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So let's go to Cameroon in West Africa
下面再到西非的喀麥隆
Cameroon is actually a place that is very near and dear to my heart because
喀麥隆和我有很深的淵源
I first was there when I was 18 years old
我18歲時就去過那里
I dropped out of college basically and went to work in Cameron
我沒讀大學，然后到喀麥隆工作
and ended up been there for a couple of years and worked with midwives there
我在那里待了幾年，同助產士一起工作
and actually that's what inspired me to go back and finish my education and go on to medical school and so on
正是這個經歷讓我回來完成學業并走上了醫學道路
I lived in a very remote little village called Ntui that was in central Cameron and really ended up with an adoptive family there
我當時住在一個叫恩圖伊的小村莊，同當地一個家庭住在一起
and one of the things that really affected me the most in Cameroon was the local foods and getting very inspired to start cooking
喀麥隆對我影響最深的是當地食物，在這里，我得到了做飯的靈感
and I feel like that really was the beginning for me of learning how to cook with my time that I spent there
正是在這里，我開始學習如何做飯
But Cameroon statistically and actually if you look at most of West Africa and even parts of southern Africa
統計上，喀麥隆及大多數西非國家，甚至部分南部非洲
what's so fascinating from a health standpoint is that in the rural in the very traditional areas
都有很好的健康狀況，特別是傳統農村地區
they have some of the lowest rates of colon cancer and colon diseases in general in the world
那里結腸癌及一般結腸疾病的發病率很低
So you know here I was in this little village in the wayside hospital for a couple years
我在小村子的簡陋醫院待了幾年
I didn't see like one case of hemroids or diverticulosis or Crohn's or inflammatory bowel of any kind, much less colon cancer
從沒見過一例痔瘡，憩室，克羅恩病或炎癥性腸病，就更不談結腸癌
And what's really fascinating is in the United States, we have some of the highest rates of colon cancer
對比起來很驚人，美國的結腸癌比率非常高
and African-Americans have even a slightly higher rate than Caucasian Americans
而且非裔美國人比白人還稍高
and yet many can trace their ancestry back to West Africa
但很多非裔美國人祖先都在西非
