Secondly, you've probably heard about those so-called super prostate formulas, that contain every ingredient under the sun . . . many of which you might already be taking . . . or which could potentially result in unwanted side effects or even allergic reactions.

The truth is that the most important ingredients in promoting better prostate health are beta-sitosterol, zinc, selenium and vitamin D3. Most other added ingredients are of no additional benefit.

Furthermore, if a prostate formula does not contain Beta Sitosterol. it is basically worthless.
In fact it should provide 300-600 mg of beta sitosterol per day. The dose required for relief depends on the severity of the condition . . . Those suffering from a severe case should take 600 mg/day, while for those with a mild case or who simply want to prevent BPH . . .
300 mg/day is quite sufficient.

It is interesting to note that although some new formulas on the market now contain over 600 mg per daily serving . . . there is no evidence of any additional benefit from a daily dose greater than 600 mg.

It does beg the question . . .
Why would any reasonable person take a product which provides
a larger dose than they need ?
or which provides ingredients they don't need at all ?

In recent years and even months . . . the "prostate formula" landscape has changed dramatically. Now the market is flooded with "copy cat" prostate products . . . and it has become more and more confusing for consumers to sort out the truth about which formula is best for them.

With so many "copy cat" products out there now . . . it's just not possible for us to keep updating this comparison page with every new product that hits the market . . . so we have decided to no longer review additional products for inclusion on this page.

There are however, several new "copy cat" companies that in our opinion are so unprofessional and unethical, that we feel obliged to discuss these companies and the "knock off" formulas they sell.

Best Prostate

First . . . Let's talk about this "copy cat" company . . .

Notice the close similarity to their company name and ours . . .

Prostate Miracle® is produced by Nature's Health Supply, Inc . . . .
while "Best Prostate" is produced by Nature's Healthy Supplements, Inc.

Does that seem like an attempt to trick consumers, who search for Nature's Health Supply. Inc, into thinking their company is ours ?

Obviously, when you are number one . . . everyone wants to copy you . . .
but this is going too far.

And if that wasn't bad enough . . . Take a look at this page taken from their "best prostate" website (07/22/2008). They have shamelessly copied original content verbatim from our site to their's . . . AND claimed copyrights for it. This is nothing short of blatant plagiarism.

It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see who the originals are and who the "copy cats" are.

It is also interesting to note that although they have an "As seen on TV" logo on their website, I do not believe that they actually advertise on TV . . . Our company has dedicated staff who's job it is to scower the airwaves in search of competitors' advertisements . . . so that we can keep abreast of the latest industry advertising trends . . . None of our staff have ever seen any of their supposed TV presence.

Beware of this company . . .

Now . . . Let's examine the claim they make . . .
that their product has the strongest beta sitosterol available.

• First of all . . . What is the point of bragging that their product has 10 mg more than Prostate Miracle® ? It is such an insignificant amount more (only 3%).

• Secondly . . . There is no evidence of any additional benefit from a daily dose greater than 600 mg . . . so why would anyone take a product which contains more ?
• Thirdly (and most importantly) . . .
  They lie about what they put in their product.
  • The makers of Best Prostate have been making the following false claim on their website: "Unlike other brands of Beta-sitosterol which often are a beta-sitosterol complex with only 55% actual beta-sitosterol. With Best Prostate you are assured 310 mg of actual beta-sitosterol as we take into account that our branded product source is 80% beta-sitosterol."
  • They go on to support this false claim, by showing a product spec sheet for a german made raw material, citing it as the source of the beta sitosterol contained in their product - Best Prostate.

• This is an outright lie and contradicts other claims they make.

• On one hand they claim to use US sourced BETA-SITOSTEROL.
• Yet on the other hand, they also claim to use this German made raw material.
  
• Which claim is true ? It clearly can NOT be both.

  To see the actual proof of their blatant lies and false claims . . .
  take a look at the following 2 page taken from their Best Prostate website (10/28/2009).

