Heart Health & Aging: Do our blood vessels hold the secret to long life? | Dr William Li
Sixty thousand miles long. That’s the length of the tube system inside us that transports blood, oxygen, and nutrients to the cells throughout our bodies.
If these tubes fail, the result can be fatal. In some cases, it’s a heart attack. In others, it’s a stroke, when the blood supply to the brain is disrupted and brain cells are damaged or killed.
Heart attacks and strokes are a major cause of death in developed countries - but we can take action to reduce the risks.
In this episode, Jonathan talks with a world-renowned physician, scientist, and speaker to gain insights into how looking after this magical pipework could slow aging.
Dr. William Li is a world-leading specialist in blood vessels and preventative health, and the author of countless papers on the topic. He possesses the gift for communicating about this complex subject in terms we can all understand.
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Timecodes:
00:00 - Intro
00:09 - Topic introduction
01:34 - Quickfire questions
04:08 - Why do blood vessels matter?
05:22 - How do blood vessels link to heart health?
09:16 - Elasticity of blood vessels
14:11 - Can we reverse the stiffening and blockage of blood vessels?
20:54 - Does food damage the blood vessels?
25:59 - Does high blood pressure affect blood vessels?
31:25 - How do aging and diet affect blood vessels?
36:37 - Data on reversing blood vessel damage
41:42 - How is aging linked to blood vessel health?
44:51 - Summary
46:12 - Goodbyes
46:30 - Outro
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I’m 79 years olds with Stage 3 Cancer twice in 2007 and 2020. it hasn’t been easy. Watching and listening closely what Dr. William Li talks about is so important. My diet was terrible, fast foods, processed foods, Soda, eating pastries, donuts loved sugar. Thank you Dr Li may God Bless you. Please continue we need more Drs like you.
After my first and thank the Lord my last visit with my oncologist as he cleared me which beforehand I filled out a questionnaire that asked me how much alcohol did I drink per week? I wrote down maybe 1 glass of wine per week and as he read this he looked up stared me in face and said Michael don't do that glass of wine! I responded without hesitation okay doctor! I thought to myself he sure the hell knows more of the causes of cancer👍
In Japan many cancer patients were cured just by taking raw potato juice (you can find in you tube how to prepare): some also take raw carrot juice. My cousin had stage 3 prostate cancer. underwent operation but not chemo. He took one tablespoon each of raw potato juice, carrot juice, papaya leaf juice 'very bitter), asparagus juice etc everyday. After over a year, he is free from cancer.
my mom had cancer ~ TWICE ~ first in her 40's and again in her early 50's!! She changed her diet to RAW FOOD and died at 85 AFTER she tired of a raw food diet!
Wow... you corrected this, nicely done.
I've grown very good with not drinking sodas but I wish I could not desire cakes and pastries but they're my vise!
My dad was an orthopaedic surgeon in Bristol England and he said your only as old as your arteries and I think he was right. Good lecture. Dr. Li you are absolutely right about reversing Heart Disease and people need to get off the North American Diet it’s a disgrace to humanity. I’m a Type ll diabetic so I cannot eat fruits or some vegetables so not being on drugs I’m on the Keto diet very low carbohydrates and with many blockages and needing stents I’ve chosen diet as my physician and we’ll see if it works I’ve made it to 83 3rd year on keto lost 60lbs walk the dogs daily I only wish I’d known about diet 30 or 40 years ago. I hope people listen to this interview and take action before it’s too late.
I am not keto, but low carb (nix’d grains/flours/sugars and pasteurized milk products) My lesson was stress induced autoimmune disease, which necessitated my cleaning up my formerly mediterraneaneasque way of eating. Always ideal weight, now a bit too thin, not sure how to plump up.
I’m T2D and mostly carnivore but very occasional keto days if my body is craving something…(usually tomatoes/Brussel Sprouts for some reason). My blood work is superb (after years of deranged results) and off all meds. Statins took me to the brink of death (strokes/muscle wasting/heart problems/memory loss/dementia-like loss of cognition/severe-chronic body pain etc). All have gone gradually since stopping statins and eating high fat, very low carb and moderate protein. I can now walk and swim again after being bed-bound for most of 4 years. I try to reintroduce more plants at times, but arthritis, neuropathy and other symptoms return within days. Just not worth it for me. Other people have been ok with the plants. It’s definitely not a one-size-fits-all thing. It’s been a long rough road back from the pit of despair but my only regret is that I didn’t find it sooner. So happy now.
@@jennygibbons1258 Yeah plants are for sheep we are carnivores ! Best stay off the pork & chicken only grass fed for me except Iberico when in the Iberian peninsular of course....
The docs say nothing about what is dressed up as 'food' in grocery stores - their legacy and eventually their shame.
I'm a very fit, slim prediabetic 73 year old, described as 'atypical' because I don't fit the usual model for prediabetes. I've always had high HDL levels and very low triglycerides but LDL at the top of the normal range and GP said that was nothing to worry about I've been on a very low carb, not quite keto, diet for 4 years with lots of plants, nuts and seeds and low saturated fats, except yogurt and milk kefir, but blood glucose levels stay stubbornly the same. I had a heart MRI last year during participation in a clinical study which found healthy arteries and liver but not so good subtle microvascular dysfunction, for which cause can only be conjectured. Was put on statins for the LDL which lowered it, and metformin for the BG (no effect so far) but won't know what effect they're having on the small vessels because there won't be a further MRI to find out. I just keeping eating well, taking loads of exercise, taking the tablets and hoping for the best.
I did alot of damage with lack of sleep, horrible diet, high stress for decades & now living with the consequences. This is the pep talk I needed to hear that maybe I can change my lifestyle to undo the damage. Its never too late.
I am 68 a nurse and. usually scared to watch programs about health😊Imade it through this entire program and feel so much better for going forward. Thanks so much
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I think I don't understand what you are saying. Why would a nurse be afraid of listening to videos about better health?
Please watch “High LDL-C Cholesterol with No Plaques? New LMHR Study with Feldman & Norwitz”
I just can't stop listening ing to Dr Li since I fell upon his talks and interviews on You tube! For me, life changing. I am introducing Dr. Li to my friends, family, and work colleagues. He is positive and gentle, and his information is scientifically based and makes me feel I CAN & WILL make the changes I need to.
