BORIC ACID AND PROSTATE HEALTH

This is interesting - micro nutrients really are important:

Inhibition of the enzymatic activity of prostate-specific antigen by boric acid Prostate specific antigen (PSA) is a well-established marker of prostate cancer, but it can also degrade extracellular matrix proteins such as fibronectin and could be involved in tumor progression and metastasis. Low concentrations of boric acid partially inhibited the proteolytic activity of PSA toward a synthetic fluorogenic substrate. Also, by Western blot, we have found significant inhibition in the proteolysis of fibronectin by PSA in the presence of boric acid. If degradation of fibronectin by PSA were, in fact, an important step in the progression of prostate cancer, then borate-induced inhibition of PSA activity should help reduce the development and proliferation of prostate carcinomas. [link to www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Re: Boron increases testosterone! Boric acid inhibits human prostate cancer cell proliferation The role of boron in biology includes coordinated regulation of gene expression in mixed bacterial populations and the growth and proliferation of higher plants and lower animals. Here we report that boric acid, the dominant form of boron in plasma, inhibits the proliferation of prostate cancer cell lines, DU-145 and LNCaP, in a dose-dependent manner. [link to www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov] That's too bad for big pharma, they cannot patent boric acid to sell it as an expensive medicine. So don't expect doctors to recommend you boric acid for prostate cancer!