Eat to Beat Your Diet: Burn fat, heal your metabolism, live longer

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This book is a wonderful minestrone - a science-led mash up of fascinating facts with smart guidance on where food and fat should be going in the future (who thought fat could be so interesting ?) with a light sprinkling of food history, tasty menus and the immortal Bruce Lee. A perfect feast for someone who wants to lose a few pounds and get a lot healthier. Like me in fact. Peter Gabriel 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.” Dr. William Li, President of the Angiogenesis Foundation, presents a new way to think about treating cancer and other diseases: anti-angiogenesis, preventing the growth of blood vessels that feed a tumor. The crucial first (and best) step: Eating cancer-fighting foods that cut off the supply lines and beat cancer at its own game.

Figure 1.1. Fat removed during surgery for morbid obesity in a dish and growing new blood vessels. (Source: Image courtesy of Dr. Silvia Corvera, University of Massachusetts.) 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. BonoAbout the Author William W. Li, MD, is an internationally renowned Harvard-trained medical doctor, researcher, and president and a founder of the Angiogenesis Foundation. His groundbreaking work has impacted more than seventy diseases including cancer, diabetes, blindness, heart disease, and obesity. His TED Talk, "Can We Eat to Starve Cancer?" has garnered more than eleven million views, and he has appeared on The Dr. Oz Show, Martha Stewart Live, CNN, MSNBC, NPR, Voice of America, and has presented at the Vatican's Unite to Cure conference. Dan Buettner, National Geographic Fellow and #1 New York Times Bestselling author of The Blue Zones books Dr Li has written yet another phenomenal book that will become a critical resource for millions of people. Everybody needs to read this book and learn how food can protect and support our health whilst also improving metabolism, without having to succumb to restrictive dietary practices. Dr Li expertly discusses how food can be flavourful, enticing, delicious and healing through the lens of rigorous modern science and traditional culinary practices. The fiery heat of chili pepper is due to its bioactives, capsaicin and capsinoids. Contrary to popular belief, the burning sensation does not come from the seeds. Instead, the spicy bioactives are mostly concentrated in the pithy white membrane called the “placenta” that holds the seeds. Recall from Chapter 4 that capsaicin and capsinoids wear multiple hats when it comes to your metabolism: they activate brown fat and trigger thermogenesis, burn down white fat, improve your blood sugars, and curb your appetite.” Another type of epigenetic change, called methylation, is associated with lowering body mass. In methylation, the function of a gene is changed by a chemical structure, called a methyl group, which is inserted right into your DNA. The effect is like jamming a screwdriver into a conveyor belt. It halts the manufacturing of certain proteins that cause belly fat to grow and that disrupt your metabolism.

I’ve said before that when I’m on TV, 'I’m your chef, not your doctor.'But Dr. Li is in fact a doctor and he knows food, your body, and how you can eat better without compromising your love of eating. In Eat to Beat Your Diet, you can learn to enjoy your food and your health…what a concept!" Dean Ornish, MD, Clinical Professor of Medicine, UCSF, and multiple New York Times’ bestselling author.” This book is a wonderful minestrone — a science-led mash up of fascinating facts with smart guidance on where food and fat should be going in the future (who thought fat could be so interesting ?) with a light sprinkling of food history, tasty menus and the immortal Bruce Lee. A perfect feast for someone who wants to lose a few pounds and get a lot healthier. Like me in fact.”In his incredibly empowering and enlightening book Eat to Beat Your Diet, Dr. William Li has given us a crucial tool to understanding how eating consciously can help us look and feel healthier and avoid unnecessary illness.”

Part 2 takes readers on a virtual shopping trip, guiding them through different sections of the grocery store to discover metabolism-boosting ingredients. Dr. Li highlights the foods with strong scientific evidence for fighting body fat and shares his preferred selection for a delicious MediterAsian diet – a combination of Mediterranean and Asian diets. 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, CNNAndrew Von Eschenbach, MD, President, Samaritan Health Initiatives, former director of the National Cancer Institute, former commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration Deprivation and restriction are the old, failed ways of weight loss. The new model for metabolic health is to Eat To Beat Your Diet by enjoying an abundance of delicious, metabolism-supporting foods. Lose the fads and find the facts. Grab this book and get started today!”— Will Bulsiewicz, MD, New York Times-bestselling author of Fiber Fueled Now more than ever it’s important to maintain a strong immune system. One easy way to do this is by adding a boost of vitamin C to your daily routine. Guavas are amazingly rich in vitamins A and C to help fight off harmful germs and bacteria this cold and flu season.... read more This Delicious Berry Has Significant Health-Promoting Properties

Forget everything you think you know about your body and food, and discover the new science of how the body heals itself. Learn how to identify the strategies and dosages for using food to transform your resilience and health in EAT TO BEAT DISEASE. I have always said, "You are what you eat, and food is medicine!” Dr Li’s tome will be your guide and coach to not only understand foods and how your body reacts to them, but also how to cook delicious and simply prepared dishes to achieve your goals. Eat To Beat Your Diet is science-based and taste-forward, a perfect combo to live a healthier and happier life.”Make your metabolism go from good to great with this empowering book by Dr. William Li. Tony Robbins EAT TO BEAT DISEASE is a trailblazing book. Author, world-renowned physician, and medical scientists Dr. William Li explains how we have the power to help control our own health destiny by making decisions that help the body heal itself. Dr. Li describes how more than two hundred foods amplify our body’s defenses, which can result in beneficial health outcomes. EAT TO BEAT DISEASE is a must read — I strongly endorse it.” Body fat contains at least 15 hormones that instruct other organs, including the brain, on what to do. These hormones influence the health of one's brain, immune system, gut, circulation, muscles, reproductive system, and especially one's metabolism. While fat is vital to the body's ability to function, most people's problem is having excess fat. Here’s how we can, not why we can’t”. I was first introduced to this way of thinking as a NASA engineer and astronaut. “Here’s how we can…” is the underlying approach to solving our most challenging problems both on and off our planet. In Eat to Beat Your Diet, Dr. William Li tells us how we all can use this approach (and the science!) to be our healthiest selves — by eating to beat our diets (and defeating all those reasons why we think we can’t)."