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

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I wish there were more specifics about how the body could actually heal itself through food, depending on which illness one is suffering from. The healthy working of each has been found to be intimately connected to the foods we eat - and the findings are sometimes surprising.

And then there’s the poorly organized recipe section that recommends people eat such convenient meals for lunch as a “half platter of Pacific Oysters. Building on this groundbreaking work, Dr Li now brings us Eat to Beat Your Diet, a revolutionary, science-based approach to weight loss.But I don't quite understand this; if less animal protein is good for you gut, then why eat any animal protein at all? Unfortunately the author goes over numerous foods “good” for you, good for ridding the body of disease, especially cancer, indiscriminately. The problem, though, is that the studies from which all this information is drawn come from laboratory studies using cells or animals. You are battling a disease like cancer or Alzheimer’s, or your family history puts you at higher risk of disease down the line.

A substance that has an anti-angiogenesis effect in the laboratory cannot be assumed to have a similar effect in a cancer patient. His book Eat To Beat Your Diet busts the myths and reeducates and coaches you on what's really good for your body while sharing delicious recipes that keep food pleasure in mind. The first 1/3 I felt like I was in medical school (almost) but that really helps you to understand how your body is working when it is healthy or when it is fighting disease.Unlike so many books that turn people away from the foods they enjoy, Eat to Beat Disease shows us how the foods we love actually support our wellbeing and vitality.

Li seems to suggest that since some of the foods that are eliminated by anti-inflammatory diets have shown benefits for one or more of the five health factors, they must be good for you.The time has come for 'health' to be properly defined and for us to understand clearly how food impacts health. Learn how to identify the strategies and dosages for using food to transform your resilience and health in EAT TO BEAT DISEASE. For decades, we captured a primitive understanding 'healthy foods' and applied maxims like 'an apple a day keeps the doctor away. Li introduces the surprising new science of metabolism and weight loss, revealing healthy body fat can help you lose weight; your metabolism at 60 can be the same as when you were 20; yo-yo dieting can actually benefit your health; 8-hour fasting windows can be as effective as 12-hour fasting windows; and losing just a little bit of weight can have big impacts on your health. That's not to say the information from these studies isn't useful—it's just that, for the average person, figuring out how to put it all together is pretty hard.

Recognises that medicines are a last resort and aims to avoid or reduce significantly that scenario.Li overplays the “Eat to Beat Disease” card, but his views about anti-angiogenesis and nutrition are sound. Learn how to identify the strategies and dosages for using food to transform your resilience and health in Eat to Beat Disease. The most helpful part of this book is the recommended system for including healthy foods into your diet. 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.