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This was quite heavy. The author is trying to make it accessible to the average reader and I'd say he accomplished it somewhat but it was still rather dense. Considering the content, I felt like the title should have been changed to 'The benefits of bacteria in our microbiome' - but I can see that 'Eat to Beat Disease' is more catchy.
There is a lot of information in this book. The good thing is that it was written so that I could understand it. There have been books on nutrition and it’s effects on disease and the body that we’re good but difficult to get through. I didn’t have that problem with this book. The author did a good job explaining things without forcing me to look up every other word. Considering the fact the first portion of this book will have you feeling like you are in school, I was very happy to see this.
I love the listing of what foods you can enjoy that are helping your body. The author doesn’t say here are five foods, eat them for health whether you like them or not. Instead we are told to go through the list so we can choose food we already love along with some that we may want to try. I really like this not only because I’m not the most adventurous in food, but because I live where finding everything might be challenging and then there is cost. Having the list and being able to just pick off the food you enjoy, can easily find and fits the food budget is as important as the knowledge about nutrition. The truth is that what we eat has a direct affect on our body and health. Food can harm or heal. To do either, though, the food has to be available and what we want to eat. I like the authors 5x5x5 Framework in the last part of the book. It should be noted that this isn’t for weight loss, (though I think healthier eating does help with that). This is an easy way to add disease fighting food to your diet. You pick 5 foods that you add to your diet and enjoy them 5 times a day. Your goal with them is to cover the 5 defense systems that you read about in the book. I love that I can choose to eat them together or eat them as part of meals and snacks. The last portion of the book is where you will find the lists, along with recipes to try, tips on incorporating the food to your menu, a sample menu to help guide you and a section on assessing your risk.
I recommend this book for people who are interested in healthy eating. I won an advanced copy of this book from Goodreads Giveaways. The final book may differ from my copy.
I love the listing of what foods you can enjoy that are helping your body. The author doesn’t say here are five foods, eat them for health whether you like them or not. Instead we are told to go through the list so we can choose food we already love along with some that we may want to try. I really like this not only because I’m not the most adventurous in food, but because I live where finding everything might be challenging and then there is cost. Having the list and being able to just pick off the food you enjoy, can easily find and fits the food budget is as important as the knowledge about nutrition. The truth is that what we eat has a direct affect on our body and health. Food can harm or heal. To do either, though, the food has to be available and what we want to eat. I like the authors 5x5x5 Framework in the last part of the book. It should be noted that this isn’t for weight loss, (though I think healthier eating does help with that). This is an easy way to add disease fighting food to your diet. You pick 5 foods that you add to your diet and enjoy them 5 times a day. Your goal with them is to cover the 5 defense systems that you read about in the book. I love that I can choose to eat them together or eat them as part of meals and snacks. The last portion of the book is where you will find the lists, along with recipes to try, tips on incorporating the food to your menu, a sample menu to help guide you and a section on assessing your risk.
I recommend this book for people who are interested in healthy eating. I won an advanced copy of this book from Goodreads Giveaways. The final book may differ from my copy.
I received an Advance Reading Copy of Eat to Beat Disease by William W. Li, MD from the publisher (Grand Central Life and Style) in exchange for an honest review. Eat to Beat Disease is scheduled for release on March 19, 2019.
This is a nonfiction, health and wellness book. Dr. Li presents wellness as the sum of five parts: Angiogenesis, Regeneration, Microbiome, DNA Protection, and Immunity. He discusses these five factors of wellness, focusing on the role diet plays in each.
Later chapters go into more detail regarding foods, presenting lots of evidence (data from a variety of studies) to back up Dr. Li’s statements. The final portion of the book presents an eating plan: choose five foods to eat each day- one food for each of the five factors.
I did appreciate the level of research that went into this book. Dr. Li cites hundreds of scientific papers and studies as he moves through the foods he has chosen to discuss in each chapter. There is little doubt that these foods are foods that contribute to wellness. However, Dr. Li at some points presents evidence that he then dismisses or downplays, as he has a clear bias against anti-inflammatory diets. Dr. Li seems to suggest that since some of the foods that are eliminated by anti-inflammatory diets have shown benefits for one or more of the five health factors, they must be good for you. This goes against Dr. Li’s point that nutrition should be very individualized- what works well for one person may not work as well for another.
I also struggled a bit with Dr. Li’s overall plan. There are over 200 foods discussed in this book. While Dr. Li does make a suggestion to make the list more manageable (choose five foods each day), the lengths of the list and the openness of the plan make this a very general “eat more plants and less processed foods” diet. Again, while the research is sound, this is not a ground-breaking or even remotely unique dietary suggestion.
