Since we truly believe food is medicine, all Dr. Shuck supplements are whole foods based. These are not synthetic isolated vitamins, but rather foods found in nature, often difficult to find in your local grocery store.
Masculine Re-Pear is made from the fruit that grows on the Nopal cactus, commonly called Prickly Pear. This particular plant has been used for a wide variety of health issues for centuries by the natives of Mexico and Central America.
Why Prickly Pear?
We chose this particular food for men’s health based on the research demonstrating its potential protective effects on the liver, its role in blood sugar control, and its promising ability to influence prostate health and support hormone health.
Liver Support
By supporting the health of your liver, you will likely see benefits to other areas of health, such as testosterone levels. A fatty liver is a known risk factor for low testosterone levels in men. Liver health can impact testosterone levels in multiple ways, for example, sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) and albumin are both produced by the liver. SHBG controls the amount of active testosterone available for the body and albumin loosely binds to testosterone, allowing it to be more readily available when needed. Prickly pear may also protect the liver from environmental toxins, based on research in animal models that showed healthier liver markers when administered prickly pear before being given high doses of toxic substances such as acetaminophen or alcohol 1,2.
Prostate Support
Prickly pear contains two naturally occurring compounds, quercetin and beta-sitosterol, which may both play a role in easing prostate problems and improving blood sugar control and lipid numbers. You may find yourself temporarily urinating more frequently, and having a stronger flow when you first start taking prickly pear, which are both important to prostate health3.
Always check with your health care provider before beginning any new supplementation
1. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5083995/
2. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6001031/
3. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9760000/