Eat your way to better health with this New York Times bestseller on food’s ability to help the body heal itself from cancer, dementia, and dozens of other avoidable diseases.
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.
We have radically underestimated our body’s power to transform and restore our health. Pioneering physician scientist, Dr. William Li, empowers readers by showing them the evidence behind over 200 health-boosting foods that can starve cancer, reduce your risk of dementia, and beat dozens of avoidable diseases. Eat to Beat Disease isn’t about what foods to avoid, but rather is a life-changing guide to the hundreds of healing foods to add to your meals that support the body’s defense systems, including:
- Plums
- Cinnamon
- Jasmine tea
- Red wine and beer
- Black Beans
- San Marzano tomatoes
- Olive oil
- Pacific oysters
- Cheeses like Jarlsberg, Camembert and cheddar
- Sourdough bread
The book’s plan shows you how to integrate the foods you already love into any diet or health plan to activate your body’s health defense systems-Angiogenesis, Regeneration, Microbiome, DNA Protection, and Immunity-to fight cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular, neurodegenerative autoimmune diseases, and other debilitating conditions.
Both informative and practical, Eat to Beat Disease explains the science of healing and prevention, the strategies for using food to actively transform health, and points the science of wellbeing and disease prevention in an exhilarating new direction.
FefushkaD –
I’m a health freak. Listen to so many podcasts, read so many health books. I stumbled upon Dr William Li in one of the podcasts I listened to, and decided to read this book. It is such an eye opener. There is still so much to learn about food – health interactions. But this book is an amazing start. I’ve been a keto person for the last 10 years. But after reading this, I’m back to eating low carb fruits, and more veg. I’m now on 8 veg a day, 3 fruits, loads of nuts, seeds, and all the other food groups Dr Li recommends. So is the the rest of my family (I’m the only one who cooks 😀). I’m sure, in the next 10- 20 years there will be more research done about our food intake and health implications. But for now, this book is my gospel. I would advise everyone to read it and implement it. 5☆ from me.
Judy P Antonson –
This is a different approach to food that I have never heard before. Understanding the details of each food makes me more motivated to try them. It’s easy to follow so hope it will be a lifelong diet for me
Maibiene –
William Li betrachtet Lebensmittel als Medizin und handelt auf Grundlage von wissenschaftlichen Ergebnissen hinsichtlich der Wirkstoffe von Nahrungsmittel für bestimmte Krankheiten. Für mich ist das Buch eines der komplextesten Bücher, welcher hinsichtlich des Aspekts “wir essen uns gesund und jung” und ich freue mich, dass es nun endlich auch in Deutsch erschienen ist, weil ich am liebsten vielen Menschen schenken würde. Nachdem William Li die gesamten wissenschaftlichen Grundlagen erklärt hat, gibt er noch Tips, wie man sein Essverhalten so anpassen kannst, um bereits einen minimalen Gewinn für die Gesundheit zu erzielen. Ich würde die theoretischen Ansätze am ehesten mit denen von Prof. Dr. med. Andreas Michalsen vergleichen.
Juan GMP –
A pragmatical book with a very intetesting beginning to undetstand our body’s defense systems and concluding with a practical framework to organize your week’s groceries shopping. Thank you Dr. Li for putting all together”!
Pablo O –
Voy a la mitad del libro pero ya quiero comprar mas para regalar.
Natasha M. White –
This book is great! Has a lot of information and explains everything in detail
Jan Taylor –
This book contains much scientific information on disease and the link to the food we consume. I have learned a lot and have tried several of the recipes.
Amazon Customer –
I just started the book and found it very interesting to read.
will follow up when finished
vinny malhotra –
My wife loves the book. She reads it every day very informative. Highly recommend.
Cindy H. –
It’s a little too hard for me to understand, after page 32 , I started to loose interest in reading it.
Zip –
Still reading. Don’t necessarily agree with everything and am unable to eat much of what he suggests because of allergies.
Rob Padgett –
After years of listening, reading, and watching all the Nutritional “Food is Medicine” (it is) Gurus, Dr. William Li has written the one book I will follow. The others gave me a great basis in physiology, biology and nutrition, but Dr. Li’s advice is accompanied by tested studies, and furthers my nutritional education aimed at some of my physical maladies. “It really is All about what you eat” . This book gives the best direction yet for the Layman
Julia –
This is a GREAT diet book. It’s a very flexible diet approach, not restrictive at all. Dr. Li explains many nutritional concepts and how they work in our body in very easy to understand manner. The book explains clearly how metabolism works, why what we eat can contribute both to health and disease, how to optimize our immune system, ways to restore our health. He explains the biochemistry of food, their interaction and effects on our internal organs at the cellular level that is easy for lay people to understand.
The book focuses on preventive measures that do not require sacrificing our food preferences. It does emphasize to eat the food we like in moderation. It approaches FOOD AS MEDICINE, and how food can promote angiogenesis which can have both positive and negative effects on our body, how regeneration via stem cells work in our body, how the microbiome in out gut defend for our health, how to protect our fragile DNA, how our immune system works, and ways we can do within our control to protect ourselves from cancer. I never understand how ‘mitochondria’ works until I read his books.
It has list of foods that apply to the five concepts that impact our defense system and how food can be used to fight fat and protect from cancer: Angiogenesis, Regeneration, Microbiome, DNA protection, and Immunity. It shows readers how to plan their diet, and it has recipe ideas. Dr. Li introduces the “MediterAsian diet,” and why Standard American Diet promotes diseases.
I highly recommend reading both of his books: Eat To Beat Disease and Eat To Beat Your Diet.
Imagine when majority of us can use food as medicine, choose food wisely, eat in moderation, we will have prevented many preventable diseases that is costing our health system mega-billions, and jacking up our health insurance irredeemably, outrageously high! Dr. Li has made it easier to eat healthy and prevent illnesses. It’s not easy to change dietary habit, but Dr. Li’s diet approach is very flexible. And, we can certainly teach children how to eat healthy and prevent diseases that are within our control, and nurture healthier future generations.