Summary of William W. Li's Eat to Beat Disease

Everest Media

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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Sample Book Insights:
#1 Health is not simply the absence of disease. It is an active state. Your body has five health defense systems: angiogenesis, regeneration, the microbiome, DNA protection, and immunity. They are responsible for maintaining your health and resisting the regular hazards you face as part of ordinary life.
#2 The body has a defense system that keeps microscopic cancers small by starving them of the blood supply and nutrients they would need to grow. This defense system is called angiogenesis, and it is at the heart of how angiogenesis defends health by keeping us in a state called homeostasis.
#3 The smallest blood vessels are called capillaries, and they are the final link in the chain of the blood vessel delivery system to your cells. They are located within two hundred micrometers of every cell in the body.
#4 Angiogenesis is the process of growing new blood vessels to replace those that have been damaged. It is triggered by hypoxia, or lowered oxygen levels, in wounded tissue. The endothelial cells that line your veins are ready to grow new blood vessels if the right growth factors are present.

Sujets

• Santé et bien-être
• Diététique
• diététique
• Nutrition

Informations

• Publié par: Everest Media LLC
• Date de parution: 19 mars 2022
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781669354154
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Insights on William W. Li's Eat to Beat Disease
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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

Health is not simply the absence of disease. It is an active state. Your body has five health defense systems: angiogenesis, regeneration, the microbiome, DNA protection, and immunity. They are responsible for maintaining your health and resisting the regular hazards you face as part of ordinary life.

#2

The body has a defense system that keeps microscopic cancers small by starving them of the blood supply and nutrients they would need to grow. This defense system is called angiogenesis, and it is at the heart of how angiogenesis defends health by keeping us in a state called homeostasis.

#3

The smallest blood vessels are called capillaries, and they are the final link in the chain of the blood vessel delivery system to your cells. They are located within two hundred micrometers of every cell in the body.

#4

Angiogenesis is the process of growing new blood vessels to replace those that have been damaged. It is triggered by hypoxia, or lowered oxygen levels, in wounded tissue. The endothelial cells that line your veins are ready to grow new blood vessels if the right growth factors are present.

#5

The angiogenesis system is constantly on the lookout for situations where blood vessels should be pruned back. It is like a dimmer switch that can be turned up to grow more blood vessels when there is a need, but it can also be turned down to prune back blood vessels when they are no longer needed.

#6

The main reason microscopic cancers don’t grow is your body’s natural angiogenesis inhibitors. These countermeasures keep tumors in check by depriving them of a blood supply. As researchers at Harvard Medical School discovered as early as 1974, so long as no blood vessels grow to feed tumors, the cancer cells will remain dormant and harmless.

#7

Targeted drugs have been developed to treat tumor angiogenesis, which is the excessive growth of blood vessels that leads to disease. Many other conditions besides cancer are affected by angiogenesis, including vision loss, rheumatoid arthritis, and osteoarthritis.

#8

Pruning away excess blood vessels is important, but so is maintaining the body’s ability to grow a sufficient circulatory system to protect organs that need to increase or restore their blood supply. As we age, our circulation often naturally wanes, and this ability needs to be coaxed and boosted to feed and maintain healthy tissues and organs.

#9

The angiogenesis defense system is also responsible for growing new blood vessels to help form a bypass around blockages. This defense system is activated when there is any threat to the heart or brain’s own circulation.

#10

The angiogenesis defense system protects you from many diseases. The foods you eat can be used to help treat your condition as well as prevent it. Understanding that angiogenesis is one of your key health defense systems is key to unlocking new secrets for long-lasting health.

#11

Stem cells are the key to maintaining your health. They are the basis of angiogenesis, the process by which new blood vessels are created to feed your organs. They also play a key role in maintaining your organs as you age.

#12

Your body’s stem cells make up a tiny but powerful subset that can regenerate your health. They are able to repair, replace, and regenerate dead and worn out cells on demand. Like special forces soldiers in your body, they gather intelligence, conduct reconnaissance, and execute missions to keep organs in optimal shape.

#13

The regeneration defense system is hardwired to be at the ready at any time to respond to injury or trauma. Stem cells remain unspecialized, lying in wait until they are needed and called into action. They can renew and replicate by cell division and still maintain their pluripotency.

#14

Stem cells are factories for growth factors, cytokines, and survival factors that are needed in organs that are growing or being repaired. They also release exosomes and microvesicles filled with a cargo of proteins and genetic information.