Dr. Philip Ovadia. He’s a heart surgeon, check him out.
I agree completely with Lori. Dr. Li is probably the clearest and humble MD I have heard talk about health. He knows his specialization very well and speaks very well too.
Dr Li is able to paint pictures with words. He's a gifted speaker, as.well as a subject matter expert. Top man.
A very good friend of ours, a renowned professor of vascular surgery, always says, you are as old as your blood vessels. It makes total sense
I've said this for twenty years...I've got no education..it's just obvious and if I got it, how the hell did the medical professionals ignore the idea
@@oliverbird6914medical model = drugs, drugs = money.
@@oliverbird6914 they didn't, behaviour varies.
@@jeremyc6827 absolute rubbish from you I'm sorry to say....what happens is " orthodox" medicine is very precribed , very top down. Once you're taught smthg at medical school , that's it. To this day, medical schools teach very little about nutrition. They're pill pushers, they mean well but they've been trained to think stratins etc are the way forward. You have a naive view of science and the medical industry.. Sorry to be so vociferous but I've been on the receiving end of mal practice and it woke me up to the disconnect. Experiences vary...what does that even mean? I mean I know what you're saying, but the people with power to change have persistently ignored ignored voices like Dr fung for so long. We need an orthodoxy but not one so in hoc to monied Interests.
Alex miaburg that's OK but what to eat is so important as I've heart probs and b cancer the one is difficult to help without not helping the other
I am 78.5 yrs old. I weigh 115 lbs at 5’3.5” - I take NO pharmeceutical drugs - I am a very vigorous healthy woman with normal cholesterol and low triglycerides. I eat a ketogenic diet and if I get sick, which is minor and rare, I use organic herbal remedies I am familiar with which always work. My bone density is great. Both of my parents and 3 of my grandparents died in before 75 - my father at 58. Swimming and walking are my exercises. I start the day with 2 cups of organic coffee with heavy cream and sweetened with stevia. No way would I switch to eating this diet he is recommending. Most early afternoons I eat low sugar bacon and very high quality eggs with an organic salad and a small slice of gluten free sourdough bread with butter. I also cook my eggs in high quality grass fed butter from Ireland - lots of it. The meats and fish I eat are pasture raised, organically fed meats and wild caught fish - including a lot of sardines as they contain the least amount of mercury. I rarely consume sugar which is poisoning a huge portion of the population. I would say that the proof is not in the pudding but in the NO sugar, NO pesticides and NO grains. I never cook in damaged oils - I use butter.
Do you get 8 hours of sleep every night?
Excellent! Inspiring and helpful how you live your life
GOOD ON YOU! YOU GOT IT RIGHT.
I am in Addis Ababa Ethiopia. I found the video very interesting. The messaging is clear without technical jargons. Thank you so much for elevating the task of the medical profession not just prescribing alternative medicines but aim for natural healing with life style changes that any one can adopt.
I am in the late 50 i became pre diabetic and got high blood pressure at first I was terrified but I immediately started getting rid of them by fasting 24 hours cutting carbs exercising changing my life style and eating more healthy foods avoiding junk and all fast foods. Thanks to all of these personal efforts with in 3 months I could reversed those terrible diseases to the normal level .
What about the carnivore diet? Doctors, like cardiologists are in favor of it. Many people comment how healthy they are after adopting that diet. Beef, eggs and bacon. I am all confused. Very contradictory info the more docs I listen.
I am a diabetic(68)and enjoy reading the audience’s comments and their experiences as well as Dr.Li’s elucidative English. ❤
I have been absorbing so much information from various sources including looking at many studies, randomized control studies, epidemiologic and meta-analyses. One of the main take-aways that I have arrived upon is that no one has a perfect handle on health, some have a very good handle but the topic requires years to consolidate the information. Another nugget that has risen through the morass is that the subject is so complex that there are very few things that will make a dramatic change in your health in isolation. There must be a composite of changes or interventions to make a significant difference and these can include lifestyle, diet, drug and surgical interventions. With so much variability in the population there is not one approach that can be applied, personalization is necessary where the person and doctors shape a set of strategies to find a suitable path forward. It is up to the person to navigate the options and make choices to best suit them. Please do not be swayed by one person or doggedly attach yourself to 1 belief without overwhelming evidence. It is a process that hopefully leads us to the best possible outcome.
The evidence is becoming profoundly clear by massive research that smoking, processed food, lack of exercise, a sedantary lufestyle, and sugar are health destroyers. End of story.
Thank you Doctor for the perfectly useful health tips. In this connection I am regularly taking tumeric with black pepper, black seed oil, olive oil and lemons plus popular spices. I am aged 71 but looking much younger. It is very sad to see young people eating junk foods e.g. industrial sugar beverages and take aways.
Love the way the interviewer gave questions and the doctor gave answers! So briefly, clearly and easy to understand! Thank you so much!
I wish all cardiologists thought like Dr. Li. They give scripts and just expect us to stay on them. After finding out I had blockages in all three heart arteries, I asked about dietary changes but he said to eat heart healthy, go out for special dinners, but eat heart healthy. DIET caused the problems in the first place! I thought I was eating healthy and look where that got me. Cardiologists need more nutritional training or need to refer patients to those who can help with the kind of dietary changes that can reverse heart disease.
I noticed that Dr. Li had a copy of his wonderful series "Eat To Beat Disease" on the shelf behind him. I discovered the audio book several years ago and I highly recommend it. It's full of helpful information about the foods we eat and how they affect our bodies both positively and negatively. No matter how well you think you're eating, this series will help you do even better! Thank you Dr. Li!
It’s insane how good a communicator he is in person, but his books r even a step above this, ur right
I checked his book at the library on Libby, but then I wanted my own hard copy I could write in, so I bought one. I reread chapters now and then.
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Is there any connection between wheat and heart disease? can someone explain.
God bless you Dr. William Li! 🙏♥️✝️ I can listen to you for hours and hours! You are not only a GREAT doctor but you also have a way of explaining that a person who is not in the medical field can follow you very easily! You're also very humble and compassionate! Again God bless you to continue to help people with natural things/ lifestyle not being buried in medication for their entire life! 👏🌿♥️
Yes you are so helpful I so much respect you.!
