June is Men’s Health Month
I didn’t know that until a few days ago. So, fellas — two doctor’s orders.
First, get the grill warmed up this weekend.
Second, read this, because your family needs you.
(There’s some eating fun at the end.)
Vitamin D and the Prostate
Low vitamin D is linked to increased prostate cancer risk. Most of us aren’t getting enough sun to maintain adequate levels, and if you have any kind of digestive trouble, you’re absorbing even less through the gut. Everyone needs supplementation — but first, you need to know where you stand. That means testing.
Prostate Support — What Actually Works
By age 60, every man has some degree of prostate inflammation. It is far easier to prevent than to fix.
Repair Guard® from Perque® contains quercetin dihydrate and dried pomegranate juice. Together, they form a class of compounds called phenolics — strong anti-inflammatory and reparative agents that protect and repair prostate tissue.
Saw Palmetto is one of the best antioxidants for the prostate. Call us for this one. It is also the most falsified herbal product on the market. Herbalists who track adulteration don’t fully understand why, but the only safe source is a supplier who tests raw ingredients before anything goes in a capsule.
Omega-3 fatty acids. Most of us are chronically short on omega-3, which throws the omega-6 to omega-3 
ratio out of balance. That imbalance drives unnecessary inflammation — including in the prostate. We carry Perque and Anabolic omega-3 oils, both verified free of mercury and PCBs, and packaged in nitrogen so the oil stays fresh. No fishy burps. This is another thing worth testing.
Speaking of omega-3 — fire up the grill and make some salmon.
Cardiovascular Testing: What Your Doctor Isn’t Ordering
Earlier this week I sat in on a Zoom lecture with Dr. Pradip Jamnadas, a cardiologist in Florida. Find him on YouTube — he’s worth your time. He covered something I find fascinating: there is a substantial body of research on cardiovascular testing that goes well beyond a standard cholesterol panel, and almost no one is talking about it.
He was emphatic that the right lab work can tell you whether you’re heading toward trouble or steering clear of it — well before trouble arrives.
He also hates belly fat. Probably best to have the grill going before you watch him.
One point he came back to repeatedly: even small elevations in blood sugar cause ongoing inflammation in the artery walls. That inflammation eventually affects the liver, kidneys, and digestive tract — and it ends as cardiovascular blockage.
With one blood draw, we can run 88 tests covering:
- Glucose regulation
- Metabolic and inflammation markers
- Liver and kidney function
- Artery inflammation
- Clotting risk
- Insulin resistance
- Omega-3/6 ratios
- Full lipid panel with ratios
- Inner artery wall lining function
- Plaque-recruiting white blood cell activity
- Ceramides and their ratios
- Sterol production markers
- Absorption markers
- DNA fragmentation and redox potential
Call me. We’ll figure out where you actually stand.
Ginger: More Than a Spice Photo by Julia Vivcharyk on Unsplash
Ginger contains over 400 phytonutrients — phenolic compounds, terpenes, lipids, and carbohydrates. The phenolics and terpenes do most of the heavy lifting.
Research shows ginger supplementation can boost testosterone production and increase luteinizing hormone (LH), which signals the body to make more testosterone.
Ginger is also high in sulfur, which helps your body produce glutathione — a key player in cellular detoxification.
And for fertility, the research is striking. Ginger has been shown to increase:
- Sperm count by 16.25%
- Sperm motility by 47.3%
- Sperm viability by 40.7%
- Sperm volume by 36%
It also reduces DNA fragmentation in sperm.
References:
- Ballester P, Cerdá B, Arcusa R, et al. Effect of Ginger on Inflammatory Diseases. Molecules. 2022;27(21):7223. doi:10.3390/molecules27217223
- Banihani SA. Effect of ginger (Zingiber officinale) on semen quality. Andrologia. 2019;51(6):e13296. doi:10.1111/and.13296
- Gholami-Ahangaran M, Karimi-Dehkordi M, Akbari Javar A, et al. A systematic review on the effect of Ginger (Zingiber officinale) on improvement of biological and fertility indices of sperm in laboratory animals, poultry and humans. Vet Med Sci. 2021;7(5):1959-1969. doi:10.1002/vms3.538
Hormones
Know where your levels are. Know if you’re metabolizing hormones properly.
Now fire up that grill. Click on the link for a very good recipe.
Grilled Ginger-Marinated Flank Steak
Stay healthy,
Dr Brian McGuckin
Laboratory & Nutrition
Chiropractic Internist
Health Coach
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