performance. What’s going on in the minds of Americans is not necessarily going on in their pants.

“It amazes me how willing people are to experiment sexually outside their relationships, yet how tame and puritanical they are with their partners. Many of my patients describe their domestic sex lives as devoid of excitement and eroticism, yet they are consumed by a richly imaginative sex life beyond domesticity — affairs, pornography, prostitutes, cybersex, or feverish daydreams,” writes New York psychotherapist Esther Perel.

Says the BBC:

Today, many women hold down jobs while also raising children. Any spare time is often spent shopping, working out in the gym or watching their favourite television programmes.

Researchers from the Kinsey Institute said women now have less time for sex.

They found that 42% of women who cohabit with male partners have sex two or three times a week. This compares to just one in three married women.

“People don’t have as much sex as they used to,” Dr John Bancroft, the institute’s director, told the Daily Mail.

“Couples are often weighted down by double careers and childcare, and by the time people have been to the shopping mall and watched all the television they want, there is not much time for sex.

“We live in an age where there is little unfilled leisure time. Sex used to fill that gap.”

The researchers carried out a survey of 853 women between the ages of 20 and 65.

The found that fewer women may have sexual problems than was previously thought.

The survey suggested that just one in four American women are “significantly distressed” about their sex lives.

This compares to a 1999 study which suggested that almost half of all women suffered from sexual dysfunction, such as a lack of interest in sex.

The researchers said the sharp difference may be due to the fact that previous studies have only looked at the physical aspects of sexual dysfunction – problems with arousal and orgasm.

Utne magazine reports: “Couples are having less sex these days than even in the famously uptight ’50s. Why? Busy, exhausting lives is the easy answer. But how Americans view eroticism in the wake of recent sexual and social revolutions may be an even bigger factor, according to a growing number of researchers and social observers.” (Utne Reader)

Maybe it just takes too much work. Sex, that is. It depends what you do. If it involves acrobatics, bells, whistles, costumes and jungle-wear, then you could just want to give up before you start. One researcher, Esther Perel, Psychotherapy Networker, writes, “Ironically, some of America’s best features — the belief in equality, consensus-building, fairness, and tolerance — can, in the bedroom, result in very boring sex. Sexual desire and good citizenship don’t play by the same rules. Sexual excitement is often politically incorrect; it often thrives on power plays, role reversals, imperious demands, and seductive manipulations.” (Utne Reader)

A woman from Great Britain has her own views:

I don’t think it’s true to say women are too busy for sex, it’s not as simple as making a choice between sex or TV. If you speak to most women nowadays, they are holding down stressful jobs, managing a household and possibly bringing up children, and by the time they have done all that they don’t have enough energy to do anything except slump in front of the TV for a couple of hours then fall into bed and go straight to sleep. Stress also has a knock-on effect on libido, which is probably a problem our mothers didn’t face in the 1950′s when there were fewer demands on their time.

Read more here at your own risk.

To up your energy without any artificial stimulants or chemical ingredients, take these two food supplements together, 8 tablets of each per day, and feel the difference:

BFood Complex

CellPower

Healthnotes Newswire (January 17, 2008)—Drinking green tea may reduce the risk of advanced prostate cancer, according to a new study. Green tea, made from the Camellia sinensis plant, contains catechins—antioxidant substances that may help stop cancer cell growth and prevent cancerous tumors from spreading.

A variety of factors may contribute to prostate cancer developing, including diet, lifestyle, and the environment. Incidence of prostate cancer is low in Asia, where green tea is a popular beverage, and the authors of the new study decided to evaluate green tea’s effects on prostate cancer development in Japanese men.

The authors looked at data from the Japan Public Health Center-based Prospective Study, which began in 1990 and included nearly 50,000 Japanese men. The men answered questions about how many cups of green tea they drank each day and for 14 years they were followed for a variety of health factors.

The study results, which were published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, found that men who drank five or more cups of green tea per day had less risk of developing advanced prostate cancer compared with men who drank less or no tea. The authors noted that information was not available on methods the men used to brew the tea, such as the infusion time or strength.

Drinking green tea was not associated with a decreased risk of localized prostate cancer, which is a less serious form of prostate cancer. The authors also noted that the men who drank greater amounts of green tea tended to be older, to smoke more, and to eat more miso soup, fruits, vegetables, and soy foods, and to drink less coffee.

Green tea has been the subject of many studies looking at its role in cancer prevention. Some studies have shown that green tea may prevent cancer while others have not. According to the study’s lead author, Norie Kurahashi from the National Cancer Center in Tokyo, Japan, the more green tea the men drank, the greater the protective effect. “Although this result is supported by many animal studies, further studies are required to confirm the preventive effects of green tea on prostate cancer, including well-designed clinical trials in humans.”

(Am J Epidmiol 2008;167:71–7)

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EDITOR’S NOTE: Green Tea is contained in NutriPlex Formulas’ DetoxFormula (UltimateDefense) 

Statistics show that men are far less likely than women to discuss their sexual problems, visit a doctor for these problems, or seek relief. Why? We can only speculate that it has to do with fear of associating such concerns with lack of strength and virility— a cultural thing. Regardless, many male health problems are not that difficult to resolve.

