On Eating Like a Colorectal Disease Consultant

We had a consultant colorectal surgeon coming to teach us during our surgical posting for 2 weeks. She was known to be pretty fierce and very strict.

There was this one day when we were discussing on a case of colorectal carcinoma. It's important to note that colorectal cancer ranks the 3rd commonest form of deadly cancer after breast and ovarian in the female and prostate and lungs in the male. So it is pretty important that we take note of the risk factors. Genetic (mild), diet, smoking etc. One particular important modifiable risk factor would be diet. It's best that we take high fibre diet, at least we don't risk ourselves in obtaining this deadly form of cancer deliberately.

So how much is sufficient? She asked.

3 to 4 servings per day.

Nope. 5 servings. How much is one serving?

No one knew. It was so subjective!

If you slice up your vegetables and fruits and anything rich in fibre, it should be about one cup full. That is consider one serving.

Imagine 5 servings per day! We could all get diarrhoea already!

I know. So that's why, whenever you go to any colorectal conferences, you'll see all the colorectal people eating big portions of salad, vegetables and fruits. And she smiled, breaking the tension.

Therefore people, heed her advice, take 5 servings of fruits and vegetables per day! And pang as many sai as needed. Your bowel is actually healthy. LMAO.

And if you're wondering, she's the white witch of Narnia one of the MO in the hospital refered to. And she lived up to what people call her, strict and very demanding. Tension gilerrr....