The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

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Monday, 19 May 2025 - 2 hours 7 minutes

Is your daily diet secretly fuelling chronic disease? Dr. William Li reveals the shocking truth about what you're really eating.

Dr. William Li is a world-renowned medical scientist specialising in chronic disease and blood vessel growth. He is Founder & President of the Angiogenesis Foundation, and his groundbreaking research has led to 44 medical treatments that target over 70 diseases. He is also the bestselling author of ‘Eat To Beat Your Diet’.

He explains: 

• The number one common food that feeds cancer cells

• The surprising link between salt and accelerated aging

• How poor sleep is connected to belly fat

• The hidden health risks of microplastics in your diet

• How sugar quietly fuels chronic diseases

00:00 Intro  

02:28 What Will People Out of This Conversation?  

03:14 What Key Diseases Correlate to Diet?  

04:35 Where Is Our Society at with Health and Food?  

08:06 How Cancer Works in Our Body  

14:50 How to Lower Your Risk of Cancer  

16:09 Foods That Fuel Cancer  

17:56 Debunking “Superfoods”  

18:39 Risks of Electrolytes  

19:46 Lowering the Body's Defenses: Risk of Consuming Added Sugars  

21:26 Alcohol  

22:08 Risks of Drinking Alcohol  

22:43 How Does Stress Impact Immunity?  

24:50 The Relationship Between Stress, Sleep, and Sickness  

26:30 Why Lack of Sleep Contributes to Stress: The Glymphatic System  

28:00 Deep Sleep Clears Your Mind and Burns Fat!  

30:01 Why Are Cancer Cases in Young People Increasing?  

32:54 Microplastics in Our Bodies  

37:15 How Can I Lower My Exposure to Microplastics?  

37:53 Benefits of Green Tea—but the Danger of Teabags!  

40:17 Which Tea Has the Best Health Benefits?  

41:32 Is Matcha Good for Me?  

42:32 The Link Between Cured Meats and Cancer  

46:10 My Personal Story with Cancer  

58:50 Groundbreaking New Studies with AI  

1:02:38 Successful Cancer Treatment Linked to Specific Gut Bacteria  

1:09:01 What’s the Best Food Diet?  

1:13:04 Why Is Japan Considered One of the Healthiest Countries?  

1:16:29 The Different Body Fat Types and How They Affect You  

1:29:41 Visceral Fat: Dangerous for Cancer

1:38:32 The Link Between Fat and Coffee

1:41:43 Is Fasting Good for Fat Loss?

1:46:28 Brain Diseases

1:52:45 Food Is Medicine

1:54:20 Should We Use Food Supplements?

1:57:15 The Superfoods Helping Our Body

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