Thank u Dr very educative article
More vegetarian foods and legumes olive and coconut oils
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I truly found this information fascinating (as are all of your podcasts) because I am living proof that we can shift blood test results without the need for statins. I am 79 and my doctor has wanted me on statins for a long time, but I've always refused. I joined the Zoe program and got my test results back on the 7th of April. I have been meticulous in eating the Zoe way for my body and had a new blood test a mere 5 weeks later that showed ALL OF MY LIPID (CHOLESTEROL ETC.) PANEL is now in the normal range. This is truly life-changing. I KNEW in my heart that I could 'fix' my blood through diet. I was already a vegetarian (over half my life), have low blood pressure, and have been doing Intermittent Fasting (for 3 years) with a 5-hour eating window ~ 90% of the time simply a big veg and a small fruit salad. I actually hoped I would have good results, but was shocked to discover that my body's ability to process sugar and fat was 'bad' and my microbiome was also not great. I tweaked my diet by adding more vegetables, herbs, and fermented foods to my savoury salad, and more fruit, nuts, and kefir to my sweet salad. I was pleasantly surprised to watch my weight slowly going down, so over these 6 weeks I've also lost 3 kg. I've found all of the Zoe materials to be incredibly helpful and am looking forward to living the Zoe way for the rest of my life ~ which, by the way, is likely to be past 100 with longevity in my genes. I believe that this remarkable way of eating (and sleeping and moving!) would benefit every person and hope that these methods will become primary tests to assist every person to 'clean up' their lives and become healthier, thus change from treating illness and symptoms to assisting people to live truly healthy lifestyles.
Having heart problems doctor Li is so trustworthy l pray that more doctors will follow his interests and caring
I lived a low fat diet all my life and I am 100 lbs overweight. I am now eating a high fat diet to lose weight. I have lost some weight and my blood pressure dropped significantly.
I can only I.agine how great result you'd be getting if you ate human species appropriate diet.
And Low carb is the key. I had success with keto diet. Loss my weight plus healthy skin, good mood and optimum brain function when you on ketosis. Keep up good work
I did carnivore January… 1 lb a day weight loss for the first two weeks! (Probably mostly water loss, but I’ll take it!) likely due to not feeding myself simple carbs and sugary drinks. Even better was the energy and drive that I developed! My wife loved that! Then i went back to my normal diet (eating lifestyle, if you don’t like the diet word)… and allowed myself Pepsi and such… “just this one time” lol now I’m tired.. and have put back more pounds… Time to go back to a better diet… less visits to the drive thru, less visits to 7/11. (Side note, liquid death brand sparking water… berry me alive flavor is a hero for me! Replaces soda pop fairly nicely)
Raw natural foods is better. Put them in a blender to get them in. Add a little fruit if you must. Get more omega 3 from ground flex or chia seeds
Low fat high carb is a cruel experiment that has made us fat, unhealthy, diabetic etc etc etc. I've gone carnivore - the exact opposite of what I learnt at uni and taught for 30 years. First time I've had a 6 pack since competing in triathlons in the 80s. Well done. Keep it up. Check out Dr Paul Mason and Dr Ken Berry on KZhead ❤
I like Dr Li, and agree with several things he has said here. I am a biologist by trade, and have lived and worked in 42 countries around the world. I have also worked on the side as a physical trainer, nutritionist and sleep coach for the better part of 35 years. And there are some things he has wrong here. Namely, a lot of what he said about fats. I have promoted to my trainee's and eaten a somewhat Keto diet for those three decades, which is made up mostly of grass fed or free range meats, with dark green leafy vegetables and almost no carbohydrates. And my blood panels have been close to perfect for most of those three decades. For the sake of intellectual curiosity, I maintained a vegetarian diet for a little less than a year in the early 90's, and it was the most miserable year I can remember. I was sick most of the time, and had a variety of health problems after only two month's on the diet. Since going back onto a mostly Keto diet, I haven't had a single health problem in decades, and my blood panels are nearly perfect as I mentioned. I will be sixty years old in June, and I am still very muscular and lean. Most people mistake me for a person in their mid 30's, and I still play sports and workout every week. The point is, I eat a lot of fat, as fats are essential in our diets. And as the good doctor said, IFFFFFFF you take good care of your gut biome, they will take care of the fats in your blood stream. The problem with most plants, is that they've developed over thousands of years, a multifaceted defense system for organisms who consume them. So most plants are really bad for people, causing diseases like leaky gut, again there's those good gut bacteria being, being demolished by the consumption of plants, with things like lectins. And there are many others as well. The best way to take care of that all important, indeed VITAL gut bacteria, is to be choosy with the plants you eat, eat great meats and avoid carbohydrates like the plague that it is. I have never met a vegan or vegetarian who is more healthy than those who I train or myself. We are stronger, sharper and healthier than they are, because extremes are never the best answer to any problem. And the vegan and vegetarian diets are an extreme. So is the carnivore diet, which I am not using or promoting here. Although the carnivore diet produces MUCH BETTER blood panels than the vegan or vegetarian diets ever have. As I said, extremes are NEVER the answer in my experience. A combination of carefully chosen vegetables and good meats are a much more healthy lifestyle. Add those to a dedication to proper sleep and good exercise, and you have a recipe for success. Lastly, as I said, I like Dr Li, and agree with most of what he promotes. Just not the idea's on fats or mostly vegetable diet.
Excellent and clear information and,as always, Alex gave a brilliant summing up. Thank you for this 😊
A refreshing, optimistic overview of the simplicity of maintaining a healthy heart and blood vessels. Thank you.
It's not the fatty meat but the processed food and high carb intake that causes the high lipid levels
and the fatty meat...