The most prominent “male problems” include prostate enlargement, inflammation and cancer, impotence, infertility and various diseases of the male anatomy. Ultimately, nutrition remains the least understood and easiest to correct means of improving health and overcoming illness.

Erectile dysfunction (ED), also known as impotence, affects 10-20 million men in the U.S. Men of all ages can experience ED at time, due to many reasons, such as illness, drugs, surgery, injury, depression, or stress. About 85 percent of all cases ED are caused by physical problems. If the cause is psychological, counseling may help. (University of Iowa Health Care Health Reports, 2004)

BPH, or benign prostatic hyperplasia, is a common condition in which the prostate gland has grown larger than normal. BPH affects mostly older men – it is common in men over age 50, affects more than half the men over age 60, and by age 80, about 80 percent of men have it. It is not cancer, but a condition in which the prostate cells grow, enlarging the gland and causing it to squeeze the urethra. This leads to difficult, frequent or urgent urination because the stream of urine from the bladder is partially blocked.

Men get less sleep than women, which can reduce immune functioning and contributes to accidental death rates. The quality of men’s sleep is also poorer than women’s.

Men are more likely than women to engage in more substance use and abuse (alcohol, cigarettes, illegal drugs).

Endocrine Disrupters
Endocrine disrupters are chemicals which keep the hormonal system from working properly. Unfortunately, these chemicals are out of control in our food supply and environment and include certain plastics, artificial ingredients, pesticides and byproducts of industry. When the endocrine (hormonal, glandular) system is interfered with by endocrine disrupters, the results range from cancer to sexual dysfunction. The best thing to do is to live naturally (get rid of household chemicals and eat organic foods).

In 1992, Danish endocrinologist Niels Skakkebaek determined that sperm counts had declined by 50 percent worldwide from 1938 to 1990. He later suggested that PCBs and pesticides, including DDT, may be the cause. (mindfully.org/Pesticide/Hormone-Mimics-In-Food; Hormone Mimics (Endocrine Disruptors): They’re in Our Food Should We Worry? Consumer Reports June 98).

Improper NUTRITION
Men’s diets are worse than women’s, with higher levels of caloric intake (far exceeding what is necessary because of their larger, on average, body mass), more fat intake, more cholesterol, fewer fruits, vegetables, and fiber. Also, men are more likely than women to skip meals (especially breakfast).

Men are less likely than women to alter their diet to prevent health problems, even when they have diagnosed health problems. They are less likely than women to stay in bed to recuperate.

Men are more overweight compared to women. Weight is linked to heart disease, type II diabetes, some cancers, and sleep disorders. An average of 43 percent of overweight men believe themselves to be of normal weight for their height.

Improved NUTRITION & Lifestyle
Improving one’s nutrition is the most natural way of resolving any health problem, including conditions particular to male health; and the best way to do this is:

1. Stop eating non-foods such as processed foods, margarine, commercial cereal, artificial ingredients, MSG, refined sugars, hydrogenated fats, etc. (these substances interrupt hormonal functions)
2. Start eating real foods: raw, organic vegetables, fruits, seeds and nuts. Make these 60-70% of your diet.
3. Eliminate toxins from your life, as these impair your digestion of real foods, disrupt your endocrine system, burden your glands and organs, make your liver sluggish, cause cancer and disease, and offset otherwise beneficial therapies (including psychological ones).
4. Adhere to the Nutritional Schedule recommended for Male Health, including MaleSupport (6 tablets a day), Wheat Germ Oil (2 capsules a day), SuperGreens PhytoFood (6 tablets a day)
5. For erectile problems, follow heart-healthy programs. Add VasCor Complex (4 tablets a day) to your regimen for nutrition, control your cholesterol levels and purchase a copy of Dr Dean Ornish’s best seller, Reversing Heart Disease.

Much has been written and hypothesized about the connection between herpes sores (canker sores, cold sores, etc.) on the face, lips and genitals with a mysterious virus. But let’s look at this problem strictly from a structural point of view, regardless of whether the virus theory is applicable.

Adjunctive Nutritional Schedule
BFood Powder: 1 teasp per day
CalMag Balance: 12 capsules per day
InflaPlex: 8 capsules per day
SuperGreens PhytoFood: 1 teasp per day

Additional Support
ImmuneSupport: 6 tablets per day

For amino acids:
Whole Food Powder: 1 teasp per day

Herpes Sores (Mouth Sores, Canker Sores) in a Nutshell
Herpes sores form on tissues that are subjected to great stress, physically speaking, including the mouth, vagina, penis and lips. These sensitive areas, especially when very sexually active, are prone to damage by means of rubbing, friction, and irritation of the skin cells.

The Merck Manual of Diagnostics and Therapy (16th Edition, p2477) states, “Mild trauma such as that associated with dental treatment, abrasion of the vermilion border, sunburn, food allergy, anxiety, onset of menstruation or any disease that produces a fever or an increased metabolic rate may precipitate lesions.”

The herpes sore is affected by a lack of ionizable calcium (See CalMag Balance) combined with stress (physical and/or emotional) (See BFood Complex). Due to this combination, the skin cells split apart because there is a lack of ionizable calcium to keep them cemented together at the desmosomes (spaces between skin cells). It takes about a six months or a year on a good program with the right calcium and nutrients to see lasting results.