The Miraculous Healing Power of Food with Anthony Lim

Anthony Lim, M.D., J.D. shares the keys to vibrant health. Dr. Lim shares methods to prevent kidney stones, tackle fatty liver disease through a whole-food, plant-based diet, and more. Learn how food choices can transform your well-being and get practical solutions. [11/2023] [Show ID: 39020]

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[joyceogoye]

Dr. Lim, i first watched this video in mid December 2023 after which i made a choice to try mostly whole plant based diet. I have been overweight most of my life. i have had food addictions, especially unhealthy kinds. So i really appreciated the fact that you were not advocating for extremes and absolutes - but the acronym "eat food, not too much, mostly plants" has been my "guiding principle ever since". Today i weighed myself -, i have lost 7 kgs after adopting this principle, i don't starve myself, i don't crave sugary or salty foods anymore like i used to, I feel great. Every weekend i purpose to learn new plant based recipees and i am pleasantly surprised that they are quite tasty. I thank God for this video and for helping people use food as medicine. I am sharing the same with my family, friends and as many people as can care to listen. God bless you! Thankyou !

[kentroskelley]

This is phenomenal, a young physician talking about the power and major importance of eating real whole plant food as a major path to a quality healthy life.
We need to help all physicians learn to include nutrition in patient discussions. One of their first questions should be, what do you eat in a daily basis?

[myrtletreleven]

Lovely Presentation, great advice and information by Dr. Kim.

[bynumsgtitil]

Thank you so much! Part of how I am managing the symptoms of my multiple sclerosis is by eating a WFPB diet. In many ways I am healthier than I was before I was diagnosed.

[CinD]

I struggled so much with asthma well in to my twenties. After experiencing severe environmental and food allergies. I decided to try the plant-based diet. I dropped weight, felt much better, and have yet to experience another asthma flare-up. It's been over a decade and I have no regrets in switching my diet. I see this as lifestyle and it has prompted me to try different exercises.

[gm]

Today is my birthday I'm 58 I've been eating clean for 4 years. Who says you can't teach an old dog new tricks. I'm learning all kinds of kool jump rope tricks with my feet, I do sets of 50 regular jumps if I make a mistake, I start all over sometimes I get frustrated and have to start over a few times, but when I complete a full 50, I'm all proud of myself. I used to be drunk already I finally changed for the better. thank You for this video Today I know I'm on the right track

[camillaholst]

This is by far, the best explanation by a professionel that I have ever heard/seen.
Thank you so much for this scientific talk, filled with hope and awasome examples of how we can all help ourselves live healthier and happier lives.
This video should be shown in every single classroom - in the World. No less!
Thank you 🏆

[fooey-mgbr]

Thank you Dr. Kim! Excellent presentation!

[bitfinesse]

I drive trucks as well. And I, too, eat what is most convenient for me. My schedule is insane - starting a new company, working 18-20hr days for 4-6 months at a time with no days off in between. Every six months I take two weeks off.

So I eat potatoes and cabbage mostly. When I feel like I need a treat, I have broccoli. It’s a little less convenient so I don’t have it every day. But when I do, it’s very, very nice. Every now and then I find myself with an extra four hours of time before I need to be busy again. I party during these times with a medium black cup of coffee (maybe twice per month).

Sometimes I feel like I want a delicious sweet snack - something I rarely have. At these times, I find a couple handfuls of grapes or a few ounces of berries.

For the weeks I take off, I really pig out and go nuts with the food. But only while I’m home. So at these times I make food all day and kind of eat with no end in sight. I’ll steam maybe four or five vegetables per day and wolf down bowls of steamed vegetables topped with rice vinegar, garlic powder, ginger and bright red chile powder with the broth/pot liquor that’s created after steaming the vegetables. It’s such an enjoyable all-day buffet.

Some may view eating this way as extremely restrictive. But anyone who takes a leap of faith and tries it faithfully for a month or two will discover the tremendous variety and the phenomenon of less-frequently-consumed vegetables (in my case, broccoli) becoming a wild extravaganza due to their restriction out of convenience. This is the case with potatoes, as well. I usually have yukon gold potatoes. But every now and then I’m able to find Japanese sweet potatoes or hawaiian sweet potatoes. I scoop up 20-30lbs and have them after filling my belly with vegetables. They’re the best desert because a pie or cake are never on my menu. So the sweet potatoes become the pie and the cake.

What our brains recognize as DELICIOUS is RELATIVE to the most delicious thing we’re eating. I restrict my eating to mostly vegetables so the potatoes and fruits feel like a wild party. These foods wouldn’t be as enjoyable if I were stopping into McDonald’s.

As weird as this may be, all I can say is that this works, keeps me very lean and trim even though I only have time to exercise for 5-10 minutes once or twice per day, maybe five days per week. Everything’s just so manageable and enjoyable.

As far as refusing what every store and vendor has to offer, I just remind myself often, “I don’t allow the world to splash around in my blood - we’re at war.”

Good luck to all who wish for a healthier, happier life. My willpower is on a serious decline these days. If I can do it, trust me, so can you.

[antoncoetzee]

I have me leading a whole food lowfat nutritarian lifestyle for 3 years, what a GREAT life, i eat fantastic meals everyday, 60 years young, same weight as i was at 26, can gym, do weights, and NO pains of groans

[toniferris]

Dr. Kim, Your presentation on being a healthy version of ourselves was very informative. I appreciate you taking the time to speak in layman language for everyone to understand. I’m a plant based - vegan for 9 years. I credit my life choices to the reason I’m alive with CLL for 19 years. I encourage everyone to not eat and live how our government and television shows us. Take pride in what you put inside your body and be active.

[michelleh-ebrazier]

Very good and informative presentation. Glad I found it 😊

[neilclaypoole]

Anthony is truly the best guest speaker you have ever had on your Channel

[msclnelson]

please have Anthony Lim on again and again! This was the best video I have ever seen here. Let's have him do a series on the other factors besides nutrition.

[karenleider]

I really enjoyed this presentation! He mentions talking to 2nd graders. I wish there was a recording of that for me to share with my 2nd grade grandson. Thank you Dr. Lim!

[gordonhalstead]

Thanks Dr Anthony Lim for great 👍 presentation sharing your wealth of knowledge educating public watching your health presentation regarding foods, so informative and clear presentation, God bless 🙏 watching from Australia Lucy 🇦🇺

[KelvinBurks-qd]

63 years free of stroke to 98% back to 15 year of functioning. Whole food plant is wonderful.

[pameladavis]

Great video. Im so happy to see more doctors admitting that diet/whole food is the key to health and pharmaceuticals are not the answer

[AudioTruyenLangQue]

Thank you so much for your wonderful recipe and for helping us take care of our health. Wishing everyone who is watching this video always healthy, peaceful, and happy❤

[ronaldallen]

Fantastic lecture. Thank you, Dr. Lim.