Our western diets once tolerated more fat, but most of us are sedentary, we don't move like we used to. Every morning access, what will I be doing today- eat for that. Get rid of the processed foods. Also, we have so many chemicals that are different in our food supply today. I just read in.Sosland, a food service publication, that we are now allowing chemicals in the packaging around chicken, to reduce the pathogens. Then, in a Dietetic Journal release a few months ago, I read that the sodium at home hasn't been the problem, but the sodium we are taking in as we eat out so often (we work too hard!). To remedy this, without the general population knowing (I have a problem w that) a sodium substitute is used more in the processed foods. We know that salt subs can damage organs, but nobody is aware of that. Did you know bacon isn't smoked like it was, naturally? I was beside two people who worked in a plant on Nebraska who said the chemical smoking of the bacon is so much easier. Sounded like it was a new process, for them. Then, we don't know of all the chemicals used in the food service industry, to make it easier- and it is. There are silicon pan sprays that our food takes up, usually the cheapest available, from what I've seen. Then, the regulatory chemicals to clean. That takes us to the workplace also, which also can give us a toxic soup of chemicals, which can affect our microbiome. Just get back to real food, but know how they are processed and packaged. Real food is the answer- know your farmer.
Seed and vegetable oils are a huge problem, too.
@@dorothearussell304 Yes; that's why I rely on whole nuts and seeds for lipids.
Did it occur to you that it could be both?
This is the best podcast on health ever and I listen to almost all of them. Just brilliant!!!
Some good points here, especially the idea of temporary medicine with a better long term, lifestyle-based goal in mind. That bacon fat reference however, is bogus, like the NHS video that showed saturated fat clogging a sink. Bacon "grease" does not circulate in your blood. Fats circulate inside of lipoprotein particles (mainly Chylomicrons and VLDL particles) designed to flow smoothly through water, without sticking to each other; not in free triglyceride form, and even if they did, 98.6F/37C isn't going to allow the highest viscosity that you see in these thought experiments. The fat in bacon is about 60% oleic acid, the main component in olive, avocado, and macadamia oils; it just has more saturated fat also, so it has some viscosity when warm and turns fairly solid when cold, but only before digestion. Do you worry that whole-food fiber is a solid going through your digestive track? Then why would you worry about less-solid fat in it? Dietary fats are in triglyceride form, and when they are absorbed in the walls of the small intestine they are put in chylomicron particles which deliver the fat to cells that need them until they enter the liver, at which time the liver puts the fats into VLDL particle wrappers, and sends them out in VLDL particles which deliver fats to cells until they give off most of their fat and then deliver the small amounts of cholesterol to cells that need it, at which point the lipoprotein containing the cholesterol is called LDL. There is never "bacon grease" flowing in your blood. Fats in the blood are INSIDE externally-hydrophilic particles designed by evolution not to clog. That makes perfect evolutionary sense; our ancestors, before modern agriculture, mostly ate their calories as hunted animals, and the further back you go the less likely there was any curing, to keep meat from rotting with pathogenic microbes, so people likely gorged themselves whenever meat was available, and this hydrophilic nature of chylomicrons and VLDL prevented momentary clogging after gorging. Regardless, people who eat only meat or meat plus a small amount of non-starchy whole vegetation are not having heart disease problems; it is the people who eat the most, period, who are, and such unrestrained eating almost always includes excess fat and starch and sugar, in every meal and snack, and eating a lot of fat and starch at the same time, all the time. It should be no mystery that the rat chows used in labs to make rats get diabetes and cancer more readily has a highly-processed, "balanced" macronutrient ratio very similar to the the recommendations of government health authorities for humans. Stop eating all the time, and stop eating a so-called "healthy balance" of carbs and fats in most of your meals. Your meals do not need to each celebrate macronutrient diversity.
You sound very well informed, and you have considered this at length. However, I have seen a film of blood flowing in the body, observed through a microscope designed camera. Before eating, there were no sticky fat bubbles clogging up the capillaries. After a cheese burger meal, there were fat bubbles visible in the blood flow. Dr. MacDougall showed this in his weekend workshop. Interestingly, consuming a hot drink with the meal lead to smaller fat globs but it took some time for them to be broken down and cleared from the blood. I would like to see if eating whole nuts would lead to this or if the digestion would be different.
Watch the film The Game Changers. Demonstrated a experiment with eating a fatty meal... was a control group... and drew the blood afterwards to see fat the blood stream. I don't know the technical terms. Science based film.
@@skippy6462 What kind of science-based film delays its release for a couple of years with re-filming with new athletes because many of the showcased athletes said they no longer should be in the film, because they are no longer vegan, because they found that they could not heal from injury without animal products? What kind of science doesn't tell you how the cohorts were chosen? We can cherry pick outliers easily, in a world of 7+ billion people, but that does not tell us what the statistics are across the entire subset of a population that do a certain thing. I just watched a video yesterday with a then-98-year-old vegan who has been vegan for multiple decades (Ellsworth Wareham), and I guess I should have been impressed, but I wasn't, because even though most people don't make it to 98 or hold a job until 95 as he did, most people who make it to 110 or older eat meat. The 5 longest-lived centenarian participants in the NHANES database all had higher-than average LDL cholesterol, even vegan doctor Michael Klaper has admitted that. That blood-draw scene portrays a large quantity of chylomicrons and/or VLDL particles, at one single point in time after a meal with significant fat. That is a deception if presented as a revelation, because it is already known that this happens right after digesting a lot of fat; the question is, does this have anything to do with arterial health, and what is the overall trend of the person's triglycerides over time? You're begging the question, by assuming that post-prandial triglycerides are problematic or tell the whole story over time. People who eat mostly monounsaturated and saturated fat for their calories do not have high triglycerides MOST OF THE DAY; only right after eating, especially liquid fat that is not trapped in a structural matrix, which will digest more quickly and create a bigger spike . Some of the fat goes to cells for their fuel, and some goes to into storage in fat cells, which comes out quickly again when needed between meals, because insulin is very low in these people, and insulin is what tells the body to store fat rather than utilize it for energy. The ability to readily burn fat makes temporary elevated triglycerides a non-issue. The real metabolic health problems associate with high FASTING triglycerides and/or low HDL cholesterol; not isolated post-prandial triglyceride peaks. A person who has low triglycerides when fasted and also has high HDL is in a perfect position for that HDL to "clean house" in the bloodstream; something that is much more difficult when HDL is low, and triglycerides are high, ALL THE TIME. When triglycerides are high when fasted, much of it is coming from denovolipogenesis; 16-carbon palmitic (saturated) and palmitoleic (monounsaturated) acids made from excess glucose that the body couldn't use in real time, and excess fructose that couldn't be turned to glycogen, because the liver's glycogen was already maxed out. The people getting most of their carb/fat calories from fat do not have that issue, the way that people who eat a big mix, constantly, can.
