The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
And that's why I singled out saw palmetto as one of the few for which the biochemical pathway of inhibiting 5-alpha reductase and the low incidence of side effects and the fact that many people have used it with some degree of success makes it a standalone. I wouldn't say recommendation, but a consideration.
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Now, one substance that we know can inhibit 5-alpha reductase, although it does it pretty weakly is saw palmetto, which is an extract of the saw palmetto berry.