Eat to Beat Disease with Dr. William Li

On this week's episode, Moran sits down with Dr. William Li, an internal medicine doctor, vascular biologist, and author of the book "Eat to Beat Disease." Dr Li always had an interest in food and diet lifestyles since he was young, and he studied the links between food, culture and the health of communities around the world for years. Dr Li looked to blood vessels to find common denominators within different diseases and has been involved in 41 FDA-approved medications for disease treatment from his studies.

Get his book: https://drwilliamli.com/book-li/

His Background 1:20
His interest in the Renaissance period and Mediterranean 4:38
What is health anyways? 7:22
Eating for health 9:55
Plant-based diet 11:16
Focusing on what to eat, not what to avoid 12:45
Angiogenesis 14:00
Cancer prevention 19:05
Fasting and autophagy 19:37
Grand slammer foods 20:48
Treating active cancer 25:00
Tree nuts and colon cancer 26:15
Fiber and melanoma study 26:50
Food as medicine 27:58
His free Masterclass 29:00
Eat to Beat Disease book 31:15
Squid Ink 33:20
Gluten and sourdough bread 36:25
Typical day of eating for Dr. William 40:40
Rapid-fire questions 43:43


The medical director for the Angiogenesis Foundation, Dr Li explains the way our body grows blood vessels, a central tenant to health. His research has shown that certain foods help our body overgrow blood vessels that could potentially cause diseases like cancer.

Dr LI applies the "Food as Medicine Research" method to his work, talking about foods that activate our health defenses, and what to add to our body to build ourselves up. His personal mantra is to "love your food & love your health."

In this in-depth conversation, Dr Li discusses fasting & its relation to his research, his "grand slam" foods, what helps treat disease along with prevention, and the power of fiber.