What are the preventive health products for men?

At present, preventive health products that have been proven by clinical research and suitable for ordinary men to choose on demand mainly include multivitamins and minerals, Omega-3 fatty acids, lycopene, and zinc preparations. There are a large number of other men's-specific products on the market that promote "strengthening", "tonifying kidneys" and "anti-fatigue". Most of them lack effective evidence-based basis, and even have the risk of illegal additions.

Speaking of which, I accompanied my programmer Fa Xiao for his annual physical examination a while ago. He eats takeout all the year round and can eat green leafy vegetables three times a week. The physical examination report showed that he was severely deficient in vitamins D and B, so the doctor prescribed him the most common OTC supplement. Vitamins, and told him not to randomly buy the "men's exclusive" products that cost hundreds of dollars a bottle online - most of them have added caffeine and taurine, and are euphemistically called anti-fatigue. If he often stays up until one or two o'clock, he will easily have a heartbeat that makes him unable to sleep. There have been disagreements in the academic community about whether to supplement multivitamins. One group of people believes that as long as they can eat one pound of vegetables and half a pound of fruits, and a balanced mix of meat, eggs, and milk every day, there is no need for additional supplements. The other group believes that the diet structure of most office workers is generally deviant. Low-dose supplementation is equivalent to a cheap insurance policy for health. There is no need to demonize or deify it. Just choose according to your needs.

If you are a driver who runs long distances all year round, or sit in an office for more than ten hours a day, and occasionally feel uncomfortable with swollen prostate, you have probably seen advertisements for lycopene. There are indeed some small studies showing that long-term intake of sufficient lycopene can reduce the risk of prostate hyperplasia, but there are also several large cohort studies involving hundreds of thousands of people that have not found clear benefits. To put it bluntly, if you usually eat tomato scrambled eggs and stewed beef brisket two or three times a week, you also like to add tomatoes. , there is absolutely no need to spend extra money. If you can’t eat a few mouthfuls of fresh tomatoes throughout the year, there is no problem in buying low-dose products from regular manufacturers. Don’t believe the propaganda that “30 days to cure prostatitis”. If you really have inflammation, you will have to go to the hospital to see a urologist. Health care products cannot control this.

If you like to eat braised pork and fried food, and have a family history of cardiovascular disease, if you cannot eat deep-sea fish twice a week, you may consider supplementing with basic deep-sea fish oil, which is Omega-3 fatty acids. Daily supplementation can help regulate blood lipids and reduce inflammatory reactions, but don’t believe the “lowering blood pressure” and “preventing cerebral infarction” claims made by the merchants. Those are the effects of prescription drugs. If health care products dare to promote this, just call 12315 to report it. Friends who plan to prepare for pregnancy, or who work out to gain muscle all year round, can take appropriate supplements of zinc preparations. Zinc is helpful in maintaining sperm motility and muscle synthesis. However, if you like to eat oysters and red meat, your zinc intake is already sufficient. If you supplement too much, it will affect the body's absorption of copper, which is not worth the gain.

Oh, by the way, the best-selling products on the market now are all kinds of health care products with the slogans of "men's kidney nourishment" and "quick-act aphrodisiac". Several of my friends have fallen into the trap and spent thousands of dollars to buy the imported internet celebrity model. It took half an hour to take effect, but the result was a headache and panic all day long. Later, I went to see the Food and Drug Administration. It was only after the notification that we learned that many of these products secretly add banned ingredients similar to sildenafil, and the dosage is unstable. People with high blood pressure and coronary heart disease may have serious problems if they take them. If you really have functional problems, go directly to the men's department of a regular hospital to register, which is more reliable than any health care product.

After all, the "preventive" effect of health care products is always the icing on the cake. If you stay up until three or four o'clock every day, drink heavily and eat barbecue, it will be useless even if you eat health care products. Regular work and rest, a balanced diet, and moderate exercise are the most cost-effective "preventive health care products."