Can the foods we eat impact the aging process?

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Has anyone else come across food studies detailing how the foods we eat affect aging, skin condition and brain activity?

Answer 1

If you want to slow aging and protect your body from the inside out, focus on these 6 things:

Eat foods rich in polyphenols

Add healthy fats to your diet

Incorporate fiber-rich and probiotic foods

Consume omega-3-rich seafood or supplements

Use extra virgin olive oil daily

Cut out added sugars, refined carbs, and ultra-processed foods

Your daily choices shape how you age — start with your plate. ✨

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Enjoying your content from Fiji

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Is it true that men who supplement with Omega 3s have an increased risk of prostate cancer? Heard this from Dr. Neal Barnard.

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Enjoying content from Sweden

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Thanks from New Zealand.

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why not eating fish that have omega 3, like cod liver, liver is nutritious enough like the liver from chicken, pork or beef and it will not have side effects in small amounts like 1 time/week

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Your book arrived today. Eat to beat disease. Yay!! thank you so much

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What are healthy fats? My understanding is that we all evolved eating saturated and monounsaturated fats from meat, and that these natural, unprocessed, non-industrial fats are the healthy ones.

Answer 2

1. Eat more fruits and veggies
2. Eat mixed nuts
3. Eat healthy fats
4. Cut down sugar and refined carbs

Thanks doctor ❤

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Sooooo burger and fries didn't make the list?????

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it did lol

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Fruits are mostly sugar laden. Berries ok though

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sugar isn't a problem added sugar is. Fructose from fruits isn't what deteriorates health.

Answer 3

You are the only Dr I trust Dr Li. I have regained my strength and health by following your advice to the letter at age 81. Thank you ❤

Answer 4

I appreciate the focus on senior health. It's so important to take care of ourselves!

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As a hospice nurse it sure is❤

Answer 5

Thank you Dr Lii from a women in sweden 71 years old.
You have saved my life ♥️♥️ from a cronic bowel.

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What did you do?

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Wow! So your intestine health improved.
Was it following this diet?
Or other suggestions?

Answer 6

Even 70 years ago, my Mom used to say that fish was "brain food!" RIP, Mom. ❤

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High quality animal foods in general

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Always listen to your Mom!

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Mine too! ❤

Answer 7

My energy skyrocketed once I cut down on added sugar!

Answer 8

So grateful for this precious info. I am so thankful that we have the amazing and gracious gift of all your diligent scientific work and study; all communicated so caringly. Listening to you William is like sitting down with a dear friend. I find myself being able to recall these talks with understanding; applying your advice is easier because you're such a good teacher. Blessings and Regards Eunice from Australia

Answer 9

Dark chocolate in coffee, how about 100% cacao (baking chocolate) mixed in coffee, powder and works great

Answer 10

You are such a cool guy. Your like the Bill Nye of health. You constantly give understandable examples of what you're talking about. My health has gotten so much better since I started taking your advice. Thanks for your presence on this planet and for being so down to earth.

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He is much better than Bill Nye. Nye has some thinking problems.

Answer 11

Love you brother, keep up the honesty and the good fight ❤

Answer 12

"Never give up "  

Answer 13

Fasting and praying also can reduces aging Amen.Shalom

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Definitely Margaret

Answer 14

my tip for dark chocolate: EVERY DAY my dessert is a bowl of organic whole rolled oats + fresh grinded flax seeds, +chia, mixed nuts, red fruits (berries), 1 square 90% dark fair trade organic dark chocolate, matcha tea, half water half almond milk, sometimes fresh fruits or green powders.

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That’s a lot of good for a desert.

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not sure what you mean, but it's just a home made müsli mix like the ready made ones you buy at the store, but without tons of sugar and crappy stuff.
You mix it once a month, just add the flax seeds at the last second, milk and matcha, and the fresh fruit if you want. It takes 1 minute

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Almond milk is just water's almond. There is no milk in seeds. Well, people create everything the consumer swallow.

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probably you meant almond's water, not "water's almond". I know how it's made, because I make it by myself, it's very simple and more healthy than cow's milk. Because I'm commenting and a lot of people from all the world are reading this, I use of course the most common term so everyone can get the idea of my method to enjoy my piece of dark chocolate, what's your point? To educate us about something we already know? Are you commenting all around the content that a jellyfish is not a fish, and so on? If you feel good doing this...

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Fancy peasant food

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Stone ground oats?  Uncooked?  Let me know, please.

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You've been reading way too much. Everything you have put together is insane.

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  Why?

