A New Chapter in Prostate Health

Understanding Prostate Health
Prostate health may not be something that men openly talk about, but it is certainly something they need to pay attention to, especially if they are over the age of forty. Fortunately, scientific evidence suggests that herbal therapeutics and supplemental nutrients, especially those that work to support hormone balance and modulate oxidative stress, are incredibly valuable for supporting and maintaining prostate health.*

Nature’s Prostate Wisdom
Nature has provided us with an array of foods and herbs that, when sufficiently concentrated and intelligently blended, can have important effects on prostate health.The single most researched and valuable herb for nourishing the prostate is one that has been used for more than a century to support the health of the urinary tract, saw palmetto*. A review of eighteen clinical trials showed that a daily dose of 320 mg of saw palmetto extract can support healthy urine flow. New Chapter Prostate 5LX® employs supercritical extraction to ensure this critical herb is delivered in its purest, solvent-free form. The urinary tract effects of saw palmetto can be improved by combining it with herbs that share a similar mechanism of action, such as stinging nettle root and pumpkin seed oil, and both are included in the Prostate 5LX formula.*

Managing 5LX Naturally
If you conduct a simple search of the phytochemical and ethnobotanical database compiled by Dr. Jim Duke of the Agricultural Research Service/USDA for plants that manage 5LX, you’ll discover something rather sweet. The herbs and spices that have long been considered a chef’s best friend are also man’s best friend. In fact, one of the richest sources of 5LX phytonutrients is the herb ginger which contains twenty-two of these protective compounds. Rosemary is another notable source, with eighteen 5LX-managing phytonutrients documented. Interestingly, one study found that saw palmetto also displays 5LX-managing activity, but only when the full spectrum of the herb’s naturally occurring phytonutrients were extracted using supercritical carbon dioxide. Fractionated saw palmetto extract, created using harsh chemical solvents, showed no effect when tested.

Here’s just a few examples of nature’s wisdom in prostate health and how New Chapter helps to deliver it.

Saw Palmetto & Stinging Nettle
Saw Palmetto is the most researched, effective herb for prostate health.* As a result, there are quite a few Saw Palmetto-based supplements available. However, at New Chapter we supercritically extract ours for maximum purity and then combine it with two Stinging Nettle extracts. Why? New Chapter’s two Stinging Nettle extracts provide the fullest spectrum of phytonutrients to promote a healthy inflammation response and support healthy prostate function.* You’ll find each of these, abundant and pure and working together, in New Chapter’s Prostate 5LX.

Ginger
According to the USDA and major university phytochemical databases, Ginger is one of nature’s richest herbal sources of 5-LO modulators.* This is just one of the reasons why it’s one of the key supercritical extracts in New Chapter’s Prostate 5LX, which promotes healthy prostate function and normal urine flow.*

Green Tea
Among teas, the green and white varieties are known to contain the highest concentration of health-promoting antioxidants. According to the USDA and a major university phytochemical database, this botanical offers a broad range of prostate-supportive phytonutrients.* That’s why it’s an important ingredient in New Chapter’s Prostate 5-LX. We choose only the world’s finest organic green tea leaves, then extract them at the perfect temperature to ensure maximum delivery of tea's protective benefits. You’ll also find the power of green tea in New Chapter’s Green & White Tea Force -- one serving equals up to 5 cups of the world’s finest organic green and white tea.

Rosemary
Rosemary contains significant 5-LO modulators in addition to its numerous anti-aging constituents.* You’ll find this incredible herb in several New Chapter products, and it works together with other natural 5-LO modulators in Prostate 5-LX to help promote healthy prostate function and normal urine flow.*

Selenium

No prostate health program is complete without selenium. A seven-year double-blind, placebo-controlled study funded by the NIH and American Cancer Institute found that subjects taking a whole-food selenium supplement maintained normal prostate cell growth more effectively than those not taking the supplement. The body uses selenium to make glutathione, one of its strongest antioxidant defenses against oxidative free radicals—atoms that are missing an electron and will do anything to find one, including stealing them from healthy cell membranes and cellular DNA. When electrons are stolen from healthy cells, the cells start to malfunction. Antioxidants can donate electrons freely without becoming damaged. So as long there are antioxidants around, electron stealing does not need to occur and cells remain healthy.Selenium is a trace nutrient critical to tissue detoxification and long term prostate health.*

Lycopene & Pomengranate
A diet rich in natural antioxidant food nutrients has been shown to scavenge free radicals in the body, which is why New Chapter offers several antioxidant-rich supplements to support prostate health.* The most important of these may be New Chapter’s LycoPom.™ Just one capsule equals the essential antioxidative constituents of 100 gm of tomatoes and over 13 pomegranates.**

Pumpkin Seed Oil, Extra Virgin Olive Oil
These oils have numerous prostate health benefits and multiple 5-LX modulators.* You’ll find extra virgin olive oil in many of our formulations, and this oil’s natural compounds make it a key supercritical extract in New Chapter’s Prostate 5-LX.

** Approximate level of punicalagins in the arils (seed sacks).