Welcome to Dishing Up Nutrition, brought to you by nutritional weight and wellness.

We're a company specializing in life-changing nutrition education and counseling.

I'm Kara Carper, a licensed nutritionist and certified nutrition specialist.

I remember many years ago, I was talking with a male client. His sleep was being disrupted

because he needed to get up, get out of bed, up to five times each night to go to the bathroom.

Now, you all know what it's like to even need to get up once or twice to use the

bathroom, right? It's just disruptive to your night's sleep, even if you're usually a good sleeper.

So he found out at an appointment with his doctor that he had an enlarged prostate, which is very, very common as men get older. An enlarged prostate can lead to a

variety of symptoms, and a common one is that increased urge to urinate. So we'll share later in the

podcast the simple recommendations that ended up helping him to improve his symptoms. And ultimately, he was able to

reduce his frequent nightly trips to the bathroom from three to five down to one to two.

Awesome. I bet he loved you. He was so grateful, I'm telling you. So my co-host is Melanie

Beasley. I'm very pleased to be recording again with Mel.

Melanie's a licensed and registered dietitian and she has a wealth of knowledge, many years of

experience. And Melanie's just an all-around great and very warm person. I love you, Kara. So you mentioned an enlarged prostate, which is very common,

especially as men are aging. And we're going to be talking about a condition called benign

prosthetic hyperplasia or BPAH. This is when the prostate is enlarged, but there's no cancer. And it's

important to know that BPAPH is not related to prostate

cancer. They're completely different conditions. So that's not what we're touching on.

We'll also be discussing prostate cancer during our podcast. The American Cancer Society found

that last year, in 2023, almost 300,000 men in the United States were diagnosed with

prostate cancer. And prostate cancer is the second leading cause of death for men in the U.S.

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