@@johnsheehy4192 Thanks for your comments. As you seem to have a decent grasp, could you help me with my macro choices, as a bmi 18.5 63yr female who’s become a bit sedentary of late (covid, inflamed joints, forest fire smoke ). My guess is to gain some wt to cushion old age I could/should add more carbs here and there (to mostly meat/meat fats/leafy greens/brassicas/alliums/nuts etc. What might those be?? I feel I’ve nearly zero glycogen not fat stored, and muscle wasting stares from the near horizon, or front stoop. What can I eat to safely pad my physiqie, and psyche? Thanks much!
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I knew we have that many pathways in our brain, but in addition that may thousands of miles in you cardiovascular system too! How amazing we are!
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I just come across this teaching on science and health. I rate this discussion as one of the best concerning our blood vessels and our heart. Respect to Dr.William Li. Also the host.
@@daviesallen6669 Dr obela healing home
What’s your opinion about that
Living sicker for longer. Really appreciate this interview. For me I'm following a whole food plant based diet without salt, oil or sugar. Stopped alcohol and smoking. Trying to get my 7+ hours sleep. I need to read more, relax, mediate and maintain good relationships with my family. Very hard to do because so much more anxiety around than ever before.
Why no oils?
And omega 6 oils in grains are inflammatory, but omega 3 oils are antiflamatory.
Seriously, what's wrong with red meat? Fruit and veg are 99% sugar.
You need healthy salt…Celtic or Himalayan
@@jerome4276 totally agree. All this so called "research " promoting fruit and veg - we don't need minerals, fibre or a healthy gut biome. I say meat, fats, water and some salt.
I work as a dietitian at a clinic. I notice that most of my patients would rather take a pill than correct their habits😮
You've helped all of us understand something medical easier and it can be challenging to understand. What's even amazing is that it's actually possible for us to prevent and even reverse the stiffening and tightening of our blood vessels by eating healthy food, specifically greens. This just shows that living longer and healthier can be done by the lifestyle and food choices we have. This is really benefical which is why Thank you so much for this LEO and Dr. Li! You guys remind us of the wonderful health and wellness coaches of Reviving Mind who help older adults stay happy and healthy.
Greens have no nutritional value. They are not food for humans. We can't live on plants and are much healthier when we don't consume any. Vegetable oil is the worst, followed by sugar, other carbohydrates, and fiber.
Love Dr Li ,he's very interesting and informative,watch all his programmes👌
No problem with the sound. Informative podcast. Thanks
At 31, I had a heart attack and underwent stent placement in the LAD. Pre-heart attack, my diet included heavy carbohydrates, contributing to health issues like skin disease, GERD, H. Pylori, depression, diabetes, and obesity. On statins for 24 years, I weigh 165 lbs at 55. Over a year, I shed 35 lbs with a keto/carnivore diet, cutting sugar and carbs. I began with a 12-hour intermittent fasting, transitioning to 4 months of OMAD, coupled with a 15-minute intensive exercise routine. Lab results post-diet change: A1c dropped from 6.5 to 5.8, triglycerides from 178 to 83, cholesterol from 188 to 192, LDL from 91 to 110, and HDL from 61 to 65. Despite improvements, my cardiologist dismisses the carnivore diet, ignoring KZhead testimonials. Currently on 20mg statin (was 80mg, then 40mg, without informing my cardiologist). Seeking advice on whether to discontinue or decrease my statin.
No way statins. Way too many awful testimonies. Most of the functional docs say no to it as well.
My sister stopped taking statins. She switched to taking Super K2 or K2 or you should regularly take Japanese natto which promotes heart health.
Wife on statins for a decade got clogged arteries feeding the heart and first heart surgery. Again on statins for 8 yr and get aortic stenosis and a new mechanical heart valve in Jan 2024 called a TAVR procedure. Was in an ER enclosed room for a day and got infected with spike proteins from the vaccinated; been coughing w/ no fever for 30 days=vaccine side effects, me too. We are 74 but I'm a gym rat on ketovore and the wife is obese, refuses to eat well, or work at exercise. Her cough is just beginning to go away. TAVR is great but all could've been prevented.
My husband’s LDL level raised and the medical team in the industry that he works at wanted him to go on statins. Our own GP said that he doesn’t prescribe statins because of the side-effects and that the LDL level being high is generally misunderstood in the context of overall cholesterol ratios. There is exciting new research coming out basically debunking older theories on how cholesterol works in our bodies. It also examines the role of statins or the wrong diet and/or lifestyle stripping the protective cholesterol from our brains - contributing to ever-increasing levels of dementia. If you look from an evolutionary viewpoint, we were apex predators and carnivores for many hundreds of thousands of years before we discovered agriculture and started eating plants approximately 10,000 years ago. An animal based diet, perhaps with berries and fruit eaten just before winter to lay down fat stores (if available), makes sense from an evolutionary standpoint when looking at the span of genetic adaptability.
@@joevans5713 if only people would do their research in-depth
Thank you very much for this video , I truly found it highly informative. I am most definitely going to take full charge of my own recovery from a heart desease which I have been struggling with for almost three years now . Thanks once again 🙏🙏🙏
Hi Doctor, Just tuned in. This is going to be a Lifesaver for many if people Heed your knowledge. I am 58 and stopped smoking at 24, i started at 10 when you could get cigarettes out of a machine on the high Street ( in England).I had my over 55 check up recently were you blow into a device to test your lungs. The nurse was Amazed and replied "your lungs are only 35 years old". I replied "younger than me then" 🤣. I didn't get it really but as the nurse saw a lot of smokers she told me I could Relax. Smokers of my age have their lung age as high as 85!!!!!...Food For Thought.
What a lovely programme ! I found both the Questioner and the Answerer so facinating !
