Coming up on the Ultimate Health podcast. I had had for years been a skeptic of organic foods. I'm not anymore, but the reason I was a skeptic because I kind of felt like it rubbed me the wrong way.

Why should I pay more money to buy a food that's grown without chemicals in a more natural form so that I could actually have the privilege of avoiding pesticides.

It just kind of rubbed me the wrong way that it would be marketed something that was more natural and had less chemicals.

I had to pay more money to actually get the more natural stuff.

Well, there's another reason that research now has shown very definitively the advantage of organic foods.

And I want everyone to really hear this because it's important.

Hello and welcome to Ultimate Health podcast episode 506. I'm Jesse Chapis and I'm here to take your health to the next level.

Each week I'll bring you in-depth conversations with health and wellness leaders from around the world. This week I'm chatting with Dr. William Lee.

Dr. Lee is a physician, scientist, president and medical director of the Angiogenesis Foundation, an author of Eat to Beat disease.

The new science of how your body can heal itself. This is the third time you spend on the show and we get into another science back discussion on food.

It's going to give you a lot to think about and apply into your way of eating.

Highlights include how to get the most benefits from mushrooms. Research shows the advantages of organic foods.

The three types of foods to eat to improve your gut microbiome. Dr. Lee's dietary approach and what he eats and drinks in a day and the myth about lactens.

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Without further ado, here we go with Dr. William Lee.

Dr. Lee, this is our third time together and up until this point we've always approached things from the perspective of these are foods we want to include in the diet when we can to prevent and fight disease.

Today I want to flip things around and come out from the other perspective.

Let's talk about foods that are the biggest offenders, things we want to be on the lookout for that are destroying our health.

Yeah, well, Jesse, this is such an important topic and while I mostly spend my research time looking at what foods to add.

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