Iridology: The Science and Practice in the Healing Arts, Vol. 2

The pioneering physician scientist behind the New York Times bestseller Eat to Beat Disease reveals the science of eating your way to healthy weight loss. In his first groundbreaking book, Dr. William Li explored the world of food as medicine. By eating foods that you already enjoy, like tomatoes, blueberries, sourdough bread, and dark chocolate your body activates its five health defense systems to fight cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular, neurodegenerative autoimmune diseases, and other debilitating conditions. Now in Eat to Beat Your Diet , Dr. Li introduces the surprising new science of weight loss, revealing healthy body fat can help you lose weight; your metabolism at 60 can be the same as when you were 20; yo-yo dieting can be good for your health; 8-hour fasting windows can be as effective as 12-hour fasting windows; and losing just a little bit of weight can have big impacts on your health. Eat to Beat Your Diet shows readers how adding the right foods to your diet can heal your metabolism, reduce unhealthy body fat, and result in the kind of weight loss that can increase your lifespan and help you thrive. Foods like: Tomatoes Avocado Watermelon Carrots Blueberries Dark Chocolate Mushrooms Lentils Purple Maize Apple Cider Vinegar Turmeric Lobster Mussel Caviar Oysters Sea Bass Green Tea Soy Milk Coffee Pomegranate Juice Both informative and practical, Dr. Li offers a four-week meal plan for food lovers; easy food swaps and shopping tips; and more than a month of crowd-pleasing recipes. Contents COVER TITLE PAGE COPYRIGHT DEDICATION INTRODUCTION PART 1 HOW FAT WORKS CHAPTER 1: The Surprising Science of Fat, Health, and Disease CHAPTER 2: Rethinking Body Fat CHAPTER 3: Heal Your Metabolism CHAPTER 4: You Can Eat to Beat Fat PART 2 FOODS FOR METABOLISM CHAPTER 5: Eating the MediterAsian Way CHAPTER 6: The Fresh Market CHAPTER 7: Treasure Hunt CHAPTER 8: The Daily Catch CHAPTER 9: Liquid Gold PART 3 A PLAN FOR LIFE CHAPTER 10: Find Your Own Way CHAPTER 11: The Eat to Beat Protocol CHAPTER 12: Sample Meal Guide and Recipes CHAPTER 13: Optimize Your Metabolism EPILOGUE ACKNOWLEDGMENTS DISCOVER MORE ABOUT THE AUTHOR NOTES "Dr. Li introduces the surprising new science of weight loss, revealing healthy body fat can help you lose weight; your metabolism at 60 can be the same as when you were 20; yo-yo dieting can be good for your health; 8-hour fasting windows can be as effective as 12-hour fasting windows; and losing just a little bit of weight can have big impacts on your health. Eat to Beat Your Diet shows readers how adding the right foods to your diet can heal your metabolism, reduce unhealthy body fat, and result in the kind of weight loss that can increase your lifespan and help you thrive"-- Provided by publisher