How To Treat And Prevent Colon Polyps Using Functional Medicine
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- Опубліковано 21 вер 2024
- Colon cancer is one of the most prevalent types of cancer in the United States. While traditionally a disease of older adults, we are sadly seeing an increase in colon cancer incidence and mortality in young people. Screening for colon polyps with regular colonoscopies is an important way to access your risk of developing colorectal cancer. But what are colon polyps, why do we develop them, and how can we prevent them from forming in the first place?
In this episode, Dr. Hyman sits down with Dr. Elizabeth Boham to discuss the Functional Medicine approach to preventing and treating colon polyps. They dive into the importance of eating an anti-inflammatory diet and optimizing gut health to create a terrain in the body where cancer is less likely to grow.
Elizabeth Boham is a physician and nutritionist who practices Functional Medicine at The UltraWellness Center in Lenox, MA. Through her practice and lecturing, she has helped thousands of people achieve their goals of optimum health and wellness. She witnesses the power of nutrition every day in her practice and is committed to training other physicians to utilize nutrition in healing. Dr. Boham has contributed to many articles and wrote the latest chapter on Obesity for the Rankel Textbook of Family Medicine. She is part of the faculty of the Institute for Functional Medicine and has been featured on the Dr. Oz show and in a variety of publications and media including Huffington Post, The Chalkboard Magazine, and Experience Life. Her DVD Breast Wellness: Tools to Prevent and Heal from Breast Cancer explores the Functional Medicine approach to keeping your breasts and whole body well.
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I want you to know that this video motivated me to stop delaying a colonoscopy at the age of 65. I got it done, no big deal. One polyp, which was snipped. I rest easy now. Thank you.
Bless you ! I needed it YEARS ago and never did! I don't have the support or courage...and l KNOW better. I'm a tough cookie in all things, EXCEPT this!!! Got So many issues, l keep letting it go. Need my Mom to kick me in the assbut l'm 62! Lol!!! Continued good health!
Interesting but this is what encourage others to do but a test I will pass I just eat healthy 70 years😊
Same here, age 62, I am reluctant to have colonoscopy, but accepted as preparation for abdominal surgery. One Polyp was found and gotten rid of. As being on a WholePlants diet for a year and before mostly vegan, exercising regularly, I was quite disappointed with the polyp, but relieved, I was in good hands in this Hospital (Havelhöhe, Berlin, Germany)
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This is very interesting I’ve had crohns colitis for 30 years after a colonoscopy 3pre cancerous polyps were found but this was after a period of intense stress (We lost our income and home)I decided to completely change my diet removing dairy and found a way to heal the stress 1 year later the colonoscopy was repeated and they had disappeared with no treatment which proves diet and mental well-being are the keys I have remained healthy since 😊
Could you please talk more about what diet except removing dairy and really interested on how you healed stress because I have ulcerative colites and stressed all the time. Thank you
@@user-bu9rf5kv1m I had 3 colonoscopies in the last 10 years and the 2 first ones had polyps in my cecum. Biopsy showed they were benign. On my last one they could not find any. I suffer from anxiety and have diarrhea when highly stressed. Since i no longer eat dairy i feel a lot better. I eat a cup of bean ( any beans as i love them ) everyday. My stomach or i should say my intestines are so much more quiet. I dont have these urgencies anymore.
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What do you mean polyps disappeared? Weren't they removed by the dr? Why another colonoscopy after one year? The protocol is after 5 years
You got the chrone’s and colitis after the colonoscopy? So it caused it ?
I am a healthy 52 and just had my first colonoscopy this past January, and I had 2 small and one large (high grade dysplasia) removed. I just had a follow up 2 days ago, (3 months later) with 3 more polyps removed and I go back in 6 months for another follow up. Don't sit on getting a colonoscopy it is so easy, simple and life saving!
6 months ago I had a sidmogdoscopy. I have to get a colonoscopy in 4months. I am 80 years old.
I wish we had Doctors like these 2 in our community. Here all they want to do is push pain pills and anti depressants. Big pharma at its best.
But it is your choice to take these pills and anti depressants. There is a lot of infos on the net these days for you to take care of yourself.
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@@frenchustube Hmmmm.... but we have been trained" to trust doctors...what we didn't know
was that MONEY is at the base of the USA system....the more pills, operations, tests, etc., the more income...😢.
And Big Pharma encourage this...
Really when you think about it, it is not right to make huge profits
and bankrupt folk when they get seriously ill...🙁
🙂We in U.K. have our invaluable N.H.S....🙂
We all have the chance of health care , depending on need, not bank balance or Insurance....
Although there is a big worry that moves are afoot to privatise our NHS and follow USA's style....hope not....😥.
