According to the CDC, the risk of developing colorectal cancer increases with advancing age. Other risk factors include having:
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- A family history of colorectal cancer or polyps
- A genetic syndrome such as familial adenomatous polyposis or hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer
- Lifestyle factors that may contribute to increased risk of colorectal cancer include
- Lack of exercise
- Low fruit and vegetable intake
- Low fiber and high fat diet
- Overweight and obesity
- Alcohol consumption
- Tobacco use
Sadly, the conventional medical establishment believes that preventing cancer is by doing testing to catch it early, in colorectal cancer, finding precancerous polyps on colonoscopy exam and their removal can decrease the instance of colorectal cancer. But is itsn’t preventing the formation of the polyps, and therefore is not prevention, but rather simply early detection. Naturopathic Medical Doctors are experts in preventative medicine, and teaching you how to live a healthy lifestyle so your chances of developing cancer are much lower, so when you do the screening tests, they come back negative.
Some symptoms of colorectal cancer include:
- Blood in or on your stool
- Stomach pain, aches, or cramps that don’t go away
- Losing weight and you don’t know why
Naturopathic Treatments
Each of our oncology patients is asked to perform an extensive collection of testing. The tests will use blood, urine and stool samples to evaluate the patient’s
- Metabolic Processes
- Genetic Detoxification Polymorphisms
- Food Sensitivities
- Hormone Metabolites
- Immune Function
- Nutritional Deficiencies
- Nutritional Toxicities
- Toxic Body Burden
