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The Energy Blueprint Podcast

Dr. William Li on Using Your Diet To Boost Metabolism and Burn More Fat

The Energy Blueprint Podcast

Ari Whitten

Chronicfatigue, Energy, Hypothyroidism, Fatigue, Health & Fitness, Alternative Health, Chronicfatiguesyndrome, Adrenalfatigue, Howtoincreaseenergy, Adrenals, Hashimotos

4.7751 Ratings

🗓️ 25 March 2023

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, I am speaking with Harvard researcher William Li, MD about ways to eat to fight cancer and the new science on the specific foods to enhance fat loss by speeding up your metabolism.

 

In this podcast, Dr. Li and I discuss:

 

  • The research on dietary strategies to help starve cancer into remission by cutting off its blood supply
  • How certain foods can not only nullify cancer but also prevent vision loss in diabetes
  • One of the most powerful foods research has shown to be a very potent anti-cancer food (yet. it has been widely demonized, causing people to fear it)
  • Dr. Li's take on the real cause of fat gain (and the best ways to reverse stubborn weight gain as we age)
  • Simple methods to activate your metabolism and burn more fat
  • Brown fat - a powerful ally in weight loss

Transcript

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0:00.0

In this podcast, I'm speaking with Dr. William Lee, who is an internationally renowned physician,

0:13.4

scientist and author of the New York Times bestseller, Eat to Beat, Disease, the new science

0:18.4

of how your body can heal itself.

0:25.6

His groundbreaking work has led to the development of more than 30 new medical treatments and impacts care for more than 70 diseases, including cancer, diabetes, blindness, heart disease, and obesity.

0:33.6

His TED talk, which I watched more than a decade ago and shared with my family because I was so impressed with it, was called, Can We Eat to Starve Cancer?

0:44.0

And it's garnered more than 11 million views since it came out.

0:47.8

He's appeared on Good Morning America, CNN, CNBC, Rachel Ray, live with Kelly and Ryan, and a long list of other TV and radio appearances.

0:58.8

He's been featured in USA Today, Time Magazine, The Atlantic, and O Magazine.

1:03.6

He is president and medical director of the Angiogenesis Foundation and has also been conducting

1:08.8

research on COVID-19 in recent years.

1:11.4

His newest book, which is the subject of our podcast and our conversation today,

1:16.6

is called Eat to Beat Your Diet, Burn Fat,

1:19.6

heal your metabolism and live longer.

1:22.5

And that book is coming out on March 21st.

1:26.1

This is a wide-ranging conversation. At first, we talk about his previous work

1:31.5

and the subject of his TED talk around eating to beat your diet. Can we eat to starve cancer?

1:37.6

And we talk about some of the specifics of that work and including some widespread myths and

1:44.1

pervasive misinformation that's been out

1:47.0

around for many years that I think you'll find very insightful. And then we get into his new

1:54.0

book, which is coming out in March, Eat to Beat Your Diet and which is really focused on optimizing your metabolic health and losing

2:02.6

body fat so enjoy this conversation with the brilliant dr william lee so welcome to the show dr lee

2:10.0

thank you very much thanks for having me yeah it's a pleasure to have you i i watched your ted talk

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