Today my proctologist to me to cut back on eating red meat, if not totally eliminate it from my diet due to his concerns with my family's history of colorectal cancer, and my recent digestive issues.
>tfw you will never enjoy a perfectly cooked steak again
>tfw no more chargrilled burgers on a summer night
>tfw chicken and beans are your only sources of protein
why live?
>>7636106
Its supposed to be a treat anyways
>>7636106
Tell him to do his fucking job and fix you if you break
Eat the red meat
Well, how much red meat do you go through in a given week?
I eat about a pound of meat total in one week, and not all of it is red (fish and chicken, for example), so maybe about a half pound or so of red meat. What about you?
Would eating a smaller amount of red meat be impossible for you or something? Do you not like fish or eggs?
>>7636106
>tfw chicken and beans are your only sources of protein
>what is pork
>what is seafood
>>7636117
I would say I eat about 5 pounds of meat every week. Between deli meat sandwiches on my lunch breaks most days, and a half pound meat portion every night for dinner.
3-4 pounds of that is red meat.
I don't mind fish, but I'm picky about how its prepared. And I guess I hadn't thought about eggs until you mentioned it.
>>7636128
This. I like a nice slab of beef as much as the next guy, but with how tasty and versatile pork is and how much fun it is to go fishing, giving it up wouldn't be the end of the world.
>>7636128
>pork
>not red meat
>>7636129
Yikes! I was gonna call your doctor a quack and a half, but five pounds of meat in a week? That's like eating a burger with every meal!
Yeah, you gotta cut down, my man.
I know it can be hard, so try to cut down gradually. Going from five pounds to, say, four-and-a-half for a while then to four then three and so on and so on.
Did your doctor give you a number to shoot for or was he or she shitty and just spoke about a general cutting down?
Life isn't worth living, kill yourself slowly with red meat.
http://www.aicr.org/reduce-your-cancer-risk/recommendations-for-cancer-prevention/recommendations_05_red_meat.html
>To reduce your cancer risk, eat no more than 18 ounces (cooked weight) per week of red meats, like beef, pork and lamb, and avoid processed meat such as ham, bacon, salami, hot dogs and sausages.
Just eat less.
>>7636248
and the risk added by the stuff is so small, its silly to even consider it
It would be like refusing to drive because of the risk of getting in a car accident. It would legitimately lower your risk of dying in a car accident but its just not worth it
>>7636106
>Today my proctologist to me to cut back on eating red meat
Sorry, anon, you may fool most here, but I know for a fact that their hasn't been a practicing "proctologist" in the world for more than two decades.
So cook your steak well done.
It's sacrilegious, I know, but then it is grey, not red...
>>7636263
if you have a family history it's relevant imo
there are genetic variants that fuck with the ability to detoxify heterocyclic amines for example
>>7636112
This. It not being a treat and instead readily available is what's killing the planet and everyone on it.
>>7636265
In common parlance, it's proctologist. Damned near no one is gonna say "I went to go see my colorectal surgeon the other day..." They're gonna say "proctologist" or, if they're silly sorts, "butt doctor." Cuz that's exactly what he is.
>>7636268
The best part about this joke, is that well done meat has more carcinogens in it due to more burnt carbon
>>7636281
Nigga, you say your gastroenterologist, or GI for short
>Posting on 4chan
>Thinking there's some bright future ahead
If you have a scrap of hope or decency left, then why are you posting here?
>>7636106
tell him to fuck off and go keto and never poop again.
>>7636106
Sounds like it's time to find a new Doctor to me.
>>7636106
Have you had a colonoscopy and biopsy yet?
Its actually not too bad, the rush of the anesthesia is pretty awesome.
>>7636290
>he thinks a GI doc is the same as a CR doc!!!
A proctologist/colorectal doctor deals only with the colon, anus and rectum. A GI doc deals with everything from mouth to rectum IE the entirety of the digestive system (though with more emphasis on the GI tract IE from stomach to terminal ileum). Proctologists don't venture upwards beyond the ileum just as GI don't venture down past it, either.
And now you know.
>>7636340
>he thinks a CR doc is anymore specialized than a GI doc
We know very little about the treatment of ulceritive colitis, crohns, IBS, and bowel cancer in general. The treatments are harsh and do little help.
A GI will give you the same colonoscopies, same biopsies, and the same treatment options a so called "CR" specialist will.
I dont even have a "CR" doctor in my network, ive been going to a GI for years about bowel problems.
>>7636361
Save UC, none of the conditions you're mentioning have anything at all to do with proctology/colorectal surgery.
And colorectal surgery doesn't deal with UC because it's not something treated by surgery. Get it? Good.
Other than colitis, all those conditions deal with other parts of the /gastrointestinal tract/ and not the anus or rectum or colon in particular, hence why they're seen to by doctors specialising in /gastrointestinal medicine/.
>IBS
bowels
>crohns
bowels
>bowel cancer
bowels
Proctology deals with surgical treatments of anal fistulae, prolapses, cancers (colorectal and anal both) and other things. A GI doc deals with a wider scope of things, but doesn't generally handle surgical aspects save colonoscopies and doesn't generally deal with conditions of the rectum and anus. As with that between rheumatology and immunology, there's considerable overlap between gastroenterology and colorectal surgery with CR being far more specialised, just as immunology being moreso than rheum.
