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

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Unfortunately the author goes over numerous foods “good” for you, good for ridding the body of disease, especially cancer, indiscriminately. In many’s an estimation, nothing-absolutely nothing-that contains sugar can be good for curing cancer. Dean Ornish, MD, Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCSF, and multiple New York Times’ bestselling author. Scientists now know that a vast range of foods can activate each system, bringing precision to our understanding of how diet can promote health and protect against disease. Fat plays such an important role in the human body that it should best be considered an organ, not just tissue.

Li's transformational book is one of the best narratives I have read on the scientific relationship between healthy food, nutrition, and the fight against disease. 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. and just listen to the "gist" of what the author is saying, you will come away with a new look on life. ADN-ul este atat amprenta noastra genetica, cat si un sistem de aparare care protejeaza impotriva afectiunilor create de radiatiile solare, subs chimice, stres, somn deficitar. Leafy greens, particularly those in the brassica family, contain special compounds that are anti-angiogenic, protect DNA, and boost the immune system," he says.The final portion of the book lays out a roadmap for how to incorporate more of these foods into your own eating patterns complete with health questionnaires and example meal plans. Oz Show, Martha Stewart Live, CNN, MSNBC, NPR, Voice of America, and has presented at the Vatican's Unite to Cure conference. An example: take blueberries, which the author notes have remarkable qualities, so eat them, he suggests. After all, our overall diet—and the interplay of a variety of different foods and nutrients—is a much better predictor of health and future disease risk than whether or not we're simply eating a whole lot of spinach. With his accessible style, Dr Li reveals surprising data and joyful discoveries that will teach us all how to 'Eat to Beat Your Diet.

This book might be a little too detailed for some, but if you want to know the in-depth details about how your body processes food and the benefits of eating the right food for your given conditions, then this is the one to get.Overall, I learned a lot and will be making a concerted effort to incorporate more of the foods below into my diet on a routine basis. Li does make a suggestion to make the list more manageable (choose five foods each day), the lengths of the list and the openness of the plan make this a very general “eat more plants and less processed foods” diet. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.