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PhytoPin® comes from pine trees in the Les Landes Forest located in Southwest France. An important feature of PhytoPin® is its 99% pure phytosterols – this includes about 75% beta sitosterol, with the balance being other supportive phytosterols such as beta-sitostanol, campesterol and campestanol.

Beta sitosterol is one of many sterols found in plants (called phytosterols) that have nutritional value. One of the landmark research studies for assessing the effects of beta sitosterol on prostate health was published in the prestigious journal The Lancet.

This study showed that taking 60mg of natural beta sitosterol (and other supporting sterols) from Phytopin® daily resulted in significant improvements in prostate and urinary health over a 6-month period (as measured using the IPSS index). This research study helped put beta sitosterol “on the map” for supporting prostate health.

A follow-up second study with PhytoPin® used a larger serving size (130mg of beta sitosterol) and results were like those in first study. So with the pure PhytoPin® pine-tree extract, more was not any better.

TrueProstate gives you 70mg of beta sitosterol and other phytosterols from the PhytoPin® pine tree extract.

Flowens® is a patented cranberry ingredient designed specifically for prostate and urinary health. It’s made from the entire cranberry – the skins, flesh, juice and seeds – and the fruit used is from New England cranberry bogs.

Research with some whole cranberry extracts suggests the whole berries may be more beneficial than single components.

A published research study with healthy middle-aged men found Flowens® was beneficial for helping with prostate and urinary health when taken daily for 6 months as measured by using the gold standard International Prostate Symptom Score (IPSS) index.

The IPSS evaluates seven factors:  urinary frequency, bladder emptying, intermittency (trouble starting or maintaining stream), urgency, weak stream, straining, nocturia (having to urinate frequently at night).

Results from taking 250mg of Flowens daily showed significant improvements compared to the placebo group. However, the results with men taking 500mg daily for six months were even better.

Based on the research, Flowens® appears to be particularly helpful for supporting more complete bladder emptying with less straining as well as reducing urinary urgency and frequency. No unwanted effects were reported.

TrueProstate™ provides the full 500mg daily serving of Flowens® to help maximize potential benefits.

The botanical Ageratum conyzoides is native to tropical areas of the Americas and sometimes called “billygoat weed.” It has been used in traditional medicine in many cultures over time.  One of these uses, particularly in the Caribbean, has been to help prostate and urinary health.

AGEprost™ is a novel extract made from the aerial parts of the plant and is the first scientifically studied extract of Ageratum conyzoides for prostate and urinary health. Importantly, certain alkaloids in the plant, which can have unwanted effects, are not part of the AGEprost™ extract.

AGEprost™ is believed to support prostate and urinary health by helping to inhibit the enzyme, 5-alpha reductase, which converts testosterone to dihydrotestosterone (DHT).

Excessive DHT is thought to be a major source of prostate problems. By helping to maintain healthy 5-alpha reductase activity, AGEprost™ may help keep DHT and testosterone levels balanced.

In addition, AGEprost™ may promote urinary health by helping to relax muscles around the urethra and smooth muscles of the neck of the bladder.

In a randomized double-blind placebo controlled study, men receiving 250mg of AGEprost™ daily over 12 weeks experienced a significant improvement in IPSS scores.

Benefits started after 4 weeks, and results continued to improve through the end of the study.  Most notably, AGEprost™ helped reduce both daytime and nighttime urination frequency.

As important, no sexual side effects or other unwanted effects have been reported in any research with AGEprost™.  This includes a detailed published toxicological study, which found no evidence of unwanted or harmful effects.

When it comes to prostate supplements, one of the most confusing aspects is the role of the mineral selenium.

In the late 1990’s, there was great excitement about selenium's ability to support prostate health based on scientific results. Importantly, the ingredient used in this research wasn't just any selenium.

It was a specific brand called SelenoExcell® - which is made from high selenium yeast.  A follow-up research study, with a different type of selenium, did not show prostate health benefits, but it was much different than SelenoExcell®.

One of the unique features of SelenoExcell® is that it's not a single selenium compound, it's a cluster of multiple selenium compounds bound to different amino acids - which is the way your body gets selenium from food.

For example, SelenoExcell® naturally includes selenomethionine, selenocysteine and methylselenocysteine and other forms of selenium.

More recent research has reinforced the benefits of SelenoExcell® on prostate health. Researchers performed a head-to-head test of SelenoExcell® versus selenomethionine (which is commonly found in many supplements).

In this study, SelenoExcell® was found to protect the prostate from oxidative stress caused by free radicals - while selenomethionine had no impact.

On top of this, SelenoExcell® may help support the body as it rids itself of unwanted heavy metals like mercury and cadmium. SelenoExcell® is the selenium of choice to help maintain prostate health, which is why it’s part of TrueProstate.

The prostate contains up to 10 times more zinc than other parts of the body, which underscores the importance of zinc to prostate function and health.

Zinc has many functions that help the prostate such as promoting prostate cell health, supporting immune system performance and a healthy inflammation response, and acting as an antioxidant.

Numerous studies have found an association between a decline in prostate health as men age and lower zinc levels. As such, maintaining healthy zinc levels is considered a priority for supporting prostate health.

One of the challenges with maintaining healthy zinc levels is a reduced capacity to absorb zinc as we age. That's why TrueProstate contains highly absorbable zinc bisglycinate chelate - made using the patented Albion TRAACS system.

This process joins zinc with two glycine molecules that increase intestinal absorption and protect zinc from substances that interfere with absorption (such as phytates and other competing minerals).

Research has indicated that zinc bisglycinate chelate has superior absorption and bioavailability properties compared to many other forms of zinc used in supplements.  In addition, it is gentle on the stomach.

Some men interested in maintaining prostate health often become avid green tea drinkers. A reason why is because several large population studies of men have linked regular green tea consumption to healthier prostate tissue and function as men age.

Green tea’s potency stems from a group of polyphenol compounds called catechins that provide strong antioxidant activity. The most important catechin in green tea is widely considered to be epigallocatechin gallate, or EGCG.

While a supplement isn’t a substitute for drinking green tea, a high quality green tea extract can help support prostate health by bolstering antioxidant protection. 

A quality green tea extract should be rich in polyphenols and provide around 100mg a day in EGCG.

The green tea leaf extract in TrueProstate is 98% polyphenols, including 45% EGCG.  It gives you approximately 100mg of EGCG daily from TrueProstate.

As you may know, optimizing vitamin D levels in the body is important to support many body functions and maintain performance of numerous body organs.  Prostate health is no different, as multiple population studies have linked higher blood levels of vitamin D to a healthier prostate.

Higher vitamin D levels have been associated with maintaining healthy prostate volume.

TrueProstate includes the vitamin D3 form of vitamin D, which is generally preferred over vitamin D2 in supplements because it is more efficient at supporting healthy vitamin D levels in the body.