The Best Way to Take Saw Palmetto

The nutritional supplement Saw Palmetto is available in a variety of forms: liquid extract, powdered capsules, tablets, tea, and crushed berry in capsules. Buy the standardized extract of Saw Palmetto labeled as 85 to 95 percent fatty acids and sterols. The berry capsules may seem like a cheaper alternative to the extract but they do not provide the fatty acid sterols required for healthful benefit. Since the plant's sterols are not water soluble, the tea formula provides no health benefit. Powdered capsules or tablets are the best delivery methods of the herb.

Things You'll Need

• Saw Palmetto capsules
• Saw Palmetto extract
• Saw Palmetto berries

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Instructions

• 1

  Ingest Saw Palmetto by itself. It can interfere with the absorption of other herbs or supplements, such as iron, regardless of the form you choose to take.

• 2

  Take a 160 mg capsule twice daily or a 320 mg capsule once a day with water or juice. Take no later than 7 p.m., if you're treating prostrate enlargement, to reduce pressure on the bladder from liquids.

• 3

  Take Saw Palmetto liquid extract, no more than five to six milliliters per day. Follow with a full glass of water.

• 4

  Eat Saw Palmetto berries whole or dried. Do not exceed two grams a day.