Absolutely brilliant. Dr Li covered a complex aspect of our health and what we can do to improve the damage we have done to ourselves. Very encouraging. Thank you
So happy with this interview. I’m on carnivore but now going plant based. Have to take care of my blood vessels. I’m 80yrs young.
In my 20 I ate plants and fish. I found out I needed meat. At one point I felt hungry no matter how much I ate. When I ate meat in the morning, chicken, ground meat, steak I had no problem.
Nobody needs meat.@@peace1108
Did it help leaving the carnivore diet?
It’s all so individualized. I changed my way of eating a lot in my 80 yrs. What suits me sometimes does not other times. While on carnivore I wanted fruits and veges. So I went back. The thing is, your body tells you what makes it the happiest. I would listen to it!!
I say eat what makes your body happy! In the end, you will be better off and happy too!
This is fantastic information. Unfortunately, my doctor loves to prescribe medications. I am so grateful that Dr. Li is also taking the holistic approach to certain illnesses. It's so encouraging to know that there is a better way to handle high blood pressure (with discipline). It's really depressing to have to rely on a lot of pills. I am very grateful for doctors who are human enough to treat others as human beings and not worry about the kick-back from pharmaceutical companies.
I am having a problem with my right leg It seems my problem l have been on Amlodipine for 10 years The only medication l take is this one. The vascular surgeon said my circulation is excellent so he was not sure what the problem is In the meantime l saw an article saying 4 things to watch for when taking Amlodipine as it hardens or narrows the artery The light bulb lit up This is my story So 10 years of HBP meds and for someone who was very health conscience and exercises If only l had known Maybe this well help someone else l should mention l am a 94 year old female and l enjoy living Tks
@@helenkidd5628thanks Helen. May you live long! Avoid statins until they are required, they destroy so much just to reduce cholesterol.
find a new doctor.
@@helenkidd5628 Thanks so much for sharing that! I'm 79, and had to stop Amlodipine (for a congenital arrhythmia) after taking it for years. I've had much better results by changing my diet. I love living, and plan on being around a lot longer, too! You've encouraged me! ❤
@@helenkidd5628can someone explain is wheat bad for the heart ❤️?
This really made me think about improving my overall health, thanks.
Thank you so much for your program, Zoe. Dr. Li is wonderful to hear. He is so knowledgeable about nutrition and health in general, and makes it all so easy to understand. Thank you.
IT'S GREAT TO LISTEN & WATCH Dr..William Li
Listening in US 6am eastern 3 October, audio fine Thanks as always, very informative, this definitely a feel-good & optimistic episode! Peace & love y'all 💙🌈💜
Very informative I've learned a lot
Just love these broadcasts so informative keep up the great work thank you for all your efforts
Dr Li has a gift for explaining the complicated to make it seem simple.. he needs to be brought into schools...
Thank you, Dr. Li. I am an 80-yr-old female with a-fib but without insurance (so, no Walkman). I am having to educate myself and change my eating habits and daily walking. Thank you for your reassuring information. 💕💕💕
One of the best Zoe podcasts that I have listened to.
I had a heart attack 2 weeks ago and had a stent put in without consult and it happened so fast, now they want me on so much more medication and I think there is an alternative out there. This doctor is amazing and full of knowledge, wish I had taken steps sooner.
check out the Carnivore lifestyle. Dr. Anthony Chaffee, Dr. Shawn Baker, Dr. Ken Berry
TRY cayenne.pepper its great for heart problems and circulation.
@@visco154had a stent and is cuttently keto carnivore but my question will it really rejuvenate the arteries?
@@visco154Glad to see a carnivore in the comments I didn’t like his bacon analogy of the sludge in the blood vessels, eating meat based diet is good.
So what do we do in cold climates in the winter, enjoy fruits and vegetables where are they in nature lol
We need to emphasize make a distinction between unhealthy eating habits and unhealthy foods. Steak isn't bad but unhealthy habit is doing it in excess. Ultraprocessed foods are just bad but not terrible if you have it on a rare occasion. Some people have selective hearing and some doctors have selective misinformation. Fats are not bad. They are wonderful for the brain, heart and body. The wrong fats are bad. Too much of the good fats could also be bad. The key is education and moderation. This is a great and well-balanced discourse!
A very informative topic, full of sense from Dr. Li. Thanks Zoe for sharing...
Dr. Li - You are such a gift! Every time I see you online I tune in, and my mood brightens. 😉 I always learn something, as your positive attitude leaves me feeling hopeful. But even more important (for me) is saying THANK YOU . . . for the many ways you share what you know and teach us what you're learning. See you in Cambridge one of these days.
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This was very well explained very clear .perfect to understand.thank you
Thanks for sharing some of these information. I might listening to it again, for proper understanding. God bless you till then.
This was the best explanation I have ever understood on High Blood Pressure meaning of the the measures. Thank you for this Healing information. Game Changer!
Finaly a doctor who talks about ways to cure ourselves without drugs and surgeries. Bad news for the pharmaceutical mafia and good news for humanity. God bless Dr. William Li and the host .
Great 👍 information 👏
There is only so much dieting can do if your health isn't improving.
It's wonderful to eat well. However, it's *so* much easier to swallow a few pills
Dr. Li, around the 23.40 min. mark you are saying that lipids in the blood stream is a bad thing. If so why is it that when we minimize lipids in our foods our liver right away gets those lipids up back to a high level? Plus, you are blaming saturated fats in your diet for the high lipids, but I believe it has been shown in hospitalized people on restricted diet that the lipids in our blood stream come from carbs in our diet and NOT from saturated fats in our diet. How do you explain that?
Brilliant Jonathan and Zoe and especially .. Dr. William Li.. bravo 👏 break down.. Many Thanks
No mention of Small dense ldl, just concentrated on saturated fat. That’s when I switched off.😢
Unfortunately, stress is highest amongst the poor who struggle to access healthy foods and exercise.
And everything is harder and usually takes longer for less.
Yes. Until a few decades ago it was the poor who knew how to extract maximum nutrition from minimum and cheap food. That knowledge has been deliberately overturned in the last 40-50 years in parts of the west. Fortunately this is not the case in much of Europe and most of the third world.
@@fainitesbarley2245 deliberately is the key word and for profit.
