What are the preventive health products for men

First of all, two core boundaries must be clarified. First, health products belong to the category of health foods and are not drugs themselves. There is no official classification of "health drugs". Second, there are no universal preventive products that are suitable for all men. All related products that claim to fully cover men's health needs are basically suspected of exaggerated propaganda.

A while ago, I met a 27-year-old Internet operator in a health consulting post. Because he often stayed up late to work on projects, he always felt that he had low energy and a sore back. He bought four or five kinds of products called "men's exclusive preventive health care medicine" through short videos, some of which were imported. There is an Internet celebrity model, and I eat it every day when I think of it. Within three weeks, I started to feel nauseated and vomiting. I went to the hospital to check that the transaminase was twice the normal range. The doctor said that the excessive intake of multiple supplements put a burden on the liver, so I stopped taking all the products for two months before returning to normal.

Of course, this does not mean that all related products are useless, but there is still controversy in the academic community about the effects of many popular ingredients, such as the well-known lycopene. Many small-scale studies have shown that long-term and appropriate supplementation can reduce the risk of prostate inflammation in sedentary men. Several men around me who have opened rentals for more than ten years usually supplement it regularly. It is true that The minor problems of frequent urination and urgency are less common, but a large-sample controlled study published in the "Journal of Urology" last year also showed that there is no statistical difference between the effect of lycopene and a placebo. Instead of spending hundreds of dollars to buy the imported purified version, if you usually add two more tomatoes to the stir-fry and add some oil when stir-frying to help absorb the fat-soluble ingredients, the effective amount that can be ingested is not much different.

There is also zinc and selenium preparations that are very popular among people preparing for pregnancy. It is true that if trace elements are insufficient during a pre-pregnancy check-up, supplementation according to the doctor's advice will have a certain auxiliary effect in improving sperm motility. However, if the indicators are normal, supplementing too much will affect the absorption of copper and hinder the body. There was a young man who came for consultation before. When he was preparing for pregnancy, he took three zinc tablets a day, but after three months of taking it, sperm motility dropped. When he went to the hospital, it was found that trace element disorder was caused by excessive zinc supplementation.

Many people cannot distinguish between health products and medicines, and will take some over-the-counter Chinese patent medicines with tonic effects as health products every day, such as the most common Liuwei Dihuang Pills. Many men think they are "deficient" and buy them to eat. In fact, it is only for people with kidney yin deficiency. If you have a constitution with yang deficiency, you will only become more afraid of the cold after taking it. I have even encountered cases of diarrhea for half a month. If you do have symptoms of discomfort, consult a doctor first for diagnosis before taking medication. Do not take over-the-counter medicines as daily health supplements.

As for those "health medicines" sold in WeChat Moments and private domains that claim to be able to quickly improve male function, don't think too much. Nine out of ten of them are illegally added with sildenafil or tadalafil, and the doses are mislabeled. If people with high blood pressure, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular problems take them, they can easily induce acute illnesses. If you really need it, go to the hospital to prescribe regular medicines, which are more reliable than any other three-no products. To be honest, if you really take daily health precautions, walk for half an hour three days a week, stay up less late and drink less, it will be more effective than the various supplements you spend thousands on. Don’t always think that you can lie down and maintain your health by taking health supplements.