Pay Attention to the Food You Eat, It May Save Your Life!
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Do I smell like garlic? Probably, I eat enough for a family of 10! Yes, I am Italian, but that is only part of my decision to load up on this healthy food.
As I expand my knowledge base in the health and wellness arena, I have become increasingly aware of the critical role the food we eat, not only how much but our choices, plays in our health and well-being. Both our physical and mental well-being depends on the fuel we feed our bodies, this vehicle that carries us through life.
Most of you have followed me on this blog as I successfully dealt with an extremely high cholesterol level with changing my food choices, a paradigm shift for me that was not that difficult. I would like to now share with you a short video from Ted.com, which features William Li, President and Medical Director of the Angiogenesis Foundation, the title “Can We Eat to Prevent Cancer”. It is a 24 minute video and I highly recommend you watch it, whether you are concerned with getting cancer or just interested in learning more about staying healthy. It is worth your time.
Dr. Li talks about angiogenesis, something I know a little about after having researched antiangio-
genesis for possible treatment for my niece, who had breast cancer, and my friend, who had lung cancer. Angiogenesis is the body’s process of developing new blood vessels. Abnormal angiogenesis can feed cancerous tumors. Antiangiogenesis is the process of starving tumors by cutting back their blood supply. We can do this with drugs, but we can also address this with the foods we eat.
Dr. Li explains how much of the food we eat has naturally occuring inhibitors of angiogenesis. Something we should pay attention to since our diets account for 30-35% of the environmentally caused cancers.
Angiogenesis may also apply to obesity since fat tissue is highly dependent on angiogenesis.
Can we be proactive in our approach to cancer, obesity, and other diseases by the food choices we make? Are you willing to add tomatoes, red grapes, green tea and strawberries to your diet for your health and well-being? Please let me know your thoughts after you watch this very worthwhile video.
Here again is the link http://www.ted.com/talks/william_li.html. To your health!
