In Eat to Beat Your Diet: Burn Fat, Heal Your Metabolism, and Live Longer, New York Times bestselling author of Eat to Beat Disease and world-renowned physician and scientist Dr. William Li reveals his research-backed method for healing your metabolism and fighting fat — regardless of your age, body type, or size — by delighting in the foods you love, without deprivation.
Much of what we believe to be true about metabolism and body fat is wrong. No one is born with a fast or slow metabolism that makes losing weight easy or difficult. In fact, the latest evidence suggests we’re all hardwired with the exact same metabolism, and what we perceive as innate differences are instead caused by different types of fat in our bodies that can either help or hinder our health, including our ability to shed weight. By eating delicious ingredients that activate the most beneficial types of body fat, you can unleash your optimal metabolism, gain health, and fight harmful fat.
In Eat to Beat Your Diet, Dr. Li shares extensive research and new discoveries on the links between metabolism, body fat and food combined with evidence from human studies to identify a unique list of over 150 delicious ingredients that are proven to activate the most beneficial types of body fat, fight harmful fat, heal metabolism and gain overall health.
Dr. Li recommends the “MediterAsian” way of eating, drawing inspiration from Mediterranean and Asian cuisines. Not only are the food traditions of these regions rightfully celebrated as deliciously satisfying and healthy, but they also incorporate ingredients proven to activate metabolism. Readers will take a journey through the supermarket as Dr. Li identifies foods that fit into the “MediterAsian” way and contain fat-fighting bioactive chemicals to heal your metabolism. Ingredients highlighted in the book include: pears, tomatoes, chili peppers, broccoli rabe, avocado, edamame, watermelon, mushrooms, capers, oysters and many more delicious and accessible foods.
Filled with grocery shopping tips, easy food swaps, and a month’s worth of recipes, Eat to Beat Your Diet is for anyone who wants to benefit from having a better metabolism and learn the new science of how body fat can be harnessed using food so you can perform, look, and feel your best.