>> GO ON SOCIAL MEDIA THESE DAYSES AND YOU’RE BOMB BARDED WITH ADS AND INFLUENCERS TOUTING ALL SORTS OF PROMISES PROMISING TO RID YOU OF DIGESTIVE TRACT COMPLAINTS, SUPPLEMENTS, JUICE DIETS, ALL PROMOTING WHAT’S CALLED GUT HOLT.
AND INTHAT MA STORY CANCERS OF THE INTESTINES ARE ON THE RISE.
HOW DO WE SEPARATE THE FACTS FROM THE FADS?
DR. SADIK IS AN ASSISTANT PROFESSOR AT THE PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND ALSO ON THE CHIN CAL GUIDELINES COMMITTEE OF THE AMERICAN COST TRA INTERLOGICAL ASSOCIATION.
WHY ALL THIS FOCUS ON GUT HEALTH?
>> WE’RE DEFINITELY SEEING A RISE IN GASP TROUGH INTESTINAL DISEASES.
AND THEY CAN RAKE FROM HEARTBURN TO HEMORRHOIDS TO COLON CANCER AND ESPECIALLY RECENTLY WE’RE SEEING AN UPTICK IN COLO RESTRICTION ECTAL CANCER PARTICULARLY AMONG YOUNG INDIVIDUALS AND IT’S THE LEADING CAUSE OF CANCER DEATH IN MEN UNDER 50.
>> IS THERE A LEADING FACTOR FOR THAT RISE?
>> ONE IS A WESTERN DIET, ONE THAT IS HIGH IN FAST FOODS, PROCESSED FOODS.
MORE MEAT, LESS DIVERSE VEGETABLES AND OTHER LIFESTYLE CHOICES LIKE TOBACCO USE, ALCOHOL USE AND MORE SEDENTARY BEHAVIOR.
EMERGING RESEARCH ON THE MICROORGANISMS THAT LIVE IN YOUR GUT SHOW THAT THERE IS A LINK BETWEEN THOSE FUNCTIONS AND YOUR IMMUNE FUNCTION, YOUR CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH, METABOLIC HEALTH AND INFORMERS SYSTEM.
WHAT WE EXPOSE OUR GUT TO CAN HAVE IMPACT ON OVERALL HEALTH AS WELL.
>> WHAT ARE THE BIGGEST MISCONTENTIONS YOU HEAR FROM YOUR PATIENTS IN YOUR PRACTICE AND DO THEY ASK YOU ABOUT PRODUCTS AND PROCEDURES THAT DON’T HAVE ANY USE?
>> YES, ONE OF THE MOST COMMON THINGS I’M ASKED ABOUT IS ABOUT DOING COLON CLEANSES THIS WHICH IS THIS CONCEPT THAT WE NEED TO DETOXIFY OR GUT.
BUT COLON CLEANSE IS NOT NECESSARY.
OUR LIVER AND KIDNEY, DETOX — DETOXIFY OUR BODIES
