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BITESIZE | How to Eat to Beat Disease | Dr William Li #415

Jan 5, 2024 19m 35s 12 insights
My guest today believes that the decisions we make every day about what to eat have a huge influence on our health. Feel Better Live More Bitesize is my weekly podcast for your mind, body, and heart. Each week I’ll be featuring inspirational stories and practical tips from some of my former guests.   Today’s clip is from episode 234 of the podcast with medical doctor and author of international bestseller ‘Eat to Beat Disease’, Dr William Li. In this clip, he shares how specific foods can strengthen our health defence systems and help our bodies heal. Support the podcast and enjoy Ad-Free episodes. Try FREE for 7 days on Apple Podcasts https://apple.co/feelbetterlivemore. For other podcast platforms go to https://fblm.supercast.com. Show notes and the full podcast are available at drchatterjee.com/234 Follow me on instagram.com/drchatterjee Follow me on facebook.com/DrChatterjee Follow me on twitter.com/drchatterjeeuk
Actionable Insights

1. Prioritize Food for Health Defenses

Recognize that daily food choices significantly influence your health by activating your body’s inherent health defenses, which are crucial for maintaining well-being and resisting disease.

2. Conscious Daily Food Choices

Be mindful of your food choices daily, understanding that each item consumed either contributes to building up your health defenses or potentially diminishes them over time.

3. Don’t Overwhelm Body Defenses

Avoid repeatedly overwhelming your body’s natural defense systems with stressors, such as excessive UV exposure, as this can lead to the accumulation of damage and mutations over time.

4. Diversify Your Food Intake

Incorporate a diverse range of foods into your diet, as your body’s health defenses respond positively to many different foods, with over 200 known to activate multiple defenses.

5. Start with Loved Healthy Foods

Identify and prioritize healthy foods you genuinely enjoy eating, as this approach makes it easier to consistently activate your body’s health defenses rather than focusing on restrictive diets.

6. Consume Kiwi for DNA Repair

Eat at least one kiwi daily to fortify your blood and neutralize DNA damage, with three kiwis a day helping to repair existing damaged DNA.

7. Antioxidant Foods for DNA Shield

Consume antioxidant-rich foods to help protect your DNA by neutralizing reactive chemicals that can cause damage, acting like a shield against incoming stressors.

8. Support DNA Repair Through Diet

Actively seek foods that not only prevent DNA damage but also assist in repairing existing damage, contributing to the body’s resilience and long-term health.

9. Integrate Diverse Beneficial Foods

Incorporate foods like green tea, coffee (containing chlorogenic acid), Swiss chard, dinosaur kale (for dietary fiber), spices, herbs, salmon, sardines (for omega-3s), pears, and peaches into your diet to activate health defenses.

10. Eat Mushroom Stems for Immunity

When consuming white button mushrooms, eat the stems as they contain twice as much beneficial beta-D glucan, which boosts immunity and starves cancer, compared to the caps.

11. Squid Ink for Cancer & Stem Cells

Explore consuming squid ink, found in dishes like squid ink pasta, as it has been shown to cut off blood supply to cancer and preserve stem cells.

12. Daily AG1 for Gut Health

Consume AG1 daily to support digestion and enrich your gut microbiome, as it contains beneficial bacteria shown to increase beneficial bacteria up to tenfold.