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So let's go to Cameroon in West Africa
下面再到西非的喀麦隆
Cameroon is actually a place that is very near and dear to my heart because
喀麦隆和我有很深的渊源
I first was there when I was 18 years old
我18岁时就去过那里
I dropped out of college basically and went to work in Cameron
我没读大学，然后到喀麦隆工作
and ended up been there for a couple of years and worked with midwives there
我在那里待了几年，同助产士一起工作
and actually that's what inspired me to go back and finish my education and go on to medical school and so on
正是这个经历让我回来完成学业并走上了医学道路
I lived in a very remote little village called Ntui that was in central Cameron and really ended up with an adoptive family there
我当时住在一个叫恩图伊的小村庄，同当地一个家庭住在一起
and one of the things that really affected me the most in Cameroon was the local foods and getting very inspired to start cooking
喀麦隆对我影响最深的是当地食物，在这里，我得到了做饭的灵感
and I feel like that really was the beginning for me of learning how to cook with my time that I spent there
正是在这里，我开始学习如何做饭
But Cameroon statistically and actually if you look at most of West Africa and even parts of southern Africa
统计上，喀麦隆及大多数西非国家，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
都有很好的健康状况，特别是传统农村地区
they have some of the lowest rates of colon cancer and colon diseases in general in the world
那里结肠癌及一般结肠疾病的发病率很低
So you know here I was in this little village in the wayside hospital for a couple years
我在小村子的简陋医院待了几年
I didn't see like one case of hemroids or diverticulosis or Crohn's or inflammatory bowel of any kind, much less colon cancer
从没见过一例痔疮，憩室，克罗恩病或炎症性肠病，就更不谈结肠癌
And what's really fascinating is in the United States, we have some of the highest rates of colon cancer
对比起来很惊人，美国的结肠癌比率非常高
and African-Americans have even a slightly higher rate than Caucasian Americans
而且非裔美国人比白人还稍高
and yet many can trace their ancestry back to West Africa
但很多非裔美国人祖先都在西非
