Prostate Disease Can Be Avoided - Just Squat

 Fifty percent or more of elderly persons in the U.S. are incontinent and $16.4 billion is spent every year on incontinence related care. There are 190,000 new cases and 31,200 deaths from prostate cancer each year in the U.S. The perineum (the little patch of skin between the anus and the genitals) contains nerves that control the bladder, prostate and other organs. Bearing down to evacuate while sitting causes the perineum to bulge out. Over time, this stretches and damages the pelvic nerves, resulting in loss of bladder control and loss of communication between the prostate and the brain. The phenomenon is called “pelvic floor nerve stretch injury” and is well known to modern medicine, although the connection to seated evacuation has only recently been discovered. In a study by Australian researcher wherein 3,000 Australians converted to the squatting position, evidence showed a reversal of bladder incontinence (including bed wetting by children) and a reduction in men of prostate gland size as well as lowering of PSA (prostate specific antigen) levels.