@@frenchustube
😒 Up to a point, yes....But we tend to trust our doctors....
Big Pharma has a lot to answer for....😒
You won’t find these doctors on your insurance. I am a physician of 50 years experience and 10 years ago. The insurance industry called me up and told me I was forbidden to help people, my job was to give them drugs. You will only find good quality physicians when you step outside your insurance. Your insurance pays for the CEO and all the employees and the videos on TV and advertisements everywhere but they don’t help you. There are a few things like colonoscopy they will pay for, but they won’t educate you. They’ll tell you there’s nothing you can do for the polyps. My gastroenterologist even told me I was not gluten intolerant, but I know I am. When I started eliminating all processed foods, I’m down to only a couple of polyps. When I was eating processed food, I had seven precancerous polyps each time. At least I’m a physician doing integrated medicine and I know what to do. Good luck.❤
God bless those, who fighting that terrible disease 🦠 😢
My Mum died from advanced metastatic cancer in July 2023. She had diverticulitis and went for colonoscopies. Please someone tell me how the hell a huge tumour pushing up into her stomach got missed?? I’m very angry about it.
Dr Mark Hyman is doing awesome job and promoting healthy life style. Great job!
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I really soaked up this podcast in particular
with alot of interest
as had so much relevance and information pertaining to me personally.
My mother died at age 48 from metastatic bowel cancer one month after being diagnosed
leaving us four teenage kids to continue our lives without her.
So much she has missed and so much we have missed of her 😢
If only more knowledge & bowel screening was more available back then maybe things might have been a lot different.
We could never understand why our fit,healthy-living, trim, happy, young mother got such an awful disease and died so soon!
I’ve just turned 60 years of age (and so blessed for every extra year I have had longer than what my mother got) and have been having colonoscopies every five years since I was 40.
This time for the first time a polyp was found of a pre-cancerous nature..
Being very aware of the increased genetic risk I have, I am so grateful to have this very valuable information you amazing Drs put out to the world.
Thankyou so much for this fantastic educational platform.
What wonderful😊 intelligent humans you both are making such a difference to help make
our health our wealth
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I had a weird feeling in my abdomen, the only way to describe it was like a mild electrical impulse, I went to 3 different gastroenterologists, and since I'd had a colonoscopy about a year before (with polyps) they prescribed more flax and fiber. Finally a 4th doctor decided to do another colonoscopy and he found 2 villous ademomas, which were large and could have been serious with more time. He also said the flax seeds were causing spasms and to stop eating them. The electrical feeling was completely gone and I am sure this doctor saved my life. Get your colonoscopy and find a doctor who will listen to you.
glad you found a doctor that helped you. that is the problem, finding a doctor that actually sees a person sitting there and not some symptoms to medicate. Doctors that will say "let's find the culprit that is causing this" is rare
The thing about cancer is there are hundreds of types of cancer that can kill a person. It is impossible to screen for every one of them before it is too late. If one of the body's 10 trillion cells goes wacky somewhere in the body, and they find it and cut it out, that's good. But the same behaviors and conditions that caused that DNA damage is likely happening in many other cells. The best things we can do to prevent cancer are eat an anticancer diet, don't smoke, don't drink heavily, do moderate exercise, and be careful of the environments that we live and work in.
Flax seeds need to be ground
@@leeannb03 yes it was flax meal, I should have specified. the doctor explained flax can cause spasms in the ascending colon which can be painful and even debilitating. Once the fiber was eliminated, the spasms were completely gone
@@rons5319 yes, prevention!
Dr McDougal says Colonoscopies are too risky. Says sigmoidoscopy is safer, says most cancers are found in lower intestine. His video on this is VERY enlightening
Sigmoidoscopy is not fun really uncomfortable procedure.
I believe it. His argument is it's much less dangerously risky
Most GI doctors that do colonoscopies told me they don't do Sigmoidoscopy anymore.
So very informative and valuable information! It's great that you share your expertise and your guests expertise in this type of forum. It restores my respect for the medical profession. I also want to thank you Dr Hyman for helping your brilliant guests communicate in such a way that we can understand. You have a gift of being able to take the super technical and breaking it down so that non-medical people can understand what's being said! You are awesome!
I do nutritional counseling.
I was counseling a woman who was suffering terribly from polyups and other intestional
Illnesses.
I had her stop all wheat,preservatives and sugar.
I had her start drinking pure Bone broth three times a day.
Raw fermented sauerkraut 1 tbls
a day.
1 cup whole milk Greek plain yogurt.
Juicing
1 medium beet
1 cup spinach
4 romaine leafs
1 c blueberries
1 tbls fresh ginger
1/4 c watercress
1/2 Cocont water
Drink for the day.
