What are the preventive health products for men?

Let me tell you something out of my mind first. I have been running offline free clinics and doing science popularization related to men’s health for almost 7 years. I have seen too many people spend thousands of dollars on so-called “men’s-specific kidney health supplements”. In the end, they either have no effect or are burdensome to the liver and kidneys. There are only a few men’s preventive health supplements that are truly routine and supported by clinical data. They are not as mysterious as the merchants make them out to be.

Many people are very controversial about health care products. To put it bluntly, they don’t know whether they need them or not. They always think that others can take them if they are useful, and they can just as well take them themselves. Most of the people who fall into this trap are these people. Take lycopene, which caused a lot of noise in the past two years. Some people say it is the "Guardian of the Prostate", while others say it is an IQ tax. It is better to eat two more tomatoes. I have to break it down. I once had a reader who was a 32-year-old programmer who sat for more than 12 hours a day. He even forgot to drink water when he was busy. Half a year ago, he always felt that his lower abdomen was bloating after holding in his urine. He went to the hospital to find out that it was mild prostate congestion. In addition to asking him to move more, the doctor also asked him to take appropriate lycopene supplements. He took it for 3 months and walked to work 3 days a week. The feeling of bloating has basically never happened again. But if you have a regular diet and eat cooked tomato dishes such as tomato stewed beef brisket and tomato scrambled eggs every now and then, then there is really no need to spend extra money. Taking enough food supplements will have the same effect.

As for the most common men's multivitamin, there are always people arguing that "it is useless and will increase the burden on the liver and kidneys." This is both true and false. I have a friend who works in a fast-moving consumer goods business. He travels to customers every day and basically takes out food with wine for three meals. Last month, he was deficient in vitamin B, zinc and selenium. The doctor asked him to take a men's multivitamin supplement. After taking it for more than a month, the oral ulcers that he would suffer from two or three times a month no longer come to his door, and his overall fatigue has become much lighter. But if you can usually eat meat and vegetables with every meal, and you can still eat seafood and whole grains two or three times a week, then taking extra supplements will really put a burden on your liver and kidneys and is completely unnecessary.

Oh yes, there is also L-carnitine, which is often asked by men preparing for pregnancy. Don’t think that this thing is only for people who want to lose weight. If you rarely exercise and sit for more than 8 hours, you just passed the sperm motility test. A regular supplement of L-carnitine can indeed supply energy to the sperm and improve the motility. I had a fan who tried to get pregnant for a year but did not get pregnant. Her husband’s sperm motility was only 30%. After adjusting her daily routine and supplementing L-carnitine for three months, it rose to 55% when she checked again, and she became pregnant not long after. But if your sperm motility is normal and you have exercise habits, then eating this is basically useless. You may not be able to sleep at night because your metabolism will become faster.

Finally, I would like to remind everyone that all health care products are just supplements to "check for leaks and fill in the gaps". They are not magical medicines that can replace normal work and rest and regular exercise. I have seen too many people taking supplements worth thousands of dollars while staying up until two or three o'clock, eating barbecue and drinking cold beer. No matter how much they supplement, it is useless. If you really have to choose, you have to look for the blue hat logo, and don’t buy those three-no products that are boasted in WeChat Moments and live broadcast rooms as “you can strengthen your yang and nourish your kidneys if you eat them.” Many of them have secretly added Western medicine ingredients, and eating too much can cause serious problems.