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probably because I'm Italian and I don't eat kellogs' crap directly from the box. About the oats I just buy the organic whole one from whatever supermarket, 80-85 cent for 1kg, no cooking required but I let it soak with the seeds for some minute while I cut the fresh fruit and I grind the flax seeds, so the chocolate can melt, the chia seeds do their thing and so on. Everyone could follow a different recipe and using the products he can find, I think the point is eating this instead of refined sugars and unhealthy fats. I suffered IBS for years, I mean with blood too, and cutting out gluten, sugar etc improved my health, weight, skin. Slightly changing ingredients and proportions never get me bored of this end of the meal bowl. it's satiating and every time I still feel hungry it's ready quickly. In summer you can add yoghurt, or coconut bits, what you want as long as there are no sugars to avoid cravings 20 minutes later

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​@@agostinodublino1387 Thank you so much. Have tried stone ground oats in the past. Cooking turned them into glue. Will try just soaking them. After a bout of heart rhythm SVT frantically tried everything. Eliminating bread was the biggest improvement. Perhaps gluten resistant?
Zero added sugar in my diet. Only juices are small daily portions of pure $$$ pomegranate and/or cranberry.
Once again Thanks! Cartoon of stone ground oats is on my shopping list.

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Organic dark chocolate is contaminated with lead and cadmium, sadly.

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Sadly I avoid dark chocolate and matcha due to heavy metals. It’s too hard to figure out what has high levels and what doesn’t.

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Organic tea, coffee and cocoa are less contaminated, and even with an everyday consumption, it's matter of max a teaspoon per day- nanograms of contamination. Living in a trafficked area or smoking is way more dangerous.

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Per my doctor and dietitian, oats are not recommended as daily fare for those interested in metabolic health. Steel cut oats have a lower glycemic index than rolled oats. Traditional cooked oats are better than instant. I made the switch as part of my 80 pounds of fat loss.

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2 tablespoon of organic whole rolled oats in a day of healthy meals doesn't  means a lot and in Europe is inexpensive and easy to find- glycemic index is not heavy impacted by such a little quantity of rolled VS cut, but I see that the comment section here is soo focused about arguing about every little thing, milk is not milk, I am fancy, 3 grams of rolled will ruin my diet and so on... luckily Dr Lee is a nice person, idk why he attracted so many fussy people XD

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I don't recommend rolled oats. You can replace the dark chocolate with pure cocoa powder.

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Going against the teachings of Dr. William Lee is like peeing into the wind. And that's exactly what you're doing now!

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I have been eating oatmeal every day for over 30 years and I recommend it. The beta glucan in it can cleanse the human body of heavy metals, keeps cholesterol levels in check, and is a good nutrient for the gut microbiome. It is also full of polyphenols.

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This is a very good combination.

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If you ever feel like doing so, I would love to see you make content on preparing this. It sounds really good, but I am having a hard time visualizing how to put it all together.

Answer 15

I have been putting 100% cacao in my coffee every day it's so good!

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What else are you putting in your coffee?

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Yes, it's like drinking chocolate coffee and no carbs just fantastic!

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It’s the bomb.

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What brand do you buy and where do you get it?

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Unsweetened Organic Cacao Powder by Navitas

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Does it taste bitter? I can consume 70 percent but was wondering if 100 percent will taste like chocolate?

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I add honey so it's not

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i put a pinch of sea salt to negate the bitterness of my black coffee, and i presume it would probably do the same for the cacao

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% it's still full of sugar. Always check the label. In UK you can buy 100% organic chocolate powder from Sainsbury's. It's called food for your thoughts, no sugar at all !

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I never drink coffee when I get up in morning don’t like caffeinated drinks fresh lemon water first thing one hour before breakfast refreshing plus weight loss.

Answer 16

Thank you for this insightful content, Dr. Li! Your explanation of how foods like berries, olive oil, and omega-3-rich seafood can slow aging is so clear and motivating for us seniors. The science behind polyphenols and healthy fats really makes sense.

Answer 17

Thank you Dr Li from Cape Town South Africa

Answer 18

Thank you Dr Li  i started following you a few weeks ago & bought your books.    Ive got neuropathy in my right foot & fatty liver. Im only 57 so im trying hard to get it all in check. I walk fast on the treamill for 30 min everyday. I.started the infrared mat therapy too. I take good supplements by life extension& am fasting for 16 hours every day. I eat only what u suggest now too..&  No sugar!!   I also started bio identical hormone therapy naturally

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For healing the central nervous system; lion's mane mushroom extract. The medicinal qualities are indigestible in the raw mushrooms, tasty as they may be. Heat breaks down some of the healing biochemicals. Alcohol breaks down others. I got lucky. I found a local guy at the farmer's market who does a double extraction to harness all the medicinals. Got paralysed by arthritis from age 59-61. Anti-inflammatory diet from a naturopath took down the swollen joints. Had neuropathy in the feet & a tremor in the fingers after. Neuropathy is slowly lifting, & the finger trembles stopped after a week of taking the lion's mane extract. I can thread a needle again ....

Answer 19

Hi Dr Li
As cancer person, can I eat sea food prawns, muscles, dumplings with sea food and soy sauce, oyster sauce

Answer 20

Moroccan olive oil is good I’m in Morocco not cheap unfortunately folks whom have chronic illness or faced with low quality foods need alternatives for income levels that may not align with the high grade oils. I’m fortunate to live and be where the olives grow and pressed first pressed is the best. Respectfully

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