Beverages to drink
Green Tea
Water
Clove water
(1 tsp whole cloves crush daily)
into 1 cup boiling water.Steep 3 min.
Sip throughout the day.
Pure aloevera
She sent me a text with doctors test results.
Polyup free first time in 15 yrs.
This is amazing
This is an excess diet.
@@lindalopez7710 Excess means too much. How is it too much? Too many calories?
Thanks
How long did the woman suffering with the polyups and intestinonal stayed on your beverages drink and juicing how long after she went to the doctor and send you the result?
What keeps being passed by here is peoples fear of the colonoscopy. I’m an RN, and will not have one. A dear family friend died as a result of a perforated colonoscopy. She was sent home, re-admitted in severe sepsis and died months later. I personally cared for several patients who had perforations, it was the elephant under the rug...no one wanted to say a doctor had poked a hole and then sent the person home. Also severe discomfort during the process, removal of polyps, general mistreatment and unpleasantness.
So one may die either way-what a choice !
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Oh my goodness!!
I am also an RN, and seeing a few perforated colons with sepsis and infection and assisting with some with intense bleeding, kept me from having one. I know how you feel. After helping some patients with intense complex wound cares, IVs, colostomies, etc., I still fear a colonoscopy. I did the stool one first and came positive. So I had no choice but to put on my big girl pants and get one. I am glad I did and was on time. I think that after three in less than 8 months, I became used to it. It still makes me nervous though. Get the best gastro you can get and get one for peace of mind. I am glad my first dr decided he was not up to the task and send me to a very good one that took care of my large polyps.
I appreciate all of the nurses here giving advice on the colonoscopies. Doctor Gregor is one Doctor Who talks about death by doctors in his book how not to die. I am 72 and never had a colonoscopy but I’m about to have my first stool test. Cologard I think.
Years ago, I read a study that GMO foods cause the gut microbiome to create bacteria that isn't normally produced. So if the gut micrbiome is being changed in new ways, I would think that all of the unnatural ingredients in the food supply could be responsible for the dramatic increases of cancer.
My first try at a colonoscopy the dr gave me 75 mg.s of Demerol and anti nausea medicine and Valium. I screamed for the first 5 minutes and was bleeding profusely. The nurse asked him to give me more pain medicine and he declined. He stopped and left me with his handprints all over my thighs. By the time I had another one, I was given propofol, I had 6 bad polyps removed. It’s been ten years and I have to do another one in 2 weeks and fortunately this dr will also use propofol. Please make sure your dr puts you to sleep for this. I handle pain better than most but that was torture that no one should endure.
your lifestyle decides your healthy down the road; hence, it our responsibility taking care of ourselves. There are many doctors as this ones, listen as much as possible and make your own decisions which way to go.
Yes I think that high stress can bring on These polyps. I know that I got some after a period of high stress!
I had a large tumour colon removed and chemo 5 years ago at age 50....I am (and always gave been) very slim, very fit, vegetarian, non smoker, non drinker, female. (Also a similar friend had the same). So none of the precursors...fat, meat eater, male, over 60 etc etc. There is something else causing these polyps in younger vegetarian, fit females....numbers increasing yearly even in 20 year olds.
Absolutely correct. Please read the book titled “Dr. Mary’s Monkey.” It is a fascinating read and will blow you away as to why the SV40 virus vaccine (for polio) in the ‘50’s is the reason 1 out of three people (boomers) are getting cancer in soft tissues ( breast and prostate).
Microbiome, perhaps! Population wide dysbiosis is a thing :(
Even though you are vegetarian, do you and your friends eat heavily processed, preserved(tin foods) or chemically engineered foods??? We are herbivores by nature, our dentition and digestive tract clearly indicates this... Real and whole foods are always best. Wishing you guys good health and long life...
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Thank you! I am
Dealing with colon cancer now.
God bless you…I will find out anyway now about my biopsy
I find that raw sweetheart cabbage is absolutely the very best source of fibre for me. Cooked is also excellent, steamed with butter, salt and plenty of white pepper!
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Because of your video, I decided to stop delaying a colonoscopy for many years and make a colonoscopy my 2023 New Year’s resolution. It was performed this morning. A small polyp was discovered, which was removed. Completely painless procedure. Thank you!
Glad your procedure was "completely" painless....mine was severe pain as the tube progressed :
couldn't help screaming in pain,....the sedation was far too weak...😢
@@rosemariemann1719 Yikes! So sorry to hear. I guess not all gastroenterologists are the same. Mine trained under one of the pioneers of the colonoscopy procedure and she doesn’t get aggressive.
