Another Good Reason to Eat Healthy!

LOS ANGELES - Nov. 13, 2013 - PRLog -- Eating more fruit and vegetables, while avoiding red or processed meat has always been assumed to be a healthy dietary practice. Now, there is one more evidence to support this long-held axiom. Presented during a recent annual American Society of Human Genetics 2013 meeting, a study involving nearly 20,000 people found that eating more fruit, vegetables, and fiber, while avoiding red or processed meat, can decrease the risk of developing colon cancer, one of the most common cancer affecting Americans today. In fact, the researchers postulate a genetic basis for which this may be occurring.

With nearly 150,000 individuals annually diagnosed with colorectal cancer according to CDC, this is “one more evidence that we should eat healthy” explains Dr. Paul M. Choi, a board-certified gastroenterologist, who heads the Los Angeles Endoscopy Center. Although traditionally, screening colonoscopy (http://www.laendo.net/english/what-is-a-colonoscopy) has been relied upon as a way of preventing colon cancer, “We now have one more evidence that we can do something about  colon cancer, proactively” remarked Dr. Choi. However, this does not mean that “we can skip having periodic colonoscopy” he warned. Although dietary improvement certainly appears to be worthy of our effort, colonoscopy still remains the only proven method of preventing colon cancer in up to 90% of cases. Based on current evidence, any individual over the age of 50 should still undergo screening colonoscopy periodically, and sooner if there are other risk factors such as a strong family history.

Appointment at the Los Angeles Endoscopy Center can be set up either online at info@laendo.netor calling directly at 213-387-9000.

Established in 1996, the Los Angeles Endoscopy Center has performed nearly 30,000 colonoscopies to date. It is a facility fully certified and approved by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The center is located only 3 miles from the Staples Center in the downtown Los Angeles, and is open 6 days a week, including Saturdays between 6:30 am to 1:00 pm.