Prostatitis - Diet - Exercise - Alcohol

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Chronic Prostatitis - Alcohol, Diet and Exercise are powerful influencers of Symptoms

Exercise and what you eat (diet) and how much alcohol you may drink can have a significant effect on the severity of your prostatitis symptoms.

The following is my story of the lifestyle choices that I (often unwittingly) followed as my medical journey progressed, and how a point was reached where I started to say "no" to taking a pass on properly looking after myself. Reading the following may sound like it was easy, it wasn't, it may sound like it happened quickly, it didn't, and most of all, it may sound like I know it all, I DON'T, this is just a summary of what worked for ME, and if writing it helps you, I would be very pleased.. so let me/everyone know in the comments at the bottom of this page.

For a long time I grappled with the problem of prostatitis. This meant I ONLY pursued the medical line; I wanted a cure!

The more Doctors I saw (especially Urologists), the more frustrated I got.. until I realised (it took a while), that a "cure" was not going to come easily, especially not when the best a Doctor could offer was a script (Rx) for antibiotics.

Eventually, things got so serious for me, that I started to get it through my head that it was all up to me. Having paid medical insurance for years and being brought up with the expectation that a Doctor was going to be a miracle worker; I was slowly getting the message. I had to direct and manage my own prostatitis condition if I was ever going to have some sort of enjoyable life and carry through on my goals.

So what were the things I could control? My own behavior!

I had slowly, almost unrealizingly sunk into a routine of drowning my sorrows in alcohol (as the saying goes). Every night I would sink a couple of times the number of drinks that anybody would call reasonable, and this not only didn't help the prostatitis, it made it a lot worse with unbelievable urinary frequency, not to mention the effect it had on relationships. Yes, I'd got into the habit of heading for a drink at every opportunity after 6pm.

What's worse? Eating the wrong food or consuming a lot of alcohol? Both are as bad as each other for prostatitis, and one begets the other; heavy drinking made me very hungry, but not until later at night when the only eat-out options were takeaway/fast food. And the more junk food I ate, the worse shape I got in, and that made me think more of a drink!

If this resonates with you, read on please. If it doesn't. but you're early in this vicious cycle of prostatitis, then also please read on, so this doesn't build up for you.

A Fix of my bad Prostatitis Habits

To start with, I attacked the bad drink habit; I don't recommend that you hit diet (the kind of food you eat) AND alcohol minimization at the same time. Every new habit requires a bit of a well-thought plan, or it's very likely to be one more piece of failure (prostatitis, relationships stemming from it, poor Doctors, failed antibiotic courses etc). So I worked out the following:

In case a reader at this point thinks, "oh, sounds like this guy is a drunk, I'm not like that".. don't you believe it. Examine everything you do and put it under the microscope, it's much easier to see the wrong in others but not in oneself. No, I wasn't a drunk because of one fortunate fact, if I had more than a certain number of drinks I would get a terrible headache during the night and lasting most of the next day. When my prostatitis symptoms, and all the attendant problems got so bad, it could have perhaps become a case of a being very big drinker but getting those headaches probably saved me.

I'm being brutally honest here, just more than the equivalent of a couple of small beers a night WILL impact on prostatitis for a big percentage of guys. For some, even any alcohol will have a noticeable effect.

Prostatitis Alcohol Body Symptoms

DIET - Food, getting the right food to minimize prostatitis symptoms:

If you have trouble doing the above, I found it helped a great deal to just not have any of the bad stuff in the house. If it wasn't there I wasn't tempted! It helps a great deal if you've got a supportive partner. Having kids means you can't keep the cupboards and fridge empty but you can keep the right things in them; it's just as important for the kids to be doing what you're doing - healthy eating.

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Check out Ryan MacEachern's work for more great food ideas | My progress with food is such that I consider the above to be a feast!

Ok, now it's time to move onto Prostatitis and Exercise

Not being over-weight definitely is a big help for prostatitis, but probably the greatest value that exercise and keeping fit can give you is all those endorphins, and the extremely beneficial effect they have on your state of mind.
It's natural for ANYONE to feel down, or depressed, OR clinically depressed when they have a chronic illness. It's part of having prostatitis and gets many, many, sufferers sooner or later.

So, as I got on top of my diet and alcohol intake, I started exercising every day.
I can say this would not have lasted if I went to the gym every day and did repetitive routines, especially a treadmill INDOORS would have bored me to the point of giving it up. So I never started there, and I'd learned that for me anyway, I wasn't going to be successful if I plodded away at something for hours every day. I knew I needed resistance exercise which would be even better and take a lot less time.

I had a steep mountain very close to where I lived, and I walked up there every day, and by the time I got to the bottom again I used to feel great. I'd be sweating heavily, feeling great, not exhausted nor taken more than 90 minutes.

All the above worked for me in reducing Prostatitis symptoms Enormously

It may not work for everyone, the theory definitely will, but the fine details might need to be modified a bit for your own particular situation.

If you have something you can add to what I've written, please comment at the bottom of this page. What I've written here is the most important thing next to a total cure in my mind, because getting on top of these three things helps put you back in control.

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Looking back: Observations on the things that helped my prostatitis symptoms the most:

 Don't forget, comment below on whether this article has helped you and tell us about anything extra that has helped for you.

 

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