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The Genius Life

281: Foods and Tactics to Accelerate Fat Loss, Boost Your Metabolism, and Fight Disease | William Li, MD

The Genius Life

Max Lugavere

Health & Fitness

4.74.7K Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2023

⏱️ 105 minutes

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Summary

Dr. William Li is President of The Angiogenesis Foundation, a world-renowned physician, the research scientist currently studying the vascular impact of COVID-19, speaker (his TED Talk has over 11 million views), and NYT bestselling author of Eat to Beat Disease: The New Science of How Your Body Can Heal Itself. His latest book, Eat to Beat Your Diet: Burn Fat, Heal Your Metabolism, and Live Longer, is out now. Full show notes: https://maxlugavere.com/podcast/281

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0:00.0

What up family, welcome to episode 281 of The Genius Life.

0:17.1

What's going on everybody welcome back to another episode of The Show.

0:19.9

I'm your host Max Lugavira, filmmaker, health and science journalist in New York Times best-selling author.

0:24.9

I'm super excited on this episode of The Show to welcome back Dr. William Lee.

0:29.2

Dr. Lee is the president of the Angiogenesis Foundation.

0:33.0

He's a world-round physician actually working now on studying the vascular impact of COVID-19.

0:39.2

He's a highly regarded speaker. In fact, his TED Talk has over 11 million views.

0:44.7

And he is the New York Times best-selling author of Eat to Beat disease, the new science of how

0:50.1

your body can heal itself. His latest book focuses on fat loss. It's called Eat to Beat Your Diet.

0:57.5

Burn fat, heal your metabolism and live longer. And it's out now. Over the course of the next

1:04.0

hour and some odd minutes, you are going to learn that there are two main types of fat in our

1:09.3

bodies, white fat and brown fat. While white fat is used to store energy, brown fat actually

1:15.0

functions as a space heater and draws its fuel from white fat. So Dr. Lee is going to share

1:20.9

all about how to harness the power of brown fat to boost your metabolism and lose excess body fat.

1:27.0

He's going to share a no-nonsense way of doing intermittent fasting based on your personal

1:30.8

preferences. And why he believes it's important to give your body a break from eating and a chance

1:35.6

to burn fat. He's going to share why he believes ultra-processed foods, which now characterise

1:40.7

about 60% of the calories your average adult consumes on a daily basis, can be damaging to your

1:46.5

body's metabolism. What artificial sweeteners and food additives can potentially duty or gut microbiome,

1:52.4

and how to find real food amidst a modern supermarket, which these days are literally

1:57.4

packed to the brim with ultra-processed foods. Dr. Lee is going to share tips and tricks for eating

2:02.5

less when you are prone to overeating, including using smaller plates, filling up on veggies first,

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