  Best Prostate - False Label Claims

  Best Prostate - FAQ page - Lies

  • During our investigation into these contradictory claims, we learned several facts that PROVE BEYOND A SHADOW OF A DOUBT, that the makers of Best Prostate have lied about the raw materials they use in their product.
  1. As of the date of this writing (11/15/2009) No one in the USA has ever bought this German made raw material.
  2. The German made raw material, which they lied about using, has a bulk density of .3 and contains 71% Beta Sitosterol on average (NOT 80% as the makers of Best Prostate have falsely claimed).

  • So even if the makers of Best Prostate wanted to use this raw material, they would have to change their serving size, because in order to provide 310 mg of actual beta sitosterol from this raw material, as they claim, they would have to use 438 mg of it (71% of 438 mg would yield 310 mg beta sitosterol). With a bulk density of .3, there is no way 438 mg of it (in combination with their other claimed ingredients and excipients) could possibly fit into a "00" capsule.
  • This misrepresentation regarding the technical specifications of said raw material is a moot point however, because despite the exaggeration of the specs, the makers of Best Prostate never even used this raw material in their product.
  • The real point is that . . . All of their lies and false claims demonstrate the great lengths to which this highly unethical company will go, in order to compete in the marketplace. In what appears to be an unethical attempt to trick people into thinking their product was superior to Prostate Miracle®, they have exaggerated the technical specifications of this raw material and have outright lied about using it in their bogus product.

  • Subsequent to the publshing of this web page, where we named the specific raw material that the makers of Best Prostate lied about using, we were contacted by the manufacturer of said raw material and asked to remove any mention of their company and product name from this web page. Understandably, they probably do not want to be misperceived as being a party to, or having anything to do with the lies that the maker of Best Prostate were stating.

    So, although Nature's Health Supply believes we have the right to report all the specifics relating to the exposure of false claims made by a competitor, our legal department has elected to comply with the removal request . . . Accordingly, from now on, you will no longer be able to see the specific name of the raw material and company that produces it, mentioned here on this web page . . . but for those interested, we would be very happy to provide copies of the prints we have made from the google archives of the Best Prostate website, which DO show all the specifics and PROVES BEYOND A SHADOW OF A DOUBT that the makers of Best Prostate blatantly and brazenly lied about what they put in their product.

• Another irregularity with Best Prostate is their label . . .
  It is totally non compliant with FDA labeling standards.

• Their label claim of 15 mcg selenium per serving, incorrectly states that amount of selenium to be 50% Daily Value (it is actually 21% DV). They also do not state the form of selenium used, so it is unclear if they provide 15 mcg of a selenium salt or of elemental selenium.
• They also make the false label claim: "ALL NATURAL"
  • Best Prostate includes Zinc Citrate which is NOT natural . . .
    It is synthesized by combining citric acid with zinc oxide.
  • Best Prostate includes Glyceryl Behenate which is NOT natural . . .
    It is synthesized by combining glycerine with fatty acids.

• All GMP certified labs are required to comply with the FDA labeling
  standard . . . so one wonders if Best Prostate is even produced in a GMP certified lab. With what we have uncovered about this unethical company . . . it seems doubtful.

• I would imagine that the makers of Best Prostate are squirming now . . .
  scrambling and strategizing as to what they can do to recover
  from this very damaging exposure about their company and product.
• They have added the following 3 statements to their website.
  1. "We are constantly looking to improve our product
     and the ingredients that we use."
  2. "Additional updated information will be forth coming
     with regards to a product data sheet."
  3. "Almost all other beta-sitosterols have a maximum beta-sitosterol
     content of 55%"
  • This statement is misleading and gives the false impression that the raw material they use has more than the "others"

• In what seems to be a typical action for this highly unethical company,
  they are fighting back by spreading more vicious lies . . .
• They have just published on the web, the following
  slanderous false statement about Prostate Miracle®:

  "Nature's Health Supply's original prostate product was a re-labeled Prostate Formula Dietary Supplement as endorsed and co-owned by Dr. Michael Teplitsky, M.D."

• This, like many of things this company says or publishes, is a blatant lie. Prostate Miracle® has NEVER been a re-labeled Prostate Formula.

