mineral · for prostate symptoms
Zinc
Thought to block the hormone signal that enlarges the prostate — from lab work, not trials.
Say that in clinical terms
Zinc is theorized to inhibit 5-alpha-reductase and prolactin signaling in prostate tissue, based on laboratory rather than clinical evidence.
How strong is the research?
1 paper read.
Tested as: No dedicated placebo-controlled trial of zinc monotherapy for BPH/LUTS was found. The only clinical trial evidence located tested zinc (10 mg/day) as one component of a fixed-dose combination with daidzein and isolase, not zinc alone.
Who was studied: Men with urinary symptoms from an enlarged prostate, and only as part of a combination.
We read the research behind this and none of it concluded that it works for this. That is a finding about the papers, not a verdict that it does nothing.
How much to take
10 mg