190 Achieving pH Balance to Treat Specific Ailments
bring the penis, testicles, prostate, and secondary sexual characteristics
to maturity. Once puberty is over and the usefulness of these hormones
declines, testosterone is no longer converted to DHT, and estrogen
levels fall. Then as men enter middle or older age, their hormone levels
come to resemble the levels of their adolescent years. Testosterone
again diminishes because an enzyme in the prostate, 5 alpha reductase,
converts it to DHT, and estrogen levels inch up.^1
High estrogen and DHT levels and a decline in testosterone—the
culprits in prostate dysfunction—cause the excessive growth of pros-
tate tissue, diminish the sex drive, and are responsible for fewer and less
viable sperm being produced.^2
Te s t o s t e r o n e ’s i n fl uence extends far beyond the prostate. When tes-
tosterone levels drop, plaque begins to form in the arteries. Moreover,
the drop in testosterone places the body on emergency alert. Exces-
sively high DHT, along with estrogen, causes the adrenal hormones to
become permanently elevated. This in turn causes the muscles, nerves,
heart, and lungs to become chronically overactive, while depressed lev-
els of alkaline-forming testosterone levels slow up the digestive process
as well as the cyclical death and regenerating of cells. This gives rise to
excessive acid waste by-products. The elevation of the stress-promoting
estrogen is particularly lethal because it destroys oxygen. This causes
the blood to clot, thyroid function to slow up, the alteration of fats and
oils, and an increase in histamine levels. High dihydrotestosterone lev-
els and low testosterone explain why, when a man’s prostate becomes
enlarged, he is also more likely to develop arthritis, become subject to
low-grade infections, and lose vitality and sharpness of intellect.TONY FINDS A CURE FOR HIS PROSTATE PROBLEM
In his late forties Tony began having diffi culty urinating, and for the
fi rst time in his life he started getting up at night to go to the
bathroom: fi rst once a night, then twice, until fi nally he was getting
up every hour. The doctor confi rmed that he had an enlarged
prostate. Because his prostate specifi c antigen (PSA) was zero,
bacterial infl ammation and cancer were ruled out. This left excess
prostate tissue, referred to as benign prostate hypertrophy (BPH).