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Great video, can relate to this, living with an incurable disease is so hard, but you just have to live life day by day as it goes by (Cancer sucks)...
it is never the end of the world, i had HIV but when a friend of mine recommended a healer and caster for me, and she helped me out and i am NEGATIVE now, i was tested twice and i am free now
@@ddirtdid wow, how can i get in touch with her? this healer, does she cure other sickness
@@Margart526 yes, her name is MIRIAM CHAMANI DIETRICH, you can look her up online.
@@ddirtdid wow, found her website, thank you very much for this.
Very informative
Its was an EYE opener detailed in discissing !! LEARNED A LOT ❤😂!! Thank you!!
Thank you, Dr. Li, for sharing this wealth of knowledge. God bless you.
Wonderful, very clear explanation. Great summary too. Thanks to both doctors for helping people for free! Blessings!
More love ❤️
Dr. William Lee is a genius!
Love this doctor! Hope you have him on again 😊
Great interview and appreciate your summary!! Thank you!
Thank you very much for all this valuable and indeed life changing information. We really appreciate it!!!!
I’ve eaten a British fry up every day since I was a child. Lots of bacon, eggs, mushrooms etc. all my levels are bang on perfect and I‘m 44 so I‘m not convinced fatty foods are a problem. More like processed foods and sugars, which I avoid.
No carb breakfast is the way forward I think
And when I was 44 my lifelong cigarette smoking had not affected my breathing or energy levels at all. I'm now 57 and whoa man, I gotta quit! Its affecting me now. Best wishes bro!
My legs have insightful spider veins. Why are they showing up? How can I reverse it? Will they ever heal?
Depends what sort of fats..if it's vegetable fat then change to ghee, coconut, butter, lard or olive oil. This was Dr Bergs recommendations.
It takes DECADES for cancers, heart attacks, strokes, and dementia to show themselves.
I love Dr Li. He gives us joy and hope. My doctor wants me to take medicine for the rest of my life. I will try to better my health with diet, exercise, lower stress to take care of myself. I will try to find a doctor that has the same mindset as Dr Li. Thank you to both of you.
Drs just push big pharmas drugs.
Please do.... It is in our BEST interest to avoid Pill 💊 Doctors.
Get an infrared blanket. 30 min a day or even a few times a week will rejuvenate you and help overall with stress and sleep better as well. I got mine on Amazon.
@@Vrin137 thank you.
Fabulous presentation - thank you both!
Your lecture is fantastic .I had experienced this problem.I came to understand the cause of strock.Ifound it helping to take care in the future. Thank so much both of you.
Thank you for sharing this conversation with us.
Thank you, Dr. Li I have sought your 2 book and hope to learn and vastly improve my health. I greatly appreciate the holistic perspective.
Thank you,I enjoyed your interview with dr.William Li.
Recently been advised I have moderately high blood pressure and listening to Dr William Li was very helpful, although I eat healthy, there is definitely room for improvement on sleep and stress levels. Thank you! Dorothy K
Another great mind that is sharing his brilliant research!
Summing up is so good. Fantastic info and positivity. Umpteen thanks.
This was so enlightening and has actually encouraged me even more to eat right, excercise and take care of my body.
Thank you for sharing this wealth of knowledge ❤️ from Johannesburg South Africa 👍💕
Very good discussion. I have just one, Month ago have had an angioplasty with 4 stents so this was very beneficial for me. Thank you
Thank you for all the good things you are emphasizing to us to live a good life!
Thank you Dr Lee for all the fantastic and marvelous information. God bless you 🙏.
Thank you Doctor for these awesome information. I have a question, which arm is it better to measure the blood pressure?
Very informative, interesting and great advice. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for this honest information on how we are in control of our healing/health as we use our food choices!
This session gives us much hope to live a quality life unburdened by health concerns and defy the ageism attitude! God bless both u and Dr Li
I was shocked to find this dietary misinformation has been posted so recently. Saturated fat in the diet is no longer thought to be a cause of cardiovascular disease. High carbohydrate consumption and resultant chronic hyperinsulinaemia is now considered to be behind cv and other chronic diseases.
Booth proceeded fats and processed carbs contribute to problems with blood vessels. You are booth right
I've been a Carnivore for almost two years. My blood work is great, my BP is great, energy great, joint pain, back pain/sciatica gone, Psoriasis and UC (Ulcerative Colitis cleared and I was able to stop taking my post menopausaI bioidentical hormones (HRT). I also lost 22lbs without trying. This Christmas for three weeks I decided to go back to the SAD (standard American diet). All my pain came back, my Psoriasis came back, constipation came back, shoulder pain was so bad I couldn't sleep and I gained 9lbs!! I've been back in my Carnivore way of eating since New Year's Day and I've already dropped most of the weight, all pain is gone and the falling asleep in the couch Is gone too. I went to Carnivore because of the autoimmune issues and so many other qualities of life improved as well. Most people never guess my age because autophagy helps tighten skin while the muscle I'm gaining keeps my face fuller and my body from looking like a bag of bones. I'm 59yr old female, 5'9", around 134lbs. 😃
People live long healthy lives on high carb diets. It's the highly-processed "food" (which is high sugar, starch, protein and fat) associated with the western diet that's the problem. I've been vegan since I was 6, because of my upbringing (I'm 61 now) and I'm healthy and active and still working as a nurse. I've recently started a vegan keto diet to see if there are any changes to the way I feel. So far, apart from lower blood sugar, higher ketones and temporary keto flu, there's been no difference. Time will tell I guess.
@@kellibodony1077Why on earth would anyone go back on the SAD diet? Why not try vegan keto? There's no magical nutrient in the dead bodies you consume. You can get everything you need on a whole food plant based diet, with all the carbs, protein, fat, fibre and all the variety. It's the ultra processed "food" of the SAD and western diet that's killing us.
Thank you for rajaring
Thanks a million Dr Li. Am diabetic and have high blood pressure. Switched to legumes and fish; occasionally meat. My BP is starting to drop and am decreasing pills I pop. All this in just one month. Truly appreciate your lecture and now look forward to quit all pills gradually.