You may have picked up that the tone of this review is very harsh and very personal . . .
you are right . . . it is. Not because we are threatened by Best Prostate . . . we are NOT,
but rather it is the whole natural health industry, which is threatened by companies such as this one. Companies like this give the natural health industry a bad name. Never in my entire career have I known of a company as dishonest and unethical as this one . . . their tactics are quite simply beyond belief.

BUYER BEWARE . . .
This makers of Best Prostate have plagiarized, lied, mislead and misrepresented their product!

Prostate Care

Their price is significantly higher than Prostate Miracle® and so some people have been fooled into thinking . . . hmmm . . . "new and improved" Prostate Miracle® . . . it costs more . . . it must be better.

This deception couldn't be further from the truth and has propagated lots of confusion in the marketplace . . . So let's set the record straight . . .

HealthyChoiceNaturals and their "knock off" product Prostate Care are not related in any way, shape or form to Nature's Health Supply. Inc and Prostate Miracle®

In fact our legal department has served them papers demanding that they cease and desist from infringing on our registered Prostate Miracle® trademark. After many phone calls to their corporate office, and after many unfulfilled promises, finally they did comply . . . but just for a short while . . . and then commenced again (perhaps thinking that they could "get away with it" again using a different company identity). Ultimately, Google stepped in and forced them to stop their deceptive online advertising. Amazingly enough, even today, they continue to advertise using our registered trademark (Prostate Miracle) as a search term and also use the deceptive name (Miracle Prostate) in the headline of their online ad. We understand that when you are "number one" everyone one wants to ride on your "coattails" . . . but don't you think this is going too far ?

Beware of this company . . .

But enough about their company . . . Let's look at their formula . . .
It has 300 mg of beta sitosterol . . . that's good . . . it has zinc citrate . . . that's good too
. . . but why do they provide 30 mg per serving ? . . . that amount of zinc is WAY too much
. . . and could even be potentially dangerous.

Their product also contains some DIM . . . (diindolymethane) . . . that's a nice idea . . .
DIM truly is a great supplement to take for prostate health . . . the problem is that clinical studies show you need to take 200 mg /day to get any benefit from it . . . their product only provides 40 mg per caplet . . . which is not nearly enough . . . Taking DIM in such a small amount is basically worthless . . . it does not make their formula any more effective . . . just more expensive.

If there was a way to add 200 mg of DIM to Prostate Miracle® we would have . . . but it just didn't make sense to make Prostate Miracle® into a much larger capsule or alternatively, to provide a product (as they did) which doesn't provide enough DIM to be effective.

That is why Nature's Health Supply, Inc formulated Estrogen Balance® . . . a companion product to Prostate Miracle® which provides 200 mg of DIM as well as Quercetin and Flaxseed.

"Prostate Care" is now being promoted as "advanced formurla" and contains Bioperine® for which they claim is "proven to increase absorption by up to 60% ". I do not know what their basis is for making this cliam . . . but in my research, I was unable to find any proof to this claim . . . leading me to the conclusion that any company, who would make such a claim relies on hype over substance.

It is also interesting to note that although HealthyChoiceNaturals sells Roger Mason's book "The Natural Prostate Cure" They must not have read it . . . as Roger clearly states that . . . Lycopene is a total fraud and has no place in a prostate formula.

Prosvent

The breakdown of their proprietary formula does not really matter, however because the most important thing to know about Prosvent is that it contains absolutley NO Beta Sitosterol what-so ever. That is right . . . Prosvent is one of the most expensive prostate products on the market, yet it does NOT even contain ANY of the single most important ingredient for prostate health - Beta Sitosterol.

Warning: We have heard from MANY very angry EX-Prosvent customers, who have innocently taken advantage of Prosvent's "FREE Trial Offer", that not only were they very dissatisfied with the product, but even worse, every month they received 2 more additional bottles, which were charged to their credit card.

