Food can cure diseases since ancient times. In the dietotherapy culture of traditional Chinese medicine, there is a saying that "medicine and food are homologous". Limited to the level of medical science and technology at that time, people "only know why, but don't know why."
Because the relevant research is not sufficient, and many theories and methods are based on experience, for a long time, doctors dare not regard dietotherapy as a treatment means, only as an auxiliary means of drug treatment, or simply regard food as a "placebo effect" and think that dietotherapy has no definite effect on preventing and treating diseases.
Nowadays, medical science and technology have made great progress. With the combination of molecular medicine, molecular nutrition and other medical branches, even if we are not medical experts, we can understand how the nutrients in our daily diet will affect our health from the micro-molecular level.
Dr. Li Hao, a world-famous physician and nutritionist, studied food by developing drugs, and combined nutrition with precise physical therapy, so that we can finally systematically understand the influence of diet on human health. As he said in the book "Diet Healing": "It is force of nature in our body that really cures the disease."
The author, Dr. Li Hao, is not only a world-renowned doctor, but also the leader of the Angiogenesis Foundation. Since 1994, he has promoted the implementation of 32 treatments approved by the US Food and Drug Administration and the production of related equipment. These treatments and equipment have benefited more than 50 million people all over the world.
The book "Diet Healing" is very professional. Every data in the book comes from human clinical research, large-scale real-world epidemiological research, animal research and laboratory research that analyzes the effects of food factors on human cells. Because of its rigor, this book was recommended by the Nobel Prize winner in medicine and recognized by the Gates Foundation.
In the book, Dr. Li combines the characteristics of food itself with the achievements of precision medicine to explain to us how the specific molecules in food and the self-protection system of human body promote and transform each other.
The Mediterranean diet is characterized by insisting on plant-based food, and its main structure is whole grains, vegetables and fruits, plus a proper amount of milk, eggs, and some fish and seafood. Red meat and sweets account for a small proportion. According to epidemiological investigation, this diet structure can greatly reduce the risk of cancer death.
Dr. Li found that although this diet is not vegetarian, the nutrients in it can promote "angiogenesis" and enhance defense.
Mediterranean diet can not only reduce obesity, hypertension, metabolic syndrome and other risk factors, but also improve brain function and reduce age-related degenerative diseases. In particular, it can reduce the incidence and mortality of cardiovascular diseases. Long-term adherence to the Mediterranean diet can even improve fertility.
A healthy diet structure like Mediterranean diet is healthy, because it can make our five defense systems work well and protect our health. In Eating Self-Healing, Dr. Li introduced the five major defense systems of human body in detail: angiogenesis, stem cell regeneration, microflora, DNA protection and immune system. And referring to a large number of documents, combined with my many years of clinical experience, this paper expounds in detail the influence of food on the five defense systems of human body, and explores a new way for readers to "eat" to prevent and treat diseases.
Eating correctly doesn't have to cost a lot of money, nor does it have to be taboo. In our daily life, there are many healthy ingredients to choose from. As long as you choose what you like to eat in this large range, it is considered that you are eating right and eating well.