@@rosemariemann1719 😬
@Rosemarie Mann fire & complain to your health company about the anesthesiologist. I did complain to Sutter Imaging about a anesthesiologist that gave me something that I couldn't open my eyes when I woke up & he left me with nurses. Bad doctor.
@@lindalopez7710 Thank you, Linda. Here in U.K., we don't ( yet , but they're working on it !😢)
have companies as in USA. I had no Anaesthesiologist, as such, just a tiny foreign nurse who gave me the gas and air tube ( like ladies having babies ?), saying , "Use this ...." That's all ! Then the 2 nurses present went to the far side of the room,out of sight , maybe to watch on CCTV ?
I drew in as much as possible, but it has almost no effect . Was wide awake and watching the monitor as the tube moved around...the operator with the tube I think was arabic : not sure ..he said NIL to me, not even " Hello", or " Good Day" - only , 2 short statements ...." .now we're going to the (" xyz" ...then " caecum" ) : 2 mighty pushes which made me scream in pain...The anaesthetic is supposed to dull that !!! Were they saving money, maybe ? I felt like an anonymous lump of meat ! The tube operator didn't even say "goodbye" , or " sorry I hurt you " 😢.
I would like to have this vital precautionary check, often, as there is a lot of cancer in my family...but can't face that pain again....
Thanks again for your reply.🙂.
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Thank you for this. I had a doctor tell me that my IBS would not be related to getting colon cancer even while considering my family history of it (SMDH).
It’s not just diet. It’s FAR more comprehensive and complex than that.
It has a lot to do with the immune response amongst the various subsystems.
Thanks for this great info. I have an oxalate problem which easily causes kidney stones so I have to be cautious about fibrous foods full of oxalates. My last colonoscopy 5 years ago showed pre-cancerous polyps. Unfortunately, I can't have another colonoscopy because of Afib and can't go off my anticoagulants for more than a day. My father had colon cancer at the same age I am now, 73. Thankfully, it was treatable. He lived two more years and died of a heart attack. I feel so stuck right now.
If you were to do an interview with Gabor Mate on illness, that would be amazing! He teaches on the emotional component of illness. Thank you for all you do, Dr. Hyman!
I would be all over having those two together!! 🥰
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Excellent source of information, you sure are on the right track, keep up the great work.
Fasting should also mitigate any damage that may cause cancer.
I also find it amazing that the "broccoli family" didn't exist until about 500 years ago, and has really only been in the US diet for about 100 years. What a coincidence that a whole plant family that we invented could literally be so beneficial???
Zero, fibre is crap that you don’t need.
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I recently had my third colonoscopy. I had three small polyps . Two were benign, one had the potential of possibly becoming cancer in time. Of course, they removed all three. I am to return in three years. DO NOT BE AFRAID OF HAVING A COLONOSCOPY. It is no big deal. Seriously, I have had way more uncomfortable nail appointments.
Doc. I have had 50+ polyps removed in the last 10 years, yes I am a diabetic and grew up eating lots of lunch meat.
I have not eaten red meat for 45 years. I have also adopted a very fiber dense diet for decades as well. I am 70 and I just had a colonoscopy. A precancerous polyp was found, removed, and biopsied. So I think claiming that the diet can reduce your risk of colon cancer is a bit fallacious.
A single one was found. Who’s to say if you ate lots of meat you wouldn’t have tons more or worse?!
@@yormosi-6251 okay... I get your point... the important message is not so much what button got pushed to make that one polyp go rogue... kind of moot..and that one polyp... if I had been squimish or even lazy about getting a colonoscopy... then I would have ended up with colon cancer and an early death... why did that one go rogue?? Who knows!! Or maybe I might have had multiples from eating to much red meat... or from drinking too much alcohol... or from smoking cigarettes for decades.... I am just glad I checked the colonoscopy box... and am here to encourage others to do the same... if you are over 40, then put it at the top of your "to-do" list...
Red meat does not cause cancer.
The problem is you ate the wrong thing. Eat red meat and skip vegetables.
To clarify my point, the precancerous polyp had nothing to do with food or lifestyle choices... it was going to happen regardless...
After watching these I literally put turmeric in green tea 3x (at least) a day... so scary
My son passed away at the young age of 29 from colon rectal cancer, left a 2 year old son, and a 5 month old daughter.
Prayers for the family! I know how difficult this is. I have lost many family members to cancer.
So sorry😔. I’m waiting on results from my five polyp that I had removed last week…May God bless you and all in your family🙏🙏 sending you a hug and love
I'm so sorry for your loss. R.I.P.
Im very concerned that many doctors do not take colonoscopies seriously.
Great stuff! Thank you both for sharing. Look8ng forward to organic eggs, butter, red bell pepper & black kale, with turmeric, curcumin, coriander, pepper & a little tasty salt, tonight. Intermittent fasting all day has been easy, at last. Blessings to you & yours, from Canada.
