William W. Li, MD, is an internationally renowned physician, scientist, and author of the New York Times best seller “Eat to Beat Disease: The New Science of How Your Body Can Heal Itself.” 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. His TED talk, “Can We Eat to Starve Cancer?” has garnered more than 11 million views, and he has appeared on: Good Morning America, CNN, CNBC, and The Dr. Oz Show, and he has been featured in USA Today, Time Magazine, The Atlantic, and O, Magazine. He is president and medical director of the Angiogenesis Foundation, and is leading research into Covid-19. What makes food so good to fight disease 1:59 Macronutrients vs phytonutrients 5:53 Refortifying different foods and the benefits of legumes 9:49 Antinutrients and lectins 18:31 Glymphatic system 27:17 The gut microbiome is an ecosystem 35:41 Can vegetables or fruits be unhealthy? 39:57 “What’s something we can feed our gut that’s really good? That might be in the middle aisle. It turns out legumes, beans are actually incredibly important. In fact, beans are one of the foods that are commonly in the so-called blue zones where people live long and prosper at the same time. There’s like 5 of them around the world. Legumes are one of the core things.” 15:19 https://drwilliamli.com/ https://feelbrilliant.com/