{"id":292,"date":"2009-04-02T09:30:35","date_gmt":"2009-04-02T16:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/glossary.ultimatefatburner.com\/?p=292"},"modified":"2015-02-23T16:09:26","modified_gmt":"2015-02-23T21:09:26","slug":"saw-palmetto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/saw-palmetto\/","title":{"rendered":"Saw Palmetto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Common name for the American Dwarf Palm, or Serenoa repens.\u00a0 Extracts of the fruit are used as an <a href=\"https:\/\/nccih.nih.gov\/health\/palmetto\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">alternative treatment for benign prostatic hyperplasia<\/a> and other conditions, such as chronic prostatitis.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nlm.nih.gov\/medlineplus\/druginfo\/natural\/971.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Saw palmetto can inhibit 5-alpha reductase<\/a>, the enzyme that converts testosterone to DHT.\u00a0 It also has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pubmed\/14572753\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">anti-inflammatory effects<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Saw palmetto extracts are available in supplemental form. In Europe, Saw palmetto extracts are sold as a medication, Permixon.\u00a0 It may also be combined with other herbal BPH remedies, such as stinging nettle and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/pygeum-africanum\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pygeum africanum<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>See the review &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/vitamins\/saw-palmetto.html\" target=\"_blank\">Saw Palmetto for Prostate Health<\/a>&#8221; for more information.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Common name for the American Dwarf Palm, or Serenoa repens.\u00a0 Extracts of the fruit are used as an alternative treatment for benign prostatic hyperplasia and other conditions, such [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[46,159,201,259,347,857,867,921],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=292"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1934,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/292\/revisions\/1934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ultimatefatburner.com\/glossary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}