Eat your way to better health with this New York Times bestseller on food's ability to help the body heal itself from cancer, dementia, and dozens of other avoidable diseases. Forget everything you think you know about your body and food, and discover the new science of how the body heals itself. Learn how to identify the strategies and dosages for using food to transform your resilience and health in Eat to Beat Disease. We have radically underestimated our body's power to transform and restore our health. Pioneering physician scientist, Dr. William Li, empowers readers by showing them the evidence behind over 200 health-boosting foods that can starve cancer, reduce your risk of dementia, and beat dozens of avoidable diseases. Eat to Beat Disease isn't about what foods to avoid, but rather is a life-changing guide to the hundreds of healing foods to add to your meals that support the body's defense systems, including: Plums Cinnamon Jasmine tea Red wine and beer Black Beans San Marzano tomatoes Olive oil Pacific oysters Cheeses like Jarlsberg, Camembert and cheddar Sourdough bread The book's plan shows you how to integrate the foods you already love into any diet or health plan to activate your body's health defense systems-Angiogenesis, Regeneration, Microbiome, DNA Protection, and Immunity-to fight cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular, neurodegenerative autoimmune diseases, and other debilitating conditions. Both informative and practical, Eat to Beat Disease explains the science of healing and prevention, the strategies for using food to actively transform health, and points the science of wellbeing and disease prevention in an exhilarating new direction.

What can be done to slow aging, relieve illness, and extend life? Renowned medical researcher Carson Wade provides the answer in this brand-new, completely revised and expanded edition of his bestseller. He states that certain foods, containing antioxidants, can literally halt the "biological clock" ticking inside you and rejuvenate your body from head to toe. What are these miracle foods? Simple, inexpensive fruits, beverages, and vegetables that work inside your body to attack "free radicals", the primary cause of illness and aging. These antioxidant foods turn your body into a fortress against infection and illness and give you a glorious new feeling of health and vitality. You'll discover how to use these foods to . . . erase aging, fade age spots, and give yourself "forever young" skin; "wash away" cholesterol, reduce blood pressure, and achieve good cardiovascular health naturally; relieve the headaches, hot flashes, and other uncomfortable symptoms of menopause; stop the agony of arthritis, bursitis and rheumatism while helping joints regain youthful, pain-free mobility; "wash away" extra pounds and become trim and slim, without dieting; and banish the blues, melt away anxiety, and calm your nerves in minutes. You'll also find dozens of documented case histories of people from all over who have experienced the amazing curative power of these antioxidant foods. Whether you use these proven-effective natural remedies to relieve illness, or simply to help maintain good health, you'll be using some of the most potent secrets nature has to offer!

Results from the National Research Council's (NRC) landmark study Diet and health are readily accessible to nonscientists in this friendly, easy-to-read guide. Readers will find the heart of the book in the first chapter: the Food and Nutrition Board's nine-point dietary plan to reduce the risk of diet-related chronic illness. The nine points are presented as sensible guidelines that are easy to follow on a daily basis, without complicated measuring or calculatingâ€"and without sacrificing favorite foods. Eat for Life gives practical recommendations on foods to eat and in a "how-to" section provides tips on shopping (how to read food labels), cooking (how to turn a high-fat dish into a low-fat one), and eating out (how to read a menu with nutrition in mind). The volume explains what protein, fiber, cholesterol, and fats are and what foods contain them, and tells readers how to reduce their risk of chronic disease by modifying the types of food they eat. Each chronic disease is clearly defined, with information provided on its prevalence in the United States. Written for everyone concerned about how they can influence their health by what they eat, Eat for Life offers potentially lifesaving information in an understandable and persuasive way. Alternative Selection, Quality Paperback Book Club

From one of the world's foremost physicians and researchers comes a monumental work that radically redefines conventional conceptions of health and illness to offer new methods for living a long, healthy life.

