Pomegranate and Prostate

A study was conducted on 48 men who had been treated for prostate cancer with either surgery or radiation. They were given 8 ounces of pomegranate juice a day. Pomegranate juice lengthened the time it took for PSA levels to double from an average of 15 months to 54 months.

Test tube studies revealed a 12% decrease in proliferation and a 17% increase in apoptosis of cancer cells. Apoptosis is a scientific term for cell suicide. In other words, the polyphenols in pomegranate juice increased the tendency of cancer cells to commit suicide.

The researchers also discovered that the tendency for oxidation to occur decreased significantly. The researchers suggested that pomegranate juice may help slow the growth of prostate cancer in patients who have been treated for the disease.

A sidelight of this study was a 23% increase in nitric oxide. Nitric oxide works like viagra for erectile dysfunction. A separate study found that 47% of subjects experienced improvement in erectile dysfunction while consuming 8 ounces of pomegranate juice a day.

Since one ounce of GNLD Tre provides the polyphenol equivalant of consuming 20 ounces of pomegranate juice I would like to hear more stories of those who have tried the product for these problems.

References:
Pantuck AJ, Leppert JT, et al, Phase II Study of Pomegranate Juice for Men with Rising Prostate-Specific Antigen following Surgery or Radiation for Prostate Cancer, Clinical Cancer Research, 2006; 12(13): 4018-4026.

Forest CP, Padma-Nathan H, Liker HR, Efficacy and safety of pomegranate juice on improvement of erectile dysfunction in male patients with mild to moderate erectile dysfunction: a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, crossover study, Int J Impot Res, 2007 June 14; [Epub ahead of print].