From: "David Wright" <[email hidden]> Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 1:02 PM Subject: Re: Health of digestive tract; colon
Quoted message said:
Toby Joe said:
Yeah, it is surprising. I'd thought it would be linked with the obesity thing, which has been increasing, with sedentary livinig, which _I think_ has been increasing (?) and with smoking, which remains so high. Maybe, while people may be eating more, they are often eating healthier? More salads and veggies and fibery foods..
My guess would be that it's partly an increased emphasis on fiber in the diet combined with more frequent colonoscopies, which can catch pre-cancerous polyps and remove them before they cause problems.
If anyone would like to see some of the different polyps, there are clear pics at this database of Med images. Just go down to "colon & appendix", then colon - polyps. NOT that I'm recommending looking at them, they look Gross! But it shows that it should be no big deal to have them removed while they're small. tj
Toby Joe <[email hidden]> wrote: From: "David Wright" <[email hidden]> Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 1:02 PM Subject: Re: Health of digestive tract; colon
Quoted message said:
Toby Joe said:
Yeah, it is surprising. I'd thought it would be linked with the obesity thing, which has been increasing, with sedentary livinig, which _I think_ has been increasing (?) and with smoking, which remains so high. Maybe, while people may be eating more, they are often eating healthier? More salads and veggies and fibery foods..
My guess would be that it's partly an increased emphasis on fiber in the diet combined with more frequent colonoscopies, which can catch pre-cancerous polyps and remove them before they cause problems.
If anyone would like to see some of the different polyps, there are clear pics at this database of Med images. Just go down to "colon & appendix", then colon - polyps. NOT that I'm recommending looking at them, they look Gross! But it shows that it should be no big deal to have them removed while they're small. tj
