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Eat to Beat Your Diet
William W. Li
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Discover why Bono calls "Eat to