A latest study published within the Journal of Urology Open Plus reveals that 7 saw palmetto products met the identity and potency standards to effectively address urinary tract symptoms related to an enlarged prostate.
In accordance with the lead writer of the study, Dr. Bilal Chughtai, who’s a board-certified urologist, of the 28 supplements included within the study, only six of the lipid extracts and one multi-active product were found to have the suitable dosage of 320 milligrams of saw palmetto extract and the minimum 80% fatty acids clinically shown to deal with inflammation and improve symptoms that almost all men will experience of their lifetime, like increased urination, sudden urgency, weak stream and disrupted sleep.
The study included a few of the popular saw palmetto retail products, which consumers find in stores and online platforms like Amazon, including berry powders, extracts, blends and multi-actives. The blinded study was performed at Eurofins Food Chemistry Testing, Inc., Madison, WI.
Total fatty acid content ranged from 0.796% for a berry powder product to 89.923% for a lipid extract product. Not one of the berry powders met the factors for clinical efficacy.
Lab tests confirmed that Valensa USPlus® was unique in meeting the factors established within the US Pharmacopeia monograph for standardized saw palmetto extracts (min. 80% total fatty acids), met the lipid profile for an authentic product, and was found to contain the clinically effective dose of 320 mg.
Only concentrated extract of mature saw palmetto berries has been found to inhibit the biological process by which testosterone gets converted to DHT, which ends up in benign prostate enlargement. This study not only confirms the rampant variability of saw palmetto products, but in addition highlights the necessity for physicians and industry to confirm the standard of the supplements they’re recommending to patients and consumers to make sure the perfect results possible.”
Dr Bilal Chughtai, Urologist, Valensa International
Saw palmetto is a wildcraft plant native to distant areas of the southeastern U.S. Amongst increased demand of saw palmetto, there was widespread misrepresentation, mixing and dilution of saw palmetto extracts with inexpensive plant oils like coconut, canola, olive and sunflower or use unripened berries that don’t provide clinical profit.
Valensa’s USPlus® is the primary and only USP verified ingredient that could be a lipidosterolic extract of saw palmetto berry, also often known as Serenoa repens. As per the newly-published study, only one in every of the 28 products met United States Pharmacopeia criteria for a standardized lipidosterolic extract, defined as total fatty acid content ≥80% and a fatty acid profile indicative of authentic Serenoa repens based on the ratios of the lauric acid concentration to 9 other individual fatty acid concentrations.
Valensa’s USPlus® rigorous quality-control process ensures the product incorporates only mature, wild-harvested, Fresh from Florida® saw palmetto berries which might be sourced using sustainable harvesting practices. Valensa USPlus is in a position to provide this uncompromising quality through a proprietary ultrahigh pressure extraction process that delivers a standardized lipidosterolic extract of saw palmetto for clinical effectiveness.
“Without studies like this to bring quality issues to light, it is very difficult for consumers to know in the event that they’re taking a complement stuffed with ‘sawdust’ that does not do anything or a top quality saw palmetto product that promotes your prostate health,” said Stephen Hill, Vice President of Quality and Regulatory of Valensa International. “By understanding the role that high-quality saw palmetto extract can play in men’s health, thousands and thousands of men can profit from this protected and natural solution to maintaining prostate health and possibly prevent or delay the necessity for more serious medical interventions down the road.”
Benign prostatic hyperplasia, or an enlarged prostate, affects about 50 percent of men between the ages of 51 and 60 and as much as 90 percent of men older than 80. Valensa USPlus is the primary and only USP Verified saw palmetto extract ingredient available to men to support lower urinary tract symptoms with no sexual unwanted effects.
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