Dr.Mark you guys were great tonite on colon rectal cancer God Bless Dennis~oldscaper
Butyrate is found in butter and of course producing ketones - Beta-hydroxybutyrate (BHB).
I have 3 polyps removed one is precancerous that’s why I’m so proactive about my diet. 🙏thanks very informative.❤️👏👏
Colonoscopies are dangerous procedures, but many MDs won’t talk about the dangers of them.
Perforation of the colon during colonoscopy is rare, much rarer than colon cancer. I've had a half dozen colonoscopies and have had no problems. I had one without anesthesia. I don't recommend that.
You need to sign a release of responsibility for a colonoscopy .So we have to figure out why.
FEAR can be dangerous also...
There’s danger every time you leave the house…nothing is without risk.
@@remmer7010 yes but to willingly lay down to slaughter is different. Why can’t ultra sounds and mri’s see polyps.
High fiber diet is great unless you're already very constipated. You have to get the gut motility taken care of - otherwise it increases constipation. And of course increasing it slowly. Adding in Magnesium is helpful. And not having methane gas - bloating.
Thank you for that innfor 37:18 mation
The extreme diet dont help
Carnivore, or vegan...
Are both wrong..
Red mest is ok, at times
You also need dark lesfy greens, and fasting
How can one have good gut health doing colonoscopies every 2-3 years ?
Magnesium helps with constipation.
God Bless you Dr Mark and thanks for this amazing video.
A person should include liver when they eat meat. Different nutrients are in each part of the animal.
Re signing for newsletter, once a month is doable, once a week is too much. Because many of us are flooded by newsletters n junk mails even without subscription. Thank you.
I love your shows but I would listen more if you put markers in your videos, thank you so much...
I put off my colonoscopy until I was in my early 70s because my father had a bad experience during his. I finally had it done and found out I had stage 3 colon cancer. They removed 10 inches of the colon and 26 lymph nodes, 5 of those were cancerous as well. Chemo after that. All I can say is don’t put it off and take that chance, the recovery was not pleasant.
Great discussion, doctors! 👍I normally eschew multiple-speaker, “conversational” videos (too much “buddy-talk”) but both of you were excellent!
@Nello’s Nook. So much agree with you! These videos are long and, when the host and the guest go back and forth with their personal stories, etc., it is time taken away from the subject and an extension to their already long videos, as if us, viewers, have all the time in the world for that. It is a good thing to have a lively discussion, but they should keep their personal stories for another time.
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1. Thank you, Leamaka! 👍
2. I agree with your comments.
3. I’ve also opted to read the transcript provided instead of listening in real time to these discussions.
4. I can read faster than they talk.
5. UA-cam pays content providers according to several metrics.
6. One is the length of time a viewer continues watching the video.
7. I’m not accusing any content provider of intentionally prolonging their content, but it is a fact of the matter.
8. Thanks again for your response! 👍
I would never use Dr. Oz as a testimonial in attempt to add to your credibility.
Your comment does not make sense to me. Please explain your conclusion. (i.e., Why discount Dr. Oz?)
Because Oz promotes absolutely crazy stuff and is not a reliable source of health information.
Two of you Doctor's are very billiant Doctor's great interview keep it up.
Thank you for helping us. Really appreciate all this information. Greatful.
I’m 67, and I’ve had 7 colonoscopies. My dad had colon cancer, and now I’ve had 6 polyps removed. A couple of them were precancerous. Now, instead of going every 3 years, I have to go every year.
How common perforation is, is probably either hard to discover or know for a fact.
I have had 2. The last one, I was given a fact sheet advising the risk of perforation was low
I had polyps that were detected and removed early, when they were small. If the polyps were allowed to remain, they would have grown and the operation to remove them would have been a very bad operation indeed
The risk of colon cancer and polyps is worth weighing against the small risk of the procedure to check if there are problems, is my view
This is so informative,thanks
My nneighbour was diagnosed with bowel issues that were partially caused by polyps. Her specialist told her that he could not do anything more for her because she had too many for him to remove. He said if she had certain symptoms, she must go to the hospital and be expected to have an ileostomy... She was terrified of that. After doing a search on youtube and found a similar problem and they were able to get rid of the condition. We made up a concoction and it's been over 6 years and she has had no problem... After returning to her Gastroenterologist based on her insurance company's requirements, the doctor was astonished asking her what happened... After taking the concoction four times, she passed about one pound of small things looking like rice grains... Again, no. problem since
Would you please share your 'concoction'? It's help that I need too. Thank you.
What was the name of her concoction. I bleed often.
Yes, please share the concoction. Thank you.
