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The Natural Prostate Cure
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Chapter 4: The False Hope of PC-SPES __________________________________________________________
This chapter was originally six pages long, with numerous citations. In 2002, PC-SPES was finally banned by the FDA after the makers had been caught two different times adulterating their product with dangerous prescription drugs. The first time, they were caught adding the carcinogenic synthetic estrogen DES. The second time, they were caught adulterating it with both warfarin (a rat poison and blood thinner) and the anti-anxiety drug alprazolam. These criminals were finally found guilty of multiple felonies in federal court but escaped prison time. This reduced two-page chapter (with no citations) is included to warn you about similar promotions. Clones of PC-SPES are now being sold under different names. Your author is always going to tell you the truth about natural health, and expose such practices. For years, to my knowledge, this book was the ONLY one in the entire world that warned people that PC-SPES was not only useless, but a dangerous promotion with serious side effects. No one else on this earth was telling you about this fraud but yours truly.
It seems that absolutely everyone fell for the scam hook, line, and sinker. The first thing one notices is that the so-called “studies” in medical journals were really paid advertisements. Every single one of them used the name brand product instead of a generic version, for objectivity. In some of the “studies” the actual patent holders, who profited from the sales, participated‑ this isn’t science, folks. The second thing one notices is that the “studies” talked endlessly about PSA levels and never about the actual growth of the cancer. The PSA level is very easily raised or lowered artificially, by a variety of means, and is not an accurate indicator of prostate health at all. The third thing one notices is that they repeatedly claimed that testosterone levels were reduced by taking PC-SPES, and that it had powerful “estrogenic activity.” Anyone reading this book now knows that low testosterone levels and high estrogen levels are basically the very CAUSE of prostate disease. It is exactly this reversed testosterone-to-estrogen ratio that causes men to have epidemic rates of prostate disease as they age. To lower testosterone and raise estrogen will CAUSE prostate disease. PC-SPES’s very own claims proved the product made your problem worse, not better!
The PC-SPES herbal mixture costs less than five dollars to make, but a bottle sold for $100 or more and would cost a patient $5,000 a year. This was prima facie evidence that something was very wrong. PC-SPES consisted of common Chinese herbs and one American herb- saw palmetto. We’ve discussed in this book that saw palmetto per se, is useless, as it contains almost no beta-sitosterol or other active ingredients. The seven Chinese herbs included Dendratherma morifolium, Ganderma Iucidium, Glycyrrhiza glabra (licorice), Isatis indica (indigo dye), Panax pseudo-ginseng (not real ginseng), Rabdosia rebescens, and Scutelaria baiclensis (scute). In reviewing over thirty-three years of prostate research, not one of those herbs has ever been mentioned in the published literature as having a benefit for prostate metabolism, in any way whatsoever.
If PC-SPES had merit your author would have put out a generic version of it, called it “PC-FAITH,’ and retailed it all over the world for $9.95. It is obvious that this was possibly the most successful fraudulent promotion in history of a natural supplement and was actually harmful, not helpful. It might have even been more popular than the useless colloidal mineral hoax. No one’s health ever improved from taking it. Quite the contrary- it seems everyone who took it got worse, and most all of them are now dead.
There were well-documented serious side effects to taking this herbal formula, including deep-vein thrombosis, leg cramps, and gynecomastia (breast growth). Numerous men reported embarrassing breast tissue growth after taking PC-SPES. Suffering any side effects from taking herbs shows that you are taking ones that are incompatible with your individual biochemistry. When you take a proper herb that is compatible with your unique biochemical makeup, there should be no negative side effects- none at all. Herbs are not safe merely because they are natural. Belladonna, henbane and jimson weed are also natural- and deadly.
A very popular book on prostate health was written by a medical doctor who claimed that PC-SPES was a wondrous, marvelous, even a miraculous panacea for prostate cancer. His book also promoted supplements that had little or no benefit, claimed that testosterone causes prostate disease, ignored the critical and central role that diet plays in the development of prostate illness, and generally showed little or no understanding of the entire subject of prostate health. The book goes on to suggest employing traditional allopathic medicine, including surgery, chemical castration, toxic drugs, and chemotherapy. It is books like this that are misleading people about natural health and the book was a best seller! You never hear about the author now that he has been so discredited.
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