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Trini: WELCOME BACK TO
"LIVING 808."
MARCH IS NATIONAL COLORECTAL
CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.
HERE TO TALK ABOUT IT, DR. MEL
ONA.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
YOU BROUGHT A LOT OF FOOD.
BEFORE WE TALKED ABOUT FOOD,
TELL US ABOUT COLON CANCER.
IT IS A COMMON CANCER.
IT'S A PREVENTABLE CANCER.
ALOHA STADIUM, 50,000 PEOPLE CAN
FIT IN THAT TOYE STADIUM.
THAT'S HOW MANY PEOPLE DIE FROM
IT EVERY YEAR.
Trini: IT IS PREVENTIBLE.
YOU'VE BROUGHT HEALTHY FOOD
HERE.
I'M GUESSING DIET IS ONE WAY TO
PREVENT?
IT IS.
ALL DISEASE BEGINS IN THE GUT.
GI. TRACT IS ONE LONG TUBE.
YOUR GUT IS A GATEWAY.
IT CAN NOURISH OR CONTRIBUTE TO
OBESITY AND CAUSE TROUBLESOME
STOMACHS.
Trini: TELL US WHAT YOU
BROUGHT?
SOME NUTRITIOUS AND DELICIOUS
FOOD.
YOU CAN SEE DIVIDED IN HALF YOU
IS PROTEIN, CASHES CASH -- CARBS AND
FATS.
OTHER HALF IS LEAN PROTEIN.
IT'S HEALTHY FAT LIKE THIS
AVOCADO.
AND THIS STARCH HERE, WHICH IS A
SWEET POTATO.
YOU CAN BRING THIS TO WORK.
YOU ALSO HAVE A NONSTARCHY CARB
HERE.
YOU CAN ADD PROTEIN SOURCES LIKE
CHICKEN BREAST OR EGGS.
OR BEANS THERE AS WELL.
Trini: ALL OF THIS LOOKS
REALLY DELICIOUS.
SOMETIMES PEOPLE THINK, HEALTHY
IS GOING TO BE NO FLAVOR.
WHAT YOU'VE BROUGHT IS GOOD.
AND A LOT OF PEOPLE MAY THINK
CARBS ARE BAD.
NOT TRUE.
THERE ARE HEALTHY CARBS.
YES.
THESE NONSTARCHY CARBS VERY
HEALTHY.
I WOULD NOT LIMIT THOSE.
HERE YOU CAN SEE WE HAVE FRUITS,
WHICH IS RICH IN ANTIOXIDANTS.
GOOD FOR Y YOUR HEALTH.
AND HEALTHY FATS ARE MIXED NUTS.
AND THIS HERE IS OLIVE OIL,
WHICH IS A VERY HEALTHY FAT YOU
CAN ADD TO YOUR VEGETABLES.
Trini: WHAT ARE SOME
LIFESTYLE TIPS AND POSSIBLY
PREVENT CANCER?
SURE.
BESIDES EATING A HEALTHFUL DIE
YET BY AVOIDING PROCESSED FOODS
AND CONSUMER FIBER.
REGULAR EXERCISE CAN HELP PEOPLE
LOSE EXSESSIONS BODY FAT.
WHY IS THAT IMPORTANT?
IF YOU'RE OBESE, OBESITY IS
ASSOCIATED WITH HEART DISEASE
AND DIABETES BUT G.I. DISEASE.
AND COLLIN POLYPS.
THEY CAN BE PRECANCEROUS.
THAT'S ONE WAY WE CAN PREVENT
THAT.
Trini: WE'RE TALKING ABOUT
WAYS TO PREVENT COLON CANCER THE
WHAT ARE THE SIGNS OR SYMPTOMS.
SOMETIMES THERE ARE NO
SYMPTOMS.
YOU CAN HAVE BLOOD IN THE STOOL,
WHICH CAN BE AN ALARMING
FEATURE.
THAT WOULD PROMPT YOU TO SEEK
MEDICAL ATTENTION AND GET WORKED
UP FOR THAT.
Trini: TELL US ABOUT YOU.
WE'RE SURGICAL PARTNERS.
OUR MAIN OFFICE IS IN AIEA.
WE PERFORM ENDOSCOPIC PROCEDURES
AT OUTPATIENT CENTERS OWNED BY
COVENANT SURGICAL PARTNERS SUCH
AS THE PACIFIC ENDOSESCOPY
CENTER.
WE TREAT ABNO MALTIES RANGING
FROM REFLUX DISEASE.
WE DO PROVIDE SCREENING,
COLORECTAL WHICH IS THE GOLD
STANDARD FOR PREVENTING COLON
CANCER.
Trini: HOW EARLY SHOULD
SOMEONE GET A 4-GSZ? COLORECTAL?
IF YOU HAVE SYMPTOMS, YOU CAN
GET A COLONOSCOPY.
IF YOU HAVE NO FAMILY HISTORY,
AND IT'S TIP C TYPICALLY AGE 50.
IF YOU'RE AFRICAN-AMERICAN, GET
SCREENED EARLY AT 45 YEARS OLD.
Trini: THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I FEEL LIKE WHENEVER WE TALK
ABOUT PREVENTING CANCER IN
GENERAL, DIET AND EXERCISE ARE
BOTH SO IMPORTANT.
AND THAT'S SOMETHING WE HAVE
CONTROL OVER.
VERY IMPORTANT.
Trini: THANK YOU.