What did she drink?
What was the drink? Thx
Fasting is a best way to prevent pulps and cancer. One meal a day and drink at least 2.5 liters of water a day.
I had a colonoscopy once and the specialist never talked to me about prevention.
Did you have polyps removed?
Drs rarely do talk about prevention. It is bad for business.
@@drjohnny8237 I don't think doctors know what causes polyps or how to stop them.
@@lindalopez7710 No Money in prevention
I got polyps from an Md. looping stitches through my intestines when he took out my appendix before he killed himself with malpractice. My father died of colon cancer at 20 from PCB's being dumped in the water in Rome Ga. because the EPA man took bribes from GE and Celanese plants until he died of a heart attack.
What spices do you use that would be safe for IBS-C?
How are chia seeds and quinoa as colon cancer preventatives?
I was diagnosed Jan 2020 with stage IV colon cancer (after a routine colonoscopy at age 52). This was my second one (first at 38). I had no signs or symptoms. I have always been very active with an ideal BMI. I didn't smoke, and drank in moderation (low end). But I was addicted to sugar, and processed foods (removed most though during my 40's). Two years prior to the diagnosis, I had switched to vegan/whole food/plant based (almost no processed) food diet. I however, repressed my emotions and dealt with stress. I also dealt with long term effects of having mono (Epstein Barr) and herpes virus in my body (stress metre).
I am sorry you are going through this. How are you dealing with it now?
I'm sorry and shocked to read how well you've cared for yourself to have this diagnosis. I pray all is well, will be well. ⚘🧡
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Why did you get a coloscopy at 38 ?
Hi.sugar feeds cancer.Cut it all no carbs or veggies. Go carnivore Grass fed animals.pasture eggs.Wild cut fish.Ck Dr Chaffee
Are they really skin tags cause by high insulin?
my concern is constant procedures that may create new issues. The procedure to carry it out involves a laxative type solution that is not good for the body. To put pressure and stress on a patient where this may increase their BP and anxiety levels. Putting pressure on the heart is not helpful at all. I have witnessed it and regretted it. Someone who has many health issues, comorbidities, would be affected by this. If a woman has had something like a hysterectomy, that may have created new issues and a colonoscopy probe will be unable to go up all the colon. Educate and keep educating those that need to change diet and lifestyle.
Have you looked into the over 90s and seen if they had so many procedures carried out? Have you studied this group of adults where some seem to live good lives?
Yeah, my father avoided having a colonoscopy. He went to visit a friend, was feeling unwell. Friend insisted he see her doctor. He was missing 40% of the blood in his body. Turns out colon polyps had turned into cancer and he was bleeding internally as a consequence. They had to remove part of his colon. 18 months later he was dead at only 53.
Before doctors prescribe tests, they take into account co-morbidities like high blood pressure. If your doctor tells you to have a cancer screening test, have the test. Don’t leave your children without a parent.
There are high risks of damage from getting a colonoscopy. What is less invasive?
M2-PK (Pyruvate kinase) Screening Test.
@@michpemberton2487 Thank you for your suggestion.
A CT Colonography that produces images, every five years.. It's prolly not covered by insurance.
Or, a FIT DNA test, every 3 years. Detects altered DNA in the stool.
Sigmoidoscopy is far less invasive, no anesthesia. Very good diagnostic.
@@morenafay6772 I had a CT scan and MRI…neither found my 2cm polyp that ended up being precancerous and I’m only 46. Colonoscopy found it.
Met a guy who colon was punctured during a routine colonoscopy and now has a permanent bag attached to his side. I’m never getting one. High does iodine. Hopefully that will prevent any trouble
I'm 47. Had my first colonoscopy yesterday. The only thing irritating was the the clear liquid diet I had to keep leading up to the procedure.
Doc had to remove 3 big polyps. I was sedated through the whole thing.
Nothing ruptured or punctured as far as I know.
I expect a follow-up call next week with a full explanation.
I had one around 40 and had no polyps in mine thankfully
Wow amaaaazing, wish I had a doctor like you!
I am a woman age 71.
I had colonoscopy at age 55 and again at age 62.
Now I do the FIT test yearly.
The colonoscopy procedure is way to stressful for me.
And neither is it safe...
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@@carolyngreen5458 why is it not safe?
WHAT IS THE FIT TEST?
YES, I AGREE THERE SHOULD BE A SIMPLER WAY TO DETECT POLYPS, TUMORS, ETC AND NOT HAVE TO HAVE ANESTHESIA, ETC. WHAT ABOUT THE COLOGARD TEST?
High fiber diet = good. Excess weight = bad. Exercise = good. Cigarettes and Alcohol = bad.
geesh i wonder who is the lucky guy who gets five bacon strips
Thank you for the good information ❤️👍
Dr Mark Hyman when will you discuss schizophrenia??