The New York Times bestselling guide to the lifesaving diet that can both prevent and help reverse the effects of heart disease Based on the groundbreaking results of his twenty-year nutritional study, Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease by Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn illustrates that a plant-based, oil-free diet can not only prevent the progression of heart disease but can also reverse its effects. Dr. Esselstyn is an internationally known surgeon, researcher and former clinician at the Cleveland Clinic and a featured expert in the acclaimed documentary Forks Over Knives. Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease has helped thousands across the country, and is the book behind Bill Clinton’s life-changing vegan diet. The proof lies in the incredible outcomes for patients who have followed Dr. Esselstyn's program, including a number of patients in his original study who had been told by their cardiologists that they had less than a year to live. Within months of starting the program, all Dr. Esselstyn’s patients began to improve dramatically, and twenty years later, they remain free of symptoms. Complete with more than 150 delicious recipes perfect for a plant-based diet, the national bestseller Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease explains the science behind the simple plan that has drastically changed the lives of heart disease patients forever. It will empower readers and give them the tools to take control of their heart health.

"Dr. Rupy is part of the new generation of physicians teaching people that food is medicine."—MARK HYMAN, MD Discover the exact foods and spices that prevent and reverse the full spectrum of disease—from cancer and and autoimmune disorders to heart, brain, and inflammatory conditions, and skin, mood, and eye health—from an internationally bestselling author and trained medical doctor Imagine a world in which common conditions such as type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and dementia are rare. Imagine feeling great all the time—with strong bone density and flexible joints, radiant hair and skin, a sharp mind, a healthy weight, sustained vision and hearing. Sound too good to be true? It’s not. In Eat to Beat Illness, Dr. Rupy Aujla—emergency medical doctor, general physician, and bestselling author—shows you how. It all begins with the decisions you make about what you put on your plate. Dr. Aujla provides the latest research on how food impacts every system of your body. He explains the connection between nutrition and disease and reveals the specific ingredients proven to boost prevention and wellbeing and reverse symptoms. Eat to Beat Illness includes 80 nutritious recipes that combine these ingredients for optimum health. Dr. Aujla's approach isnt restrictive or bland; his dishes are creative, flavorful, and delicious, using a variety of spices and ingredients that pack a punch, such as cajun sweet potato hash, Sri Lankan cashew curry, jambalaya, spinach lasagna, and banana fritters with maple cream.

From the physician behind the wildly popular NutritionFacts website, How Not to Die reveals the groundbreaking scientific evidence behind the only diet that can prevent and reverse many of the causes of disease-related death. The vast majority of premature deaths can be prevented through simple changes in diet and lifestyle. In How Not to Die, Dr. Michael Greger, the internationally-renowned nutrition expert, physician, and founder of NutritionFacts.org, examines the fifteen top causes of premature death in America-heart disease, various cancers, diabetes, Parkinson's, high blood pressure, and more-and explains how nutritional and lifestyle interventions can sometimes trump prescription pills and other pharmaceutical and surgical approaches, freeing us to live healthier lives. The simple truth is that most doctors are good at treating acute illnesses but bad at preventing chronic disease. The fifteen leading causes of death claim the lives of 1.6 million Americans annually. This doesn't have to be the case. By following Dr. Greger's advice, all of it backed up by strong scientific evidence, you will learn which foods to eat and which lifestyle changes to make to live longer. History of prostate cancer in your family? Put down that glass of milk and add flaxseed to your diet whenever you can. Have high blood pressure? Hibiscus tea can work better than a leading hypertensive drug-and without the side effects. Fighting off liver disease? Drinking coffee can reduce liver inflammation. Battling breast cancer? Consuming soy is associated with prolonged survival. Worried about heart disease (the number 1 killer in the United States)? Switch to a whole-food, plant-based diet, which has been repeatedly shown not just to prevent the disease but often stop it in its tracks. In addition to showing what to eat to help treat the top fifteen causes of death, How Not to Die includes Dr. Greger's Daily Dozen -a checklist of the twelve foods we should consume every day.Full of practical, actionable advice and surprising, cutting edge nutritional science, these doctor's orders are just what we need to live longer, healthier lives.