What I appreciated most about this book was its positive focus. The message here is not one of elimination or denying yourself the foods you love. Dr. Li encourages the reader to ADD foods that are shown to contribute to health and wellness. This book would probably be best for someone who is already familiar with eating well, and is looking for more specifics about the benefits of individual foods. This book might be overwhelming for someone whose current diet is largely based on convenience foods, and is unfamiliar with the foods Dr. Li discusses.
This is a nonfiction, health and wellness book. Dr. Li presents wellness as the sum of five parts: Angiogenesis, Regeneration, Microbiome, DNA Protection, and Immunity. He discusses these five factors of wellness, focusing on the role diet plays in each.
Later chapters go into more detail regarding foods, presenting lots of evidence (data from a variety of studies) to back up Dr. Li’s statements. The final portion of the book presents an eating plan: choose five foods to eat each day- one food for each of the five factors.
I did appreciate the level of research that went into this book. Dr. Li cites hundreds of scientific papers and studies as he moves through the foods he has chosen to discuss in each chapter. There is little doubt that these foods are foods that contribute to wellness. However, Dr. Li at some points presents evidence that he then dismisses or downplays, as he has a clear bias against anti-inflammatory diets. Dr. Li seems to suggest that since some of the foods that are eliminated by anti-inflammatory diets have shown benefits for one or more of the five health factors, they must be good for you. This goes against Dr. Li’s point that nutrition should be very individualized- what works well for one person may not work as well for another.
I also struggled a bit with Dr. Li’s overall plan. There are over 200 foods discussed in this book. While Dr. Li does make a suggestion to make the list more manageable (choose five foods each day), the lengths of the list and the openness of the plan make this a very general “eat more plants and less processed foods” diet. Again, while the research is sound, this is not a ground-breaking or even remotely unique dietary suggestion.
What I appreciated most about this book was its positive focus. The message here is not one of elimination or denying yourself the foods you love. Dr. Li encourages the reader to ADD foods that are shown to contribute to health and wellness. This book would probably be best for someone who is already familiar with eating well, and is looking for more specifics about the benefits of individual foods. This book might be overwhelming for someone whose current diet is largely based on convenience foods, and is unfamiliar with the foods Dr. Li discusses.
I am always looking for books on health, where I can learn something new & incorporate it into my daily routine. This is one such book.
Food is one of the four pillars of good health (others being sleep, exercise and social interaction). It is through diet that we can either harm or help ourselves. Good or bad diet can take us small steps towards disease or away from it.
That is the premise of this book. The author’s point of view is that of angiogenesis, the building out and parring back of blood vessels throughout the body. The only way for things to either grow or heal in the body is through increased blood flow.
Cancer is a central theme in the book. If cancer can not convince the body to do angiogenesis in order for it to grow, the cancer will be taken care of by the immune system. That is hugely powerful. The foods discussed within the book help immensely towards this goal.
The foods and their abilities to help fight disease are all presented with their research. No fuzzy hand waving here. Real evidence, real changes that can be made to fight disease before anything can take hold.
For me, I’ve found a couple of tweaks I can add to my already anti-inflammatory diet. Adding edamame to my salad is one. Increasing my berry intake is another (always a good thing when I like something and health experts say do more!). There are other ideas that I want to incorporate to help keep the excesses of past bad diets & the current ravages of pollution at bay.
This is a good companion book to those written by Dr. Lustig. Both this author and Dr. Lustig want to educate the reader on how best to take care of themselves through diet change. Do not expect the government or industry to help you, as their interests are not aligned to keep us healthy, but ignorant of how to keep your health in top form.
Food is one of the four pillars of good health (others being sleep, exercise and social interaction). It is through diet that we can either harm or help ourselves. Good or bad diet can take us small steps towards disease or away from it.
That is the premise of this book. The author’s point of view is that of angiogenesis, the building out and parring back of blood vessels throughout the body. The only way for things to either grow or heal in the body is through increased blood flow.
Cancer is a central theme in the book. If cancer can not convince the body to do angiogenesis in order for it to grow, the cancer will be taken care of by the immune system. That is hugely powerful. The foods discussed within the book help immensely towards this goal.
The foods and their abilities to help fight disease are all presented with their research. No fuzzy hand waving here. Real evidence, real changes that can be made to fight disease before anything can take hold.
For me, I’ve found a couple of tweaks I can add to my already anti-inflammatory diet. Adding edamame to my salad is one. Increasing my berry intake is another (always a good thing when I like something and health experts say do more!). There are other ideas that I want to incorporate to help keep the excesses of past bad diets & the current ravages of pollution at bay.
This is a good companion book to those written by Dr. Lustig. Both this author and Dr. Lustig want to educate the reader on how best to take care of themselves through diet change. Do not expect the government or industry to help you, as their interests are not aligned to keep us healthy, but ignorant of how to keep your health in top form.