Enlarged Prostate (BPH): Saw Palmetto Doesn't Beat Placebo, and It's Not Cancer

Summary

Benign prostatic hyperplasia is common, **benign, and treatable, and it is not cancer** — the high-yield, low-risk levers are behavioural (cut evening fluid, caffeine and alcohol, lose weight, stay active), the genuinely effective medical options are real prescription drugs (alpha-blockers for fast symptom relief, 5-alpha-reductase inhibitors to shrink the gland and cut long-term retention and surgery), and the part that does **not** work is the supplement aisle the marketing is built on: saw palmetto failed to beat placebo even at triple dose in large independent trials, while the whole topic