I'm truly surprised Dr. Hyman is recommending that people get a colonoscopy. I have known many people who get these and they end up with some serious "side effects" afterwards. Maybe you should give an alternative - like some sort of scanning.
Getting colonoscopies saves lives because they remove polyps during the procedure. Polyps can and do turn cancerous. Colon cancer is the number two killer in the United States. Even if you could get a scan, they’d still have to do a colonoscopy to remove the polyps.
@@cherylmcnutt9905 And I know 2 individuals personally who got colonoscopy and they had nothing wrong - but after that procedure, their colon was never the same. It was DAMAGED -- and this happens frequently. I understand WHY they do it. So thanks anyway.
@@rajinevin7273 Two out of how many millions done every year?
@@cherylmcnutt9905 amen
@@cherylmcnutt9905 but you don't know in advance and multiply her two people by a large number, 1000...etc
My diet is rich in spices, lemons, limes, cherries, pineapple, watermelon. Beef, pork, chicken, bone broth, butter, eggs. Cheese sometimes.
I was told they did not know what causes polyps
I wish they would research this
Keep BMI below 23, eating more fibre, avoiding processed food, sugar, fried food can reduce chances of such cancers.
Alot of nuance with the meat discussion, it also depends on what is PUT ON that meat. Nobody really eats meat by itself, there are usually other stuff that goes on it like ketchup, mayo etc.
How do those things influence the study? I think it's interesting.
The microbiome doesn't just exist in the gut. It occupies the entire body.
😂😂😂 whenever I hear "the microbiome" I frequently burst out, "Which *one*??"
Dr. Hyman, I really respect you and your team and never miss a pod cast, but it makes me sad every time you plug the Ultra Wellness center as least three times each video as it is not available. My sister is quite ill from her gastric bypass 20 years ago and her doctors just don’t know how to help her. I know you guys can help her, and knowing it will be expensive, so I made up my mind to use my 401(k) to pay for it. I filled out the application and waited hoping we could get her in soon, only to be told the clinic is totally booked for 2021 and well into 2022. My sister is not going to make it that long sadly. We are trying to get her into a local functional medicine doctor, but they frankly are not at your team’s caliber. I guess what I am saying is we really appreciate your insights, but please stop pushing the clinic as an option raising hopes when it is not available for those really ill people who need help now. Thanks again for all you do.
How’s your sister doing now? Good points you brought up about his clinic being booked up. I hope you found the help your sister needs.
@@peopleplacesandperspective5564 thanks for asking. She is just out of the hospital and rehab center again. She has finally decided to start healthy keto and IF. Rough start, but I am thankful she is at least trying. She sees my success so is hopeful. Be well!
gastrict by pass patients are low on b vitamins, as they cant absorb it from food normal way after surgery, give her high dose of b complex and b1 high dose as well along with magnesium and vit c. i had digestion and fatigue problem this solved it, u can watch EOnutrition channel about b1 deficiency and b deficiency in general. its a very good channel and dedicated to b vitamins. hope it helps
Thanks so much for this topic.
I have had had polyps removed when a colonoscopy was done. I have an uncle and an aunt who died from colon cancer. I have sought to have a colonoscopy every three years. I have gotten resistance from my health care provider. They said every 5-years is sufficient. I am about to turn 75. It seems that this age is the recommended end for colonoscopies. Why is this? My aunt just died at age 85 from colon cancer. It seems that many medical treatments are suspended in one’s elder years as if it doesn’t matter if you get a terminal illness after age 75. Is this the rationale?
It's not that it doesn't matter. Intervention at an older age could very well reduce our life spam before the cancer ever would. When we get older, life becomes about quality and not quantity.. In my final years, I'd rather have a few months of heaven than a year or 2 of hell from the treatments for bowel cancer. Same with my dad. He's 84 and still going strong. No more interventions as brutal as colonoscopies and surgeries. Yes he has terrible symptoms some times.. But he's loving life and it's not been cut short .. He'll leave us when his time is up and not from a procedure or treatment that may kill him on the table. So yeah, their decision to stop screening at an older age isn't because our lives aren't valuable.. It's because the time we have left, is. That's what I believe after meeting with a gastrologist over my dad's declining health. He was actually 76 at that time. His comorbidity risks outweighed the outcome of interventions, he most definitely may not have made it off the table had he had the surgery back then..
Correlation is not causation. Animal proteins are the best. Vegetables are a recent addition. Plants have defense mechanisms to avoid being eaten. I prefer to avoid the natural toxins and pesticides.
Then eat organic vegs.
