The Top Foods To Eat To Clear Out Your Arteries, Fight Cancer & Heal The Body | Dr. William Li

Each bite of food we eat has the potential to modulate our genetics and impact every cell of the body—don’t you want those levers to be moving in the right direction? Eating for health is one thing, but eating to beat disease is an even more intentional step toward prevention and longevity. I was so excited to sit down with internationally renowned physician, scientist, and author Dr. William Li to discuss how we can leverage food to optimize every system of the body.

We dig into:

How Dr. Li got interested in “Food As Medicine” while developing cancer treatments

Why eating to beat disease is not the same as eating for health

What food would Dr. Li bring with him if he was going to be stuck on an island?

One thing Dr. Li knows everyone needs to do better

Is dairy good or bad?

What’s the deal with soy?

The 5 defense systems to support optimal health and Dr. Li’s 5 x 5 x 5 plan

We talk about this and so much more. I know you’ll love this conversation as much as I did!

This episode is brought to you by Rupa Health, BIOptimizers, Timeline Nutrition, and Momentous.

[MikeCasey]

I am 87 years old and have had heart arrhythmia since I was 14. It has gotten worse over the years. Six months ago the arrhythmia completely went away. I had read that fluoride in the toothpaste maybe a cause of dementia. For that reason, I stopped using toothpaste with fluorides. Three months later, the heart arrhythmia was gone. This has been verified by my cardiologist. I think it was the toothpaste, but I may be wrong.

[chewiewins]

Top foods: coffee, tea, nuts, Brassica (Cruciferous) vegetables, stone fruit (plum, peach etc), berries (Both can be dried fruits), oily fish, soy (natural staple types, not ultra processed), cacao (& powder but less so after made into chocolate with sugar etc, so dark chocolate has more flavenols to stimulate stem cells to repair better), mushrooms (Culinary over medicinal, shiitake and miitake both),  

Supplements used to topping off Dr Li takes Omega 3, vitamin D, probiotic specific like lactophillus reuteri (sourdough, Parmesan cheese), akkermansia)

Avoid things which trigger inflammation including ultraprocessed snacks (processed soy snacks included).

[davidmadruga]

I’ve been in a less developed country for the last year. Agriculture here never took on the fertilizer and pesticide practices of the West. Animals raised for meat or eggs are not raised with antibiotics. Breads don’t have preservatives. Foods are less processed overall. I’ve lost about 25 pounds in the year I’ve been here and don’t suffer from all the GI tract problems I’ve had for years.

[jamee]

Just a tiny bit of constructive criticism: Dr. Mark, you don't need to finish your guest's sentences ❤.

[HarpsichordHymnsTimRemington]

I love Dr. Hyman's interviews. They are so helpful. But it is very frustrating that when he asks a question, he constantly interrupts the answer being given and changes the subject.

[lmdrn]

Oh man. This information is amazing. I'm a RN and hate our sick care model. I will be using a lot of this information, but there is no way all of this amazing code happened by accident. Thank you Jesus that I am fearfully and wonderfully made and that you programmed our bodies in this unbelievably amazing way!

[margaretng]

Dr William Li has his own channel. Hear him without the irritating interruptions and ads!

[chandrashivpuri]

Excellent discussion. Love the format. I am not taking probiotics, will add that. I am a retired physician, physically active and not on any medication. Cook my own food. Strongly believe, you are what you eat.

[bchristine]

Love Dr. William Li - he has a WEALTH of information, but the conversation was difficult to follow many times due to over-talking, interruptions and laughter ...

[Nina-xvie]

I would have loved to hear Dr Li say a few things uninterrupted. It seems every time he would get going on a subject, he was talked over by the interviewer, and his flow was disrupted. He would finally get back on track and get swatted off again.

[mrslizzen]

The interviwer should give more opportunity to the wise interviewed to speak. The interviewer has lots of knowledge but we'd like to hear what the guest brings to us. Just my opinion

[Justsomedude]

It would really help people if you guys put out an actual grocery list of foods including specific brands of some foods, how much to eat, when to the eat them, etc. Sometimes the hardest thing for people to do is simply getting started. What do I stock up on and how can I preserve them (freezing, etc.), how do I prepare certain foods, what supplements are worth consuming, etc.

[MyshelLeAnn]

Loved this but it’s just so confusing how these Dr’s talk about health being how we have always been taught eating nuts, fruits and vegetables while other Dr’s are talking about no fruits and vegetables because of the sugar and say carnivore is the new way to health or Dr Gundry talking about Lectins and say no to eating almonds, legumes, tomatoes. So confusing😵‍💫

[josmit]

Ask your question, then listen. Do not interrupt.

[maxcalifornia]

Truthfully I don’t like social media. I’ve since deleted all my accounts but I keep YT for information like this. I use the internet as a tool not a dependency for sanity.

[theboonvanitmmasks]

Dr Li and Hyman
My Dad was BRITISH AIRWAYS MEDICAL OFFICER for 30 plus years based in Bangkok.
One flight home I had a miserable allergic reaction from beef with preservative bought in Lagos by the time I got to London o had huge hives and went to medical centre at Heathrow airport. They gave me a tiny pot of calamine lotion which ran out not long into flight. So when I landed in BkK I rang home to get some calamine ready.
When I got home my mum had a Calamine ready plus a lotion made from Galangal leaf pounded up and white pure alcohol. So I said put one lotion on this side the home lotion on the other side The immediate relief from the green galangal leaf mix was unbelievably good and instant.
Oh my goodness! As this bad reaction lasted days my Dad explained must have been the beef containing the preservative.
So if you like Thai coconut soup galangal is a ginger look a like ingredient in there. So that’s why we grew it in our garden so had the leaf to make the super lotion. So this experience puts me to absorbing every word you’re telling us! THANK YOU

[catrispoli]

On the contrary I love the collaboration and appreciate both Dr Li and Mark’s contributions. Mark has a wealth of knowledge to share and I’m here for it!

[carolined]

Mother nature is definitely a great provider. We have everything we need in nature if we only know where to look and this doctor tells us. Great video. Thank you.

[NormFields]

Is there a directory of Food As Medicine doctors? After having 3 stents placed in 2013, and two more placed in 2022, I see a cardiologist every six months. I could probably count on one hand how many times the subject of nutrition has even come up, much less been discussed. And I've never heard a cardiologist, or any of the doctors I've seen over the years, mention "gut health" or "microbiome" at all.

[peacerobert]

Why inviting a guest to speak when you don’t allow him talk fluently without being interrupted?