“Now we know that even very high doses of saw palmetto make absolutely no difference,” said study author Gerald Andriole, chief of urologic surgery at the school. “Men should not spend their money on this herbal supplement as a way to reduce symptoms of an enlarged prostate because it clearly does not work any better than a sugar pill.” A choice to believe the hype about saw palmetto was a choice to risk the occasionally severe complications of prostate enlargement. Again, natural wasn’t better. It was worse.