DM is a lifestyle disease. If you change your lifestyle you eliminate DM type 2. Blood pressure just drink hot chocolate / Cacao pure. Your blood pressure will be normal.. All the way from Republic of Ireland filipino
Change your diet. The life of the human it depends on the health of the blood vessels.
Hope it works,,, x fingers
@@doriscastillo2232 so so true,,
I had high blood pressure for years. Once I started intermittent fasting, no sugars, and waking daily its now normal, oh supplements as well!
Fascinating discussion and really illuminating. Thanks as always
l love the topic both of you discussing...i really like Dr.William Li the way he explain discuss and give us tips how to live healthy to prevents and to recover suchs deceases...Thank you doc for sharing your knowledge..
One thing he seem to have missed was talking about new advance and understanding related to inflammation and insulin resistance as it relates to issues with the heart
Yes he dismiss insulin resistance, important factor cause of many sickness, very disappointing
100 years ago, they worked 60 hour weeks, in dangerous, polluted, noisy factories. Fresh Food was scarce, living in overcrowded digs. Farm Laborers were practically "worked to death". it was Labor Unions brought about the changes in the work place that improved the Quality of the Work Life, that extended life itself.
And they died young….
Thank you, Dr. Li, for sharing your knowledge on health issues. It gives us hope knowing that we can reverse the damage done in our blood vessels. You are an excellent doctor who truly cares for your patient by utilizing the wholistic approach in treating a person. May God bless you!
Excellent analogies which made it very easy to understand for layman like myself.. I have been watching your other health topics as well Thank you.
Excellent Dr.Lee, this is the right approach to heart related issues. And it's my real time experience after a heart attack three years back. Opting to not have a stent put in, and skip statins although both recommended by the cardiologist. The diet and lifestyle changes have helped me last three years to be in perfect health. Of course I am on heart medications other than statins. All the best, keep it up. I am 69 and active going for walks daily living in a senior living facility.
also my doctor says statin can do more harm than good to me.i also have other hearth medication.
Was a berry interesting topic thank you
Which are the diet changes? I just heard fiber and omega 3
@@stellaopore8600blueberries, omega 3 supplements. I take Nattokinase also.
What heart meds do you take?
*Five rules of a healthy lifestyle* 1.Diet 2.Exercise 3. Proper sleep 4.Closeness to nature 5.Right mindset *Diet -* 1) eat 1 or maximum 2 times, don't eat anything in between 2)don't consume foods that are unknown to our body such as tobacco, alcohol, genetically modified food,chemicals, pesticides, fertilizer,Vegetable or seed oil, Processed food,sugar, Refined carbohydrates, Packed food,frozen foods,burnt food-food that turns black after burning such as parts of barbecue 3)don't use plastic bottle, tiffin or any other pots to carry foods or drinks. Use earthenware or ironware only 4) eat whole natural food, 5)the macro should be moderate in Protein, less in slow digestive carbohydrates, low in good fat. 6. Source of natural protein - chicken,mutton,fish,egg,lentils, Tofu,paneer, soyabean, Source of good fats - dry fruits, olive oil, coconut oil, Source of good carbohydrates - Millets, oats,moosli, 2. *Exercise* - 1)some exercise for movements like walking, cycling, swimming etc. 2) Some exercises for muscles strengthening like pull ups,sit ups, dips, Just as stagnant water rots, and flowing water remains pure, our body also works in the same way, mobility is very important for our body, our body is not made just for sitting and lying down, promise yourself. that from today itself you will get rid off a sedentary lifestyl. If you don't like going to the gym, try doing something else for physical activity that you enjoy, like a physical sport (tennis, running, basketball, soccer, etc.). *3.Proper sleep -* 1) 7 to 8 hours of deep sleeping 2) include 9 pm to 4 pm timing in your sleeping pattern if possible that's the time when our body heals 3) no light and noise should be there at your sleeping place. 4.Closeness to mature 1) walking on unpaved ground like on soil,sand, 2) spending some time somewhere where air quality is good,and clean natural water is available 3) touch the flowers and tree whenever you get chance 4) sometimes gets wet in the rain 5) expose yourself to the sun for at least 20 minutes a day 5.Right Mindset 1)live a truthful, purposeful life, spread love,help vulnerables, thank God for everything you have got. consider yourself the master of your work but Consider the God the master of those work's results 2)have faith that if you are on a right side,God will not ruin you, if not here then you will be rewarded in the hereafter for your good deeds i.e eternal life. if your are not harming anyone, benefiting the needy with whatever capacity you have, surely you are dear to God, don't care about for majority of the people they are selfish and wrong doers. When God loves then nothing matters. 3)Don't expect anything from anyone, just keep performing your duties, as a son, as a husband, as a neighbor, as a relative, as a father. On the Day of Judgment you will not be asked whether your parents fulfilled their duty as a mother and father towards you or not, rather you will be asked wheither you fulfilled your duty as a son or daughter or not, similarly you will not be asked whether your children fulfilled their duties towards you or not. Rather, you will be asked whether you fulfilled your duty of being a father to them or not. Everyone has to answer for themselves, if your parents or wife or children are not performing their duties towards you then still you should fulfill your duties towards them without any expectation in return. 4)Don't lose hope in your suffering because everything has an end, whether good or bad. Be it happiness or sorrow, nothing remains permanent If you have lost a loved one, don't despair. You still have a chance to meet them in heaven, just do good works so that you get to heaven and pray to God to meet them there. Even if you are blind, lame or speechless, do not be discouraged because this life is very short, just created for a test. real life begins after death, there you will not have these problems, just be patient, do not curse God continuously, Those who follow religion even in the face of great difficulties will get a place in heaven which even the common good people will not get. All these provide mental peace which is very important for a healthy brain because when the brain is disturbed it disrupts all the functioning of our body.
Sat fat yum!
thanks for the summery!!
I appreciate that you took the time to write this summary. Thank you!🌷
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Don't forget to add plenty of healthy air and sunshine. 😊
Have been watching and listening to most of Your videos. Have incorporated all the food changes . Now I cook mindfully and give the same to both my sons and dad. Thankyou for enabling people have better health.God bless .Need more forthright drs like You. 🙏
Thank you Dr william li for ur explanation on the blood vessels and about blood pressure. Feel nice listen to ur talk.thanks .