Warding off More than Just Vampires: Garlic, Onions and Enlarged Prostate

Benign prostatic hyperplasia, or enlargement of the prostate, will affect half off all men in their lifetime. But a huge new study of diet suggests that it may not have to. . . .

The study found that men who eat onions four or more times a week have an unbelievable 59% lower chance of developing benign prostatic hyperplasia. It also found that men who eat the most garlic have a 28% lower risk compared to men who eat the least.

• Urology 2007;70:672-6