Eat to Beat Disease: The Body’s Five Defence Systems and the Foods that Could Save Your Life

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Five stars? More like a whole constellation! "Eat to Beat Disease: The Body's Five Defence Systems and the Foods that Could Save Your Life" is the culinary compass you never knew you needed. Strap in, folks. We're about to embark on a journey through the wild terrain of wellness with this book as our trusty guide. It is increasingly clear that our body fat does far more than just tip the bathroom scale. Fat plays such an important role in the human body that it should best be considered an organ, not just tissue. No one explains the new science of metabolism better than physician and scientist Dr William Li. With his accessible style, Dr Li reveals surprising data and joyful discoveries that will teach us all how to 'Eat to Beat Your Diet.' Sanjay Gupta, MD, Associate Professor of Neurosurgery, Emory University; Chief Medical Correspondent, CNN Anyone who wants their health to glow should read this book! Dr. Li shows us smart, easy lifestyle choices that anyone can make to heal their metabolism and elevate their health - without ever having to go on a strict diet. Cindy Crawford My research team and I have tested numerous dietary factors for their ability to starve cancers and we’ve found that eating a predominantly whole foods plant-based diet, with the surprising addition of ingredients such as Pacific oysters, squid ink, and moderate amounts of beer and red wine, are powerfully effective at obstructing the development of cancer in our bodies. Because of this powerful health defense system that naturally cuts off the blood supply to tumors, cancer doesn’t have to be a disease.

If you don’t consider yourself to be at risk of developing cancer, then why should this matter to you? When Dr. Li speaks, I don't just listen, I eat what he says because with his huge brain and ever-curious mind he has helped me understand that food isn't just something to fuel our days - it might just be fundamental to how many days we get to enjoy. Bono organismul contine 40 trilioane de bacterii ce produc metaboliti benefici pentru sanatate, influenteaza angiogeneza si ajuta la producerea de hormoni care influenteaza creierul; asadar, nu toate bacteriile sunt nocive, iar microbiomul poate fi stimulat consumand branza cheddar si paine cu maia Revealing more than 200 foods that you can incorporate into your life today to help you live longer, Dr William Li proposes a simple 5 x 5 x 5 framework, inviting you to choose five foods and eat them five times a day, to fortify your five defence systems. It is not about dieting or cutting out – it is about having the confidence to incorporate the healthy foods you already love into a plan for life-long change. It could save your life. Read more Details

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The book presents our body as a high-tech fortress with five defense systems, which is mind-blowing when you think about it. Who knew we were all walking around with an internal 'Mission Impossible' team on standby? And the best part? You get to play the role of the quirky tech genius who fuels this team with the right foods. So, if angiogenesis is a tipping point between a harmless cancer and a harmful one, then a revolutionary approach to preventing cancer is by cutting off its blood supply by consuming anti-angiogenic foods.

Angiogenesis is the process our bodies use to grow and maintain blood vessels. In ordinary circumstances, blood vessels are supporters of life, delivering oxygen and vital nutrients to all of our organs. But when abnormal blood vessels grow, they can nourish microscopic cancers. A healthy angiogenesis system regulates when and where blood vessels should grow and can prevent tumors from recruiting a private blood supply for the oxygen they need to expand. When the body loses this ability to control blood vessels, a wide range of diseases can occur, including cancer. Certain foods help to keep our angiogenesis system in homeostasis and contain anti-angiogenesis bio-actives:Dr. Li also lists foods that can be harmful. Diets that impair the growth of stem cells include high-fat diets, high-salt diets, and high-sugar diets. On the other hand, cancer stem cells can be killed with green tea, purple potatoes, walnuts, and extra-virgin olive oil. Cancer stem cells can also be suppressed by bioactives found in celery, oregano, thyme, capers, apples, peppers, red wine, grapes, peanuts, pistachios, dark chocolate, and cranberries. The microbiota, how certain foods can improve your body’s ability to regulate sugarWhat stem cells are and the different types of foods that can help promote regenerationThe difference between pro and anti-angiogenesis and why both are helpful and harmful depending on the circumstance and how food can positively help with both.The benefits of food for the immune system supportThe utility of combining epidemiology, lab studies and human trials to determine which foods we should consume.The future of food prescriptions and how medicine could look in 10-15 years timeThe impact of food to positively impact the efficacy of medicine in the field of cancer, cardiology and neurology.