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The pioneering physician scientist behind the New York Times bestseller Eat to Beat Disease reveals the science of eating your way to healthy weight loss.
In his first groundbreaking book, Dr. William Li explored the world of food as medicine. By eating foods that you already enjoy, like tomatoes, blueberries, sourdough bread, and dark chocolate your body activates its five health defense systems to fight cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular, neurodegenerative autoimmune diseases, and other debilitating conditions.
Now in Eat to Beat Your Diet, Dr. Li introduces the surprising new science of 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 be good for 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. Eat to Beat Your Diet shows readers how adding the right foods to your diet can heal your metabolism, reduce unhealthy body fat, and result in the kind of weight loss that can increase your lifespan and help you thrive. Foods like:
Tomatoes Avocado Watermelon Carrots Blueberries Dark Chocolate Mushrooms Lentils Purple Maize Apple Cider Vinegar Turmeric Lobster Mussel Caviar Oysters Sea Bass Green Tea Soy Milk Coffee Pomegranate Juice Both informative and practical, Dr. Li offers a four-week meal plan for food lovers; easy food swaps and shopping tips; and more than a month of crowd-pleasing recipes.
From the Publisher
Publisher : Balance; First Edition (March 21, 2023)
Language : English
Hardcover : 496 pages
ISBN-10 : 1538753901
ISBN-13 : 978-1538753903
Item Weight : 1.55 pounds
Dimensions : 6.4 x 1.8 x 9.3 inches
Madge Marley Howell –
Understanding what I eat and how it affects my body. FINALLY! Thank you, Dr. Li & Epoch Times!
I read about this book and Dr. Li in The Epoch Times several months ago. I liked what I read so I ordered the book. WOW! If you have struggled with diets, your weight, wondering what to eat and your overall health, then this is the book for you.Dr. Li breaks it all down to a real science with facts to back it up. However, the read is enjoyable and not overly scientific.Dr. Li even addresses behaviors such as when you go out to eat at a restaurant or dine at a friends home, making sound suggestions on how to approach the meal/menu prior to taking your first bite. It sounds simple but his recommendations hit home in a way I have never had other so-called diets do. This book is NOT a diet. This book explains foods to you, how they affect your overall health, and then you can choose to eat how you want to eat, knowing how the foods will affect you.Now I know how foods affect my body when I eat them. It is as simple as that. I found myself reading many portions of this book aloud to my husband and what I read rang true to him, too. We have completely revamped our eating habits and we are reaping many rewards because of it.The foods we are now eating taste wonderful, our overall feeling of health has vastly improved, and we are both losing weight. I have only 5-6 more pounds to go to reach my ideal weight. (I am finally off processed sugar and it was painless.)I’ve told so many of my friends and coworkers about this book. If you truly want to change your life and eat to honor the God-given earthly vessel you were blessed with, you will buy this book and read it.My copy is very marked up and highlighted. Also, the many lists and recipes Dr. Li provides, especially those fat-fighting foods he says we need to eat, are helpful. I cannot say enough good things about this invaluable resource regarding food. I have learned so much and relished reading every word of the book. I find I pick it up often to revisit certain sections and as reminders.I am now considering buying his first book, Eat to Beat Disease!Thank you, Dr. Li. My quality of life has changed in large part due to your book, Eat to Beat Your Diet. Food will NEVER be the same to me going forward.FYI: I am 65, exercise daily, drink 120 ounces of alkaline Kangen water daily, and take no medications. I am thankful.
G Ornong –
Best Book Ever
I’ve read a lot of books in my lifetime and this is honestly literally the best book I’ve ever read. It is so helpful in understanding how to be healthy and Dr. Li just presents everything so simply. This book is worth every penny, no matter how much you pay.
Julia –
A very flexible approach to dieting
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.
Lynn Petak –
Good Nutritional Advice
If you already are a reader of all things nutrition this book is very basic. It’s clear cut and a great place to start moving towards better health.
kathy –
Science Backed Eating Resource
This was a fascinating and fact filled read that will become a lifelong resource in my wellness journey. I appreciated the search terms and clinical studies tips
Helena –
I love his talks , his books are great.Dr Li way of teaching is so easy to understand and to follow.
Vicky –
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S.Casey –
Totally love this book,( he has another one which is excellent) if you want to live healthy you can’t go wrong with this book. Full of helpful info that is explained in such a way that regular people can understand. There are lots of guides in the book that help with choosing the right foods that we have access to daily. I don’t think anyone would be disappointed with this purchase.
Bobbie –
Good book, useful informations
Amazon Customer –
this is a interesting book