Articles in: men’s health

Balance Your Pitta For A Healthy Prostate

by John Douillard on November 1, 2016 | 1 Comment

Average Reading Time: 2 minutes and 32 seconds According to Ayurveda, the prostate is a pitta organ, which means it is prone to inflammation. Other pitta organs on the body are the skin, eyes, liver, stomach and the small intestines. Ayurveda says that if you eat a lot of hot or spicy foods, pitta can […]

Lifelong Prostate Health: Don’t Wait

by John Douillard on June 20, 2013 | Leave a Comment

It is a fact that 50% of men over 50 will be affected by prostate health concerns. (1, 2) The prostate is a small gland the size of a walnut that surrounds the urethra between the bladder and penis. The prostate can enlarge to more than a lemon size and squeeze off the urine flow […]

High Estrogen Causes Low Testosterone in Men

by John Douillard on October 2, 2012 | 1 Comment

While men are lining up to get their testosterone injections, few doctors are testing their estrogen levels. Men with even slightly elevated estrogen levels double their risk of stroke, have increased risk of coronary artery disease (1), benign prostatic hypertrophy, and prostate cancer (2). As it turns out, it is incomplete to test only for […]

Prostate Health

by John Douillard on January 4, 2011 | 2 Comments

In Ayurveda this imbalance is classified as an imbalance of one of the three vital parts. These are head (sira), heart (hrydara) and pelvis (vasti). This disorder of the pelvis (vasti) is further classified into a type of disorder called Udavarta which means the reverse direction of vata. More specifically, the apana vata in the […]