What are the preventive health products for men?

All health products are only supplements to diet and lifestyle. They are by no means necessary, and they cannot replace medicines. Eating them indiscriminately will harm the body.

Let’s talk about the most common multivitamins first. Several of my internet colleagues who are over 30 years old eat takeout every day and rarely touch green leafy vegetables. Last year, they had a lot of physical examinations and found that homocysteine ​​was high. Doctors mostly only asked them to take multivitamins with sufficient amounts of B family. There is no need for other bells and whistles. Most people take it for two or three months and then their indicators fall back to the normal range. Of course, there are many studies that believe that healthy men who eat a balanced daily diet do not need to eat it at all. The extra vitamins cannot be fully absorbed by the body and will increase the burden of liver and kidney metabolism. This is indeed correct. If you can eat one pound of vegetables and half a pound of fruits, meat, eggs, and milk every day, there is really no need to spend this money.

Then there is the lycopene that everyone has heard about the most. Many people’s impression of it remains on “protecting the prostate”. There is indeed some clinical data showing that long-term low-dose supplementation of lycopene can reduce the risk of benign prostatic hyperplasia in middle-aged and elderly men. My dad is 58 years old and had some signs of frequent urination. The prostate-specific antigen test showed no problem, so the doctor asked him to supplement 10mg of lycopene every day. After half a year, the symptoms have indeed been relieved a lot. However, there are also many studies that point out that lycopene has no therapeutic effect on prostatitis and prostatic hyperplasia that have already occurred. Those who say on the Internet that "taking it for three months can cure prostate problems" are all charging IQ taxes. Don't believe it.

If you usually socialize a lot, often eat high-fat foods, and have elevated blood lipid margins during physical examination, but are not yet ready to take medicine, you can try high-purity Omega-3 deep-sea fish oil. Here is a controversial point: many people say that fish oil is an IQ tax, but in fact it is not. Choose the right one. Only pharmaceutical-grade fish oil with a purity of more than 85% can clearly regulate blood lipids and reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease. The kind that costs tens of dollars for a bottle and has a purity of only 30%. Most of it is saturated vegetable oil. It is useless and may make you gain weight.

Friends who are preparing for pregnancy, or who work out a lot and sweat a lot, can take appropriate supplements of zinc and selenium preparations. Previously, a young man in the same department was diagnosed with weak sperm while preparing for pregnancy. The doctor asked him to supplement 15 mg of zinc and 100 μg of selenium every day, and adjust his work and rest accordingly, and he became pregnant successfully in half a year. But you should also be careful not to supplement too much zinc. Exceeding 40 mg per day may affect the absorption of copper, and may lead to hair loss and decreased immunity. Don’t listen to the salesmen who tell you to increase your intake.

Last year, a distant relative listened to a live broadcast and bought a health product called "Men's Special for Replenishing Kidneys and Strengthening Yang." After taking it for half a month, he had nosebleeds every day. He went to the hospital to check his liver function and found abnormalities. Later, he found out that illegal western medicine ingredients were added to it. Don't touch this "special health product" that has no blue hat certification and boasts of being amazing. To put it bluntly, health care products have always been about "filling in when it's missing", just like if your car tire is out of air and you inflate it, if you push it hard enough, it will blow out. If you really feel uncomfortable, see a doctor first. Don't take health care products as a panacea.