About this episode

Dr. Gabrielle Lyon discusses the rising incidence of colorectal cancer in young adults with Dr. Michelle Pearlman, highlighting warning signs and treatment options.

Colorectal cancer is now the leading cancer killer in adults under 50, and patients in their 20s are presenting with metastatic disease that has nothing to do with family history. Most physicians are still telling young patients with rectal bleeding that it's probably just hemorrhoids and that's costing lives. In this episode, Dr. Gabrielle Lyon sits down with Dr. Michelle Pearlman, a board-certified gastroenterologist and founder of a Miami-based gastro-metabolic clinic, to discuss: The specific warning signs every adult under 50 should never ignore, regardless of age including rectal bleeding, unintentional weight loss, and persistent abdominal pain Why GLP-1 medications like Ozempic and Zepbound are being miscategorized as weight loss drugs when they're actually metabolic reprogrammers with applications in fatty liver, sleep apnea, and inflammation The protein, fiber, and resistance training protocol Dr. Pearlman uses to protect muscle mass in patients on GLP-1 therapy How hormone replacement therapy combined with GLP-1s is changing body composition outcomes for perimenopausal women and why current guidelines are still 20 years behind the data Dr. Pearlman's personal…

People in this episode

Host: Dr. Gabrielle Lyon

Guest: Dr. Michelle Pearlman

Topics covered

• colorectal cancer
• young adults
• warning signs
• GLP-1 medications
• hormone replacement therapy
• muscle mass protection

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Ozempic, Zepbound

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