• Some have reported that after complaining about this automatic monthly charge, through Prosvent's customer service email address, they received an auto response stating that they would be contacted within 48 to 72 hours, but never were.
• Others have reported that they called the customer service phone number and were put on hold for a very long time, and upon finally getting through to an agent, were told that once the item is shipped, it can not be returned for a refund.
• Others have reported that even after repeatedly speaking to customer representatives, requesting their unauthorized automatic billing stop at once, they continued to have their card charged each month.
• Please note that none of these alleged Prosvent business practices have actually been verified by us, but considering the vast number of horror stories we have heard, we felt it important to make this warning.

Prostate Power Rx

The truth is that quercetin is a great supplement to take for prostate health (much more for prostatitis than for BPH) but the therapeutic dose is at least 250 mg/day . . .
The 80 mg/ 2 capsule serving that Prostate Power Rx provides is unlikely to provide any benefit.

If there was a way to add 250 mg of quercitin to Prostate Miracle® we would have . . . but it just didn't make sense to make Prostate Miracle® into a much larger capsule or alternatively, to provide a product (as they did) which doesn't provide enough quercitin to be effective. That is why Nature's Health Supply, Inc formulated Estrogen Balance® . . . a companion product to Prostate Miracle® which provides 250 mg of Quercetin as well as DIM and Flaxseed.

One last point about Prostate Power Rx . . . their product name is somewhat misleading . . .
it seems to imply that Prostate Power RX is a prescription drug or is of "prescription strength", which of course is NOT true.

Urinozinc

This is a rather absurd claim, first of all can nutritional supplements even be patented ?
And . . . even if they could . . . is that supposed to mean that a patented formula is somehow better than one that is not ? It is worth noting that Vitanergy does not refer to their patent number anywhere on their site (that I could find). Furthermore, I have searched for their patent on the USPTO website, but was unable find it.

A look at their supplement facts listed on their website reveals that their product contains some herbs, vitamins and minerals but NO Beta Sitosterol Complex what-so-ever.

Prostate Health Essentials

Let's examine these claims closer.

1. They are THE number one Selling product
• What is the basis for this self serving claim ? Our sales statistics are not a matter of public record . . . so even if it was true (extremely unlikely) . . . How in the world could they possibly know how their sales compare to ours? The answer to that question is . . . quite simply . . . They couldn't know . . . hence the claim is ridiculous!

• What is the likely-hood that the sales generated from a new "copy cat" company such as SeniorLife Health could possibly exceed those of Nature's Health Supply, an established, trusted, reputable company with thousands upon thousands of very satisfied customers, who have been ordering Prostate Miracle over and over again for many years.

It does beg the question . . . How much credibility can a company which makes ridiculous self-serving claims like this have ?

2. Their product Contains 30+ of the Top Natural Ingredients
• I am sure that some people will be fooled into thinking that a product containing "30+ of the Top Natural Ingredients" is superior to a product which contains less ingredients. Many in the natural health industry bank on this fallacy and prey upon the uneducated, using what we in the industry refer to as "window dressing" (a long list of ingredients with less than therapeutic amounts) to lure people towards their product. In reality, there is no value at all in using less than the therapeutic dose of any particular ingredient. Furthermore, as we have already pointed out, many of the commonly used ingredients in prostate formulas, such as saw palmetto and lycopene, provide no benefit at all and could even potentially cause negative reactions.
• I must say that, I have never seen a prostate formula with includes as many ingredients as "Prostate Health Essentials" claims to contain. Aside from the points we already made about the prevalence in our industry of "window dressing" and/or providing ingredients you really don't need or want. . . Each capsule of Prostate Health Essentials" claims to contain 519.33 mg of combined ingredients - If their label claim is actually true, I would expect their capsule size to be HUGE.
• Speaking of capsules . . . unlike Prostate Miracle®, which uses a 100% vegetable capsule, the "Prostate Health Essentials" label includes gelatin, indicating that their capsule is not of 100% vegetable origin. Furthermore, their product contains the fillers magnesium stearate and stearic acid. Additionally, it is VERY important to note that although they brag about how many ingredients their product contains, there is no mention of the quality of ingredients. Do they use US sourced Beta sitosterol or the cheaper and inferior beta sitosterol made in China ?
3. Their product Shrinks Enlarged Prostate in 5-7 days. FAST!
• This is another inconsistent unfounded claim they make.
  • On the one hand their google ad says:
    "Prostate symtoms gone in 5-7 days >100% Guarantee"
  • But on the other hand their website says "Now, we don't claim it will work overnight. (And if you find a company that claims their supplement does, seal your wallet fast!) We do find that our customers get initial relief within 1-2 weeks, with full results at 4-6 weeks."
  • And finally their website says "We guarantee results within 6 weeks or we will refund 100% of your purchase price!"
  • So what are they really claiming . . . 5-7 days, 1-2 weeks or 4-6 weeks ?
4. Powerful Enough to Knock Down Prostate Infections
• One wonders what the basis for this bold claim is. They don't discuss which of any of the contained ingredients does this nor do they cite any clinical studies which back up this claim at all. They just make this claim and expect you to believe it with no supporting information.

