Bowel Cancer with Dr Anisha Patel, @doctorsgetcancertoo.
Description
Episode 11: Charlie and Rachel speak to GP, author and Bowel Cancer expert and campaigner, Dr Anisha Patel. They review Anisha's personal story of being diagnosed with bowel cancer and how this has led her to writing an invaluable bowel cancer "manual" and becoming a media GP and campaigner. They revisit the discussion about meat and bowel cancer risk and discuss everything that you need to know about fibre. Dr Anisha tells us, "we need to make fibre sexy".
1:30 Introduction
2:30 Introducing Dr Anisha Patel, NHS GP, Regular GP on "Lorraine", Author and campaigner for Bowel Cancer awareness, supporting Bowel Cancer Uk and the No Butts Campaign
.5:15 Blogging and social media @doctorsgetcancerstoo and Writing "Everything you hoped you'd never need to know about Bowel Cancer", https://www.amazon.co.uk/everything-hoped-never-about-cancer/dp/1399807064
9:05 Bowel Cancer in UK and the increase in cases in young people.
12:10 FIT testing
13:00 Early onset of other cancers
14:00 The symptoms of bowel cancer
17:00 The Dame Deborah James effect @bowelbabe @bowelbabefund #nobuttscampaign
19:15 Diet and bowel cancer risk - red meat and processed meat, and the NHS recommendation on red meat intake.
28:45 Fibre and it's importance in our diet
33:30 Probiotics