• kinkles@sh.itjust.works
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    2 months ago

    I got diagnosed last year at 30 years old. I had lower abdominal pain that lasted a little over a month that I figured was IBS from a traumatic life event that recently happened. It was slowly improving until one day I woke up in extreme abdominal pain. There wound up being a mass at the very start of my large intestine.

    The doctors found no obvious reasons as to why it happened- no family history, no substance abuse, no excessive energy drink or alcohol consumption. I now make a large effort to cut out as much processed food in my diet as I can.

    • TrackinDaKraken@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      I would suspect processed food too. It seems like this trend has tracked with the rise in ultra-processed foods.

      I’ve done the same. The most processed food in my diet these days is cheese. The best number of ingredients to be listed on a package is one.