How To Lower Your Risk of Colon Cancer With Food
The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee
Physicians Committee
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🗓️ 4 March 2020
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
Colorectal cancer is one of the most common forms of cancer, and it's also one of the most preventable.
On this episode of The Exam Room™ podcast, you will learn how and why diet and lifestyle can play such an enormous role in determining whether or not you develop colon cancer. As Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month begins "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll is joined by Newport Beach, California-based gastroenterologist Dr. Angie Sadeghi who says we will shed far fewer tears when we stop eating the SAD — Standard American Diet. She also shares why poor diets are leading to an increased number of cases among younger adults.
Dr. Sadeghi and Chuck also compare the number small number of cases related to genetics to the overwhelming majority that are driven by diet and lifestyle.
One of the keys to lowering the risk of colon cancer is to load up on fiber. So, dietician Lee Crosby joins the show to share her list of high fiber foods that everyone should be eating to help stay healthy!
Lee then shares the news that her mom, who lost 100 pounds after adopting a plant-based diet, is now teaching Food For Life classes in the Washington, DC area. Registration is now open!
Find a Food For Life class near you.
** High Fiber Foods **
- Split Peas, cooked (1 cup): 16.3g
- Lentils, cooked (1 cup): 15g
- Cannellini Beans, cooked (1 cup): 10g
- Raspberries (1 cup): 8 g
- Blackberries (1 cup): 7.63 g
- Sweet potato (1 cup): 6.6 g
- Broccoli (1 cup): 5.1 g
- Pear (1 whole): 5 g
- Apple (1 medium): 4.37 g
- Blueberries (1 cup): 3.55 g
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Dr. Angie Sadeghi
IG: @angie.sadeghi
Web: https://drangiehealth.com
Phone: 949-404-4444
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6 Steps to Fight Colon Cancer
Read: http://bit.ly/2Tyq7zP
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Mama Crosby's Food For Life Class
Register: http://bit.ly/38apQbw
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Chuck Carroll
Twitter: @ChuckCarrollWLC
IG: @ChuckCarrollWLC
Facebook: https://wghtloss.cc/ChuckFacebook
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Lee Crosby
Twitter: @Veggie_Quest
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Physicians Committee
Twitter: @PCRM
Facebook: https://wghtloss.cc/PCRMFacebook
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| 0:00.0 | Only about 5 to 10% of the cancer cases have truly inherited genetics for calling cancer. |
| 0:08.6 | Everybody else has risk factors that they can mitigate to prevent calling cancer. |
| 0:14.2 | So when I say that calling cancer can almost be obsolete in this country, I mean it. |
| 0:19.6 | Well, hello there! |
| 0:29.6 | And welcome to the Exam Room Podcast brought to you by the Physicians Committee. |
| 0:33.0 | Hi, I am the Weight Loss Champion Chuck Carroll. |
| 0:35.9 | Thank you so very much for giving the show a listen this week, or a view, or a download. |
| 0:40.9 | Wherever it is in the world that you are, we appreciate the fact that you are here. |
| 0:47.7 | And it's March. |
| 0:49.0 | And March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month. |
| 0:51.8 | It's one of the most common forms of cancer. |
| 0:55.3 | And it also happens to be one of the most preventable. |
| 0:59.9 | Diet and lifestyle play an enormous role in determining whether or not we get calling cancer. |
| 1:05.6 | And my guest today, Dr. Angie Sadegi, is a gastroenterologist who says that no tears will be shed |
| 1:12.5 | if we stop eating the sad diet. |
| 1:15.6 | The standard American diet. |
| 1:18.0 | So if you stop eating that and we load up on plant-based foods, the odds of living a long and healthy |
| 1:23.9 | and cancer-free life improve dramatically. |
| 1:29.9 | And one of the biggest keys to that is fiber. |
| 1:34.0 | So really it's kind of a simple formula. |
| 1:36.2 | If you're not eating a lot of fiber, you're at a higher risk of getting cancer. |
| 1:40.0 | But if you load up on foods that are naturally high in it, |
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