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Men, when last did you eat ẹgúṣí soup? Not as a question about food but as a question about your prostate. Because the zinc in every bowl of ẹgúṣí soup is doing specific work in your prostate tissue; regulating cell growth, inhibiting DHT conversion, providing the antimicrobial mineral that your prostate concentrates more than any other soft tissue in your body. Our grandfather ate it weekly without knowing any of that. His prostate didn't need to know the mechanism. Yours benefits whether you know it or not. Eat it this week. Tell me what our grandmother or mother put in their ẹgúṣí that most people don't add. 👇

Someone told me Ẹ̀wà (beans) is "too heavy" and should be avoided for weight loss. I laughed, HERE'S what people don't know: Ẹ̀wà (beans) is actually ANTIDIABETIC amongst others beneficial properties Here is what ẹ̀wà (beans) actually does for body composition: 1. Resistant starch that feeds gut bacteria and improves satiety hormone signaling 2. Protein content comparable per naira to chicken, at a fraction of the cost 3. Low glycemic index, yes beans has one of the slowest-releasing carbohydrate sources on a Nigerian plate 4. Fiber that measurably increases fullness at the next meal, not just this one The "heaviness" you feel is satiety. That's the point.

There is a nutrient with some of the strongest evidence in all of nutritional oncology for prostate cancer risk reduction. LYCOPENE. Men with high lycopene intake have significantly lower prostate cancer risk. Lycopene is a potent antioxidant that concentrates specifically in the prostate gland and protects prostate cells from oxidative DNA damage, yes the kind that initiates cancer. Best food sources of LYCOPENE: 🌿 Cooked tomatoes (cooking increases lycopene bioavailability so your tomato stew is more effective than raw tomato) 🌿 Watermelon 🌿 RED palm oil contains lycopene alongside other carotenoids 🌿 Guava: higher lycopene than tomato per gram 🌿 Pawpaw (papaya) 🌿 Grapefruit Best herb sources of LYCOPENE: 🌿 Apricot 🌿 Bugleweed 🌿 Stinging nettle 🌿 Saffron 🌿 Green tea 🌿 Marigold Nigerian tomato stew (not your tin tomato stew o) cooked in red palm oil delivers LYCOPENE in one of the most bioavailable forms possible. The fat in red palm oil enhances lycopene absorption (fat-soluble nutrients require fat to be absorbed). Your daily stew of REAL TOMATO with red palm oil was a prostate cancer prevention protocol that preceded the clinical trial by centuries.

"Ìtọ̀ àtọ̀gbẹ." Sweet urine. That's what Yorùbá elders called diabetes long before a glucometer existed in this country. Things that name tells you they understood: 1. They identified the symptom; glucose spilling into urine when blood levels exceed the kidney threshold 2. They named it by observation, the same way early European physicians literally tasted urine to diagnose it 3. They linked it to diet, restricting certain foods in affected households 4. They recognized it ran in families, generations before genetics was a field NO lab, NO microscope. Just precise observation. Respect the naming.

If there is one food I want every Nigerian man over 35 eating consistently, it will be Egunsi. Irúgbìn elégédé (pumpkin seeds) and ẹgúṣí (melon seeds) They are one of the richest natural sources of zinc; and zinc is directly required for prostate health in ways most men don't know. The prostate gland contains the highest concentration of zinc of any soft tissue in the human body. Zinc in the prostate: - Regulates prostate cell growth - Inhibits the enzyme (5-alpha reductase) that converts testosterone to DHT which is the hormone responsible for prostate enlargement - Has documented anti-tumor activity in prostate tissue Research has consistently found that men with prostate cancer have significantly LOWER PROSTATE ZINC LEVELS than men with healthy prostates. Ẹgúṣí soup, elégédé stew, roasted ẹgúṣí and elégédé seeds as a snack. Our grandmother made ẹgúṣí soup every week. Our grandfather's prostate was being maintained at the table. Eat it consistently NOT occasionally.

Everyone knows ahoboro, ọṣan-òyìnbó (tangerines) are healthy. Almost nobody eats the part prostate researchers actually study. The peel (Citrus reticulata) is packed with polymethoxyflavones, PMFs. NOBILETIN and TANGERETIN. The juice and flesh carry only traces but the peel's oil glands hold the bulk. Yes, the part you bin is the part in the lab. Enlarged prostate (BPH) runs on one conversion. Testosterone → DHT, made by the enzyme 5α-reductase. More DHT = more prostate growth. Citrus PMFs showed 5α-reductase-suppressing activity in early lab work. So, let me tell you what research shows: 👇🏾 • Enlarged prostate (BPH) models: in rodents, citrus peel extracts reduced prostate weight, fibrosis and inflammatory markers. • Cancer cells: in human prostate lines (PC-3, LNCaP), nobiletin and tangeretin halted the cell cycle and triggered apoptosis, programmed cell death. • Inflammation: PMFs suppress COX-2, an enzyme linked to BPH progression. • PMFs are fat-soluble, so they slip through cell membranes. Many "citrus bioflavonoid" capsules are mostly hesperidin, not PMFs. If you buy REAL one, check the label for nobiletin and tangeretin. How to use ahoboro (tangerine peel): → Wash the fruit well, since peel can carry wax and pesticide residue. → Dry the peel in the sun or at low heat, then simmer it as tea or grate it into stew. PMFs dissolve better in fat than in water. → Pair it with the zinc and lycopene foods from the prostate thread. Dried, aged mandarin peel (chenpi) has been used in Chinese food medicine for centuries. A PSA test costs under ₦15,000. If you are OVER 35, 40-50, have it once a year. Follow @DedayoRoots