#15

The most damaging factor that can affect your stem cells is tobacco smoke. Even if you don’t smoke yourself, you are not safe if you are nearby those who do. Secondhand smoke can be just as damaging.

#16

Some risks are hard to avoid. Aging, for example, relentlessly wears down our ability to regenerate. As we get older, we naturally have fewer stem cells in our bone marrow.

#17

Peripheral vascular disease is a severe condition accompanying atherosclerosis and often occurs after long-standing diabetes. In this condition, the severe atherosclerotic narrowing of the arteries chokes off the oxygen supply to the legs.

#18

When your stem cell system goes down, so does your health. But when you take measures to boost your stem cells, the effect on your health can be positive. For example, cardiovascular disease.

#19

The brain stem cells that are affected by binge drinking are also responsible for maintaining sharp mental function as you age. Scientists are working on finding ways to support and boost brain stem cells to treat Alzheimer’s disease.

#20

The importance of stem cells in health is undeniable, and clinical trials are underway around the world to develop stem cell therapies. The stem cells used in these treatments come from a variety of sources, and it’s important for you to know how they are performed in medical centers.

#21

The science is already being translated into practice. In 2014, a research group at the Riken Center for Developmental Biology in Kobe, Japan, was treating a seventy-seven-year-old woman with progressive vision loss caused by neovascular age-related macular degeneration, a condition sometimes called wet AMD. They transplanted her regenerated retinal pigment epithelium cells into her retina, and she was able to see again.

#22

Regenerative healing doesn’t rely only on injecting stem cells. Some techniques coax the patient’s own stem cells to spring into action. For example, ultrasound waves can be used to attract stem cells and heal wounds.

#23

Foods and beverages can also help you regenerate your body’s stem cells, which can then be used to heal yourself from within. This is an entirely new approach to regeneration that doesn’t require a doctor or hospital.

#24

The term holobiont describes an organism that functions as an assemblage of multiple species that are mutually beneficial. You are a holobiont because your body is not a singular entity, but rather a highly complex ecosystem that includes 39 trillion bacteria, mostly good, teeming inside and on your body’s surface.

#25

Humans have evolved together with bacteria. We have no idea that bacteria even exist, but science has revealed how they contribute to both disease and health.

#26

As we learned how to control and eliminate bacteria that could lead to infection, we began to fear all bacteria, and began using disinfectants, hand sanitizers, and antimicrobial soaps.

#27

The microbiome is the collection of bacteria that live on and in your body. The science of the microbiome is still developing, but it has been shown to affect your health in many ways.

#28

The microbiome is a diverse community of bacteria that live in our bodies, and their diversity helps protect us from disease. The more diverse our bacteria are, the healthier we will be.

#29

Some substances produced by our microbiome can be toxic. We should try to limit their production, as they can damage the gut lining, which makes the intestines leaky. Leaking food particles cause an inflammatory reaction around the gut that can generate allergic-like reactions to food.

#30

The gut is a long tube that starts with your mouth and ends with your anus. It is the home of your microbiome, which is spread throughout your body. The gut is a command center for your health that is helmed by the microbiome.

#31

The dilemma of how to use antibiotics now faces the medical community. As we learn more about the microbiome, we are realizing that antibiotics may not be as necessary as we thought.

#32

The gut microbiome is greatly influenced by what we eat. Prebiotic foods, which are foods that feed the healthy bacteria in our intestines, are typically nondigestible fibers that are metabolized by the microbiota to form beneficial metabolites.

#33

The microbiome is the collection of bacteria in our bodies, and the food we eat can affect them by altering the gut environment, which in turn can favor the growth of healthy bacteria.

#34

The more diverse the bacteria in your gut, the healthier you are. However, scientists have shown that the way you eat can actually force the extinction of some gut bacteria, which can impact on the health of future generations.

#35

Modern civilization has spent the past century fighting diseases caused by microbes, but in the twentyfirst century, we may be fighting disease using bacteria. Lactobacillus reuteri, a species that is part of the human microbiome, can make wounds heal faster.

#36

The microbiome is becoming more and more important as scientists continue to study it and its effects on our health. The biotechnology industry is developing special formulas of probiotics, dietary fiber, and plant bioactives as a smoothie to promote healthy bacteria regrowth in the gut.

#37

The microbiome is the collection of bacteria in your body, and the foods you eat affect your microbiome’s ability to heal. Your diet can shrink or expand the different populations of gut microbiota on an hour-to-hour basis.

#38

Our DNA is constantly being damaged, and when this happens, our cells have evolved with powerful repair processes that constantly monitor our DNA for structural abnormalities. If any are spot