The bottom line is that this product is promoted using absurd, unfounded, self serving claims. The credibility of a new company using such tactics certainly raises a red fag of concern about their product.

Super Prostate Formula

ProstateMagic

Since their website was so unclear, I checked the supplement facts specified on their label to ascertain how much beta sitosterol ProstateMagic actually contains. As far as I was able to see, it contains none. At best there could be some beta sitosterol in the Chinese herbs their product contains, but just as the case with saw palmetto, pygeum africanum, stinging nettles, pumpkinseed and other herbs . . . the concentration of beta sitosterol in these herbs is too small to have any therapeutic value.

Their website says that ProstateMagic is made in the USA, but that does not equate to meaning all of its ingredients come from the USA. As far as I know, Chinese herbs come from China. Furthermore who in their right mind would consume any ingestible originating from China which has such an awful track record for purity, contamination and quality control standards in general.

ProstateMagic is advertised for $49.95, which is very expensive for a product containing no beta sitosterol.

Provelex

Prosta-Norm

Prost-8

Peenuts

Prostamax

Ultimate Prostate Formula

It is common in the natural health industry, when referring to this combined group of plant sterols and stanols . . . to interchange the terms phytosterols and beta sitosterol complex. It is important to understand that beta sitosterol is just one (the most important) of the plant sterols and stanols included in the group.

The amount of beta sitosterol contained in any beta sitosterol complex will depend on both the natural balance of the source material as well as the purity of the phytosterols, which is based on the quality and precision of the extraction process. The beta sitosterol complex used in Prostate Miracle is 98% pure and contains 40-58% actual "free" beta sitosterol.

Saw Palmetto and Pygeum Africanum are Useless

1. One study published in Prostate (2000 Nov) examined the effect of saw palmetto on stroma cells (the framework cells that build supportive tissue) and on epithelial cells (those which line the glands and ducts of the prostate). The study was done on normal prostate tissue and on BPH tissues from patients treated with and without the saw palmetto. The conclusion was that saw palmetto damages the nuclear and mitochondrial membranes, and causes cellular death in the epithelium and stroma.
2. Another study published in the Journal of Urology (2000 Nov) investigated the effects of saw palmetto on primary cultures of fibroblasts (cells that produce connective tissue), and epithelial cells from the prostate, epididymis (the tube that provides for the storage, transmission and maturation of sperm), testes, kidney, skin and breast to determine if the action of saw palmetto is selective and specific to prostate tissue. This study concluded that saw palmetto caused damage and death in prostate tissue, though there were no similar changes observed in other types of cells.
3. A third study published in Prostate (1999 Sep) examined the effect of saw palmetto on benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH). Again, the results showed there was widespread damage of intracellular membranes, including mitochondrial and nuclear membranes in both healthy and overgrown prostate tissue.

Lycopene is a Fraud

Supplement Facts Serving Size: 1 Capsule Servings per container: 60

Amount Per Serving

% Daily Value

Beta Sitosterol Complex	300 mg	*
Zinc (as Zinc Citrate)	7.5 mg	50%
Selenium (as Selenium Amino Acid Chelate)	100 mcg	143%
Vitamin D3	1000 iu's	250%

*Daily value not established.