Nutritional Guide

Why you need it?

Functions:

Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)

Parts Used:

The berries of the plant.

Constituents:

The liposterolic (fat-soluble) extract of saw palmetto provides concentrated amounts of free fatty acids and sterols.

Precautions

GRAS - Generally recognized as safe. No adverse reactions, side effects or overdose symptoms expected when taken within the recommended amounts.

No significant side effects have been noted in clinical trials with saw palmetto extracts. However, in rare cases, saw palmetto can cause stomach problems.

According to some clinical trials, saw palmetto extract does not appear to interfere with accurate measuring of prostate-specific antigen (PSA)—a marker for prostate cancer.

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