Frequently Asked Questions

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Q. How does Your-phyto work?
A. In the scientific trial Your-phyto reduced markers of chronic inflammation, with correlated with a reduced  progression of PSA and changes on MRI. There are many other benefits of enriching the diet with phytochemicals including improving strength and exercise levels, enhancing gut health, vitamin D levels and even oxidative pathways which could also have anti-cancer properties...read more

Q. The trial involved men on Active surveillance  can it help men with other stages of prostate cancer?
A. The trial involved men not taking ADT as this was the most reliable group to find out if these nutritional strategies help. There is no theoretical reasons why they could not help other stages of prostate cancer and there certainly some symptoms which could be helped by improving gut health and phytochemical intake, especially if taking hormones or after radiotherapy – such as hot flushes, joint pains,  low mood and urinary symptoms. There are also some data to suggest that poor gut health could be a trigger for resistance  t hormones and progression.

Q. Can Yourphyto be used by men on zoladex, prostate or other ADT’s?
A. There are no contraindications and since the trial ended hundreds of men taking ADT have used it without any adverse reports. In fact the opposite, many report improvements in joint pains, hot flushes and mood – which would be expected for a strategy with improves gut level and phytochemical levels. There is also emerging data to suggest that deteriorations in gut health could interfere trigger resistance to ADT – this is the next trial planned by the scientific commitee

Q Can YouPhyto be used by women?
A. Yes – A previous study using similar indregients some a benefit for hot flushes, mood and joint pains.

Q. Can I take turmeric containing products with blood thinners
A. In a trial in 2013  and the recent trial in 2024 many men were on a variety of blood blood thinners including warfarin, abixiban and drugs like rivaroxaban and dabigatran. No problems were reported. It would be sensible, if you are on these drugs, to  look out for signs of excess bleeding, don’t exceed the RDA of yourphyto and if in doubt ask the doctor to measure your clotting levels

Q. Can Yourphyto be taken by diabetics?
A. Yes it can be taken by diabetics, more information on the benefit of pomegranate and diabetes,  In fact, there are some research study which suggest it could lower excess glucoses levels

Q. Does Yourphyto have to be taken with food?
A. It doesn’t really matter but in the small number of users who previously reported some mild indigestion it disappeared if they then took it with food.

Q. Can broccoli extracts effect the thyroid
A. The are rare case reports that broccoli can contribute to lower thyroxine levels. This was only in the presence of marked iodine deficiency. Provided you have a diet which includes seafood, onions, nuts and seed this unlikely to be the case. If you are concerned take a well designed mineral supplement which includes iodine such as phytomineral.

Q. Can I take  if I am pregnant or breastfeeding?

A. There is no evidence that turmeric, broccoli, pomegranate or green tea adversely affects pregnancy, although the safety of these supplements in pregnancy and lactation has not been established.

Q. Does Yourphyto interact with other drugs?
A. Like some other fruit juices, pomegranate has a potential interaction with some drugs. The theoretic interaction is because pomegranate, in massive doses, could interfere an enzyme in the called liver Cytochrome P450 . This helps break down certain drugs so interfering with this enzyme could increase the levels of the drugs in the blood stream – for example dropping the blood pressure. Other potential interactions could occur with:

Amitriptyline, codeine, desipramine, flecainide, fluoxetine (Prozac), ondansetron, tramadol, amlodipine, diltiazem, verapamil , fentanyl, midazolam, propranolol, enalapril (Vasotec), lisinopril and statins,

This risk of this, with the amount on pomegranate in this supplement is very low. However, if your’re taking any of these drugs and in the unlikely event low BP drops lower than expected or you have any increased side effects it would be wise to discuss with your GP. Individuals on warfarin o may be advisable to repeat an INR test within two weeks of starting yourphyto.

Q. Could it be possible that yourphyto only affects PSA and not the underlying disease?
A.  Despite the short falls of PSA as a screening tool many doctors regard it as an an extremely useful surrogate for disease status in response to treatment especially if the velocity or doubling time is considered not just a single measurement. In the study PSA levels had a 100% correlation with underlying changes on MRI. Also, none of the ingredients have any hormonal-like properties – so it is extremely unlikely that it just affects PSA and not just whole disease.

Q. Can Yourphyto be taken with hormones (ADT), abiraterone, enzalutamide or apelutamide.
A. There is no  interactions or any reports clinically. As Yourphyto has prebiotic properties there some significant theoretical advances.

Q. Can Yourphyto betaken with chemotherapy and radiotherapy
A. There are lots of unsubstantiated comments that phytochemical rich foods such as turmeric can interfere with chemotherapy. A few laboratory test using cells in petri dishes have suggest that high doses can have anti-oxidant activity which may potentially reduce the action of chemotherapy. However, most studies actually show the opposite For example, a major study showed the combined treatment of curcumin and docetaxel inhibited the proliferation and induced apoptosis significantly higher than the curcumin and docetaxel-treated group alone. Another study involving women with breast cancer have shown beneficial synergistic benefits of turmeric with chemotherapy even up to 6000 mg a day. Another study show that turmeric could improve the response to cisplatin chemotherapy.

Q. What is the difference between phyto-v and your-phyto?
A. These are very different supplements both researched in separate major national trials taken. In each trial they showed a benefit on their own but effectiveness was enhanced by combination with yourgutplus. Phyto-v showed a benefit for Long Covid and Your-phyto for prostate cancer, urinary symptoms, strength and erectile function.

Q. Could Yourphyto be used by men without cancer to improve urinary symptoms and erectile function.
A. The effect on symptoms was independent to the effect on cancer so absolutely worth a try especially as these foods are generally healthy.

Q. What is the difference between Your-phyto and Pomi-T? 
A. This supplement has 4 ingredients   which over lap with Pomi-T, the supplement used in a trial, from the same research group,  in 2013. However, it is now  substantially different – it has been upgraded with 2 new ingredients which independently have demonstrated benefits for men with prostate cancer and helped improve urinary symptoms. It also has been fortified with extract from the same plant – boosting the levels of the candidate phytochemical. Finally, it uses recent food technology techniques which can measure and standardise the more important phytochemicals

Q. Can Yourphyto be used for other cancers? 
A. Yourphyto does not work via a hormonal route but harnesses to the natural properties of phytochemical as well as synergistically enhancing gut health with yourgutplus. These factors are important for people with all types of cancers