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Dr. William Li - Is Your Diet Feeding Or Defeating Disease?
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Dr. William Li (IG: @drwilliamli) is a world-renowned physician, scientist, speaker, and author of Eat to Beat Disease – The New Science of How Your Body Can Heal Itself. He is best known for leading the Angiogenesis Foundation.
Dr. Li's TED Talk, "Can We Eat to Starve Cancer?" has been viewed more than 11 million times. He's an author of over 100 scientific publications in leading journals such as Science, the New England Journal of Medicine, and The Lancet.
In this episode, we discuss:
- The inspiration behind Dr. Li's book "Eat to Beat Disease"
- Studying the Mediterranean Diet
- The 5 health defence systems
- The role of angiogenesis in cancer
- What is cancer?
- Helping prevent cancer by eating anti-angiogenic foods
- Drinking green tea to help prevent tumors
- Sources of omega-3 fatty acids
- Angiogenesis stimulating foods
- The process of regeneration
- Foods that stimulate stem cells
- Foods & lifestyle choices that injure stem cells
- Green tea vs. matcha green tea
- Foods that kill cancer stem cells
- Dr. Li's thoughts on stem cell injections
- Holobiont defined
- Balancing the microbiome
- Short chain fatty acids
- Oolong, black, and green teas improve gut bacteria
- Artificial sweeteners harm your microbiome
- Fiber is essential for your gut health
- Foods that protect telomeres
- Calm your immune system with vitamin C rich foods
- Immune boosting foods
- Exceptional foods
- How much should you eat?
- Dr. Li's views on organic & non-GMO
- Don't stress about food... enjoy what you eat
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Related links:
Dr. William Li - Eat to Beat Disease (book)
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