• Eat to Beat Disease

  • The New Science of How Your Body Can Heal Itself
  • By: William W Li
  • Narrated by: Peter Ganim
  • Length: 13 hrs and 56 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (613 ratings)

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Eat to Beat Disease

By: William W Li
Narrated by: Peter Ganim
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Eat your way to better health with this New York Times best seller 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 listeners by showing them the evidence behind more than 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 well-being and disease prevention in an exhilarating new direction.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2019 William W Li (P)2019 Hachette Audio

Critic reviews

"A ground breaking physician shares how we can use food to hack our natural defense systems and hardwire ourselves for health."—Mehmet Oz, MD, Host, The Dr. Oz Show

"In a new ground-breaking study--Eat to Beat Disease--Dr. William W. Li provides the knowledge and tools to make better decisions what to eat every day. This easy-to-read book is not a diet book but help you better understand what you eat." —The Washington Book Review

"Dr. William Li is a healthcare pioneer... Dr. Li helps our readers thrive by unpacking how the body's own systems respond to what we eat. His book will give practical tips for healthier living and empower readers with ways they can help their bodies fight disease."—Arianna Huffington, Founder and CEO, Thrive Global

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I LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS

I do not necessarily suffer from an illness but the amount of things I learned are so valuable AND fascinating. I have listened to this audiobook repeatedly (mostly before I go to bed) and his voice makes it SO easy to keep listening (the voice makes a huge difference with audiobooks it can make or break on). He reads calmly and clearly for anyone to understand and follow along. I highly suggest this for anyone wanting to learn the science of what we eat and how it impacts us.

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Very exciting information on effect of diet on diseases and information to reverse progression of disease or reverse

Exciting information of effect of food and other other elements on your DNA and the progression of diseases and measures to reverse progression

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I Learned a Lot!

There is a lot of medical information and I learned a lot. I will probably listen again when I can take some notes about particular foods, their benefits and the diseases they can help prevent.

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Life-saving!

Great information here. An ounce of prevention every day to stack the odds in your favor every morning, and every bite!

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Very informative on the ability of food to make you healthy

Using food to help the body fight infection and diseases. this book includes a practical approach to use food to help the body to stay healthy.

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Life Changing Information

The best book I've read in health for empowerment. So personally laid out, so amazingly easy to follow... this is a God send.

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Great applicable information

Of late read several health/nutrition books. The approach in this book was different and enjoyable. it provides an easy workable template even especially if you're unsure how your food choices matter. Yes I'm following several suggestions.

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gift of Asclepius of Hypoocrates

Completely innovative. The nutrition health book to rule them all, nearly a one stop shop

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Read this book to get well

If you are sick or know anyone who is, this is a must read. The first half is super scientific, but the second half tells what to eat for specific diseases or just to prevent disease. A hard read, but it could literally save your life.

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Life saver!

I been suffering from several autoimmune ailments. I have been searching for a way to heal myself by growing the food and preparing it to heal my body. this book has given me all the information I need to start healing myself.

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