@@cherylmcnutt9905 plants make their own toxins and pesticides. Otherwise all bugs would consume them and the plants would have gone extinct. That’s also why animals like deer only eat a little from each plant then move on.
@@cps_Zen_Run I was referring to your complaint against pesticides.
He said don't blacken, burn , char and BBQ! These cause acrylamides that cause cancer as the NIH and CDC have stated for decades, and have zero nutrition. He said that adding spices and marinating reduce the cancer causing possibility. So, baking, boiling, stewing, steaming are healthier cooking methods for all foods.
@@emilylee9894 we use lots of spices on what we grill all the time. hopefully they will cancel each other out. lol
I am prone to polyps. I've been going for colonoscopies every 3 years since my 20's. I've changed my diet for a few years and I'm due for my test this year. It will be interesting to see what happens. I have my doubts about the fibre theory, at least for myself.
It been studied, eating fiber consistently including raw and cooked vegetables does lessen the number of polyps people get.
@@cherylmcnutt9905 I've always gotten enough fibre and still do. I'm working on other things that have improved my stool consistency at the moment.
all these diseases of the intestines like Crohn, diverticulitis, polyps, hemorrhoids and even cancers are the result of the breakdown of the intestinal walls by harmful microbiomes (bacterial and viral). Along with a healthy diet, try just these three things: before bedtime a few ounces of water with lemon juice just to help finish off any digestion, also probiotics are excellent except that they barely survive to get to your large intestine so use it instead as a suppository just before bedtime as well. And thirdly sometime during the day take 2 teaspoons of coconut oil which also helps in so many ways. Not only will your poo change color , in fact it looks like baby poo, but comes out cleaner as well. Just try it for a couple of weeks and you will feel the difference. And by the way if you know someone who suffers with hemmoroids, advise them to administer a coconut oil capsule as a suppository for a few days . they will notice incredible relief. I wish you good health!
@@cherylmcnutt9905 thank you for saying what you eat
@@valeriemcdonald440 have you eliminated processed meats, refined carbohydrates?
I think that is nonsense, I had 3 polyps removed, then years later a pre cancerous polyp removed. No family history, and I eat plenty of fiber, I heard that to much fiber is also not good.
Bowel perforation. What is the risk?
significant.
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Thank you , just been told I may have colon cancer
Small
It exists but it is rare .
Why colonoscopy from 45 to 75 yrs old? In other words, why would they stop at 75? I'm susceptible to polyps and have them removed every time I have a colonoscopy (every 3 yrs in my case). If I were to stop at 75 yrs old, it would be a death sentence. I assume it's something from the insurance companies bcuz of the cost/benefit analysis they use.
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Kaiser won’t give my mom her first colonoscopy because she has no symptoms and her stool occult blood test is negative. She is 64 and they refused to give her a test.
Stella, Kaiser socks. Change doctors until you get one that will let you get a colonoscopy. My sister has changed doctors 3 times in last 2 yrs cuz they didn't want to give her Norco for chronic pain. Keep changing doctos.
That is ridiculous.Find a new gastro Dr.
It would help our colon and overall health if we ate our food made from ORGANIC whole wheat that we MILL and PREPARED ourselves.
Hello, Thank you for the information, why most Doctors won't take care of patients, they just recommend, Surgery, Drugs, and Insurance Issues. 🙈🙉🙊🎸🎶.
Thank you very much for unpacking the issue of polyps, diet and management. I was told my stools showed a pimple like growth in my colon and that I should undergo the colon test, but got scared and didn’t do it. However, I eat broccoli, pomegranate, flaxseed, chia seed, and green tea. What is your advice ? I’m in Africa.
I had my first at 64 only had one polyp now my bowel funtion has changed from very normal regular functions Im not sure if i will get another one
Thank you. Very informative
Oxalates need to be discussed for those that are sensitive to them. How they effect.
What you eat food with is obviously important. How else do you explain why the French eat so much high cloresterol and drop NK wine all the time and don't all die of heart disease? And how about the Japanese and the massive amounts of salt they consume, but they live long lives? It must have something to do with what else they eat. Maybe the red wines with the French. Or the sea weed, green tea etc the Japanese eat.
The salt in Japanese diet, traditional, is from miso. Miso doesn't raise blood pressure or cause cancer like table salt does.
Great information 👍
Thank you for the information. I'm due ater 5 years since my last. I have almost all conditions to case polyps and had 4 within the last 10 years.
??? "cast polyps"?
What are the optimum levels of butyrate from a stool test? I haven't seen this number anywhere. Thank you.
Now if we can get the insurance companies on board with helping with follow up colonoscopies after benign polyps are found-because who can afford $6,000+ out of pocket every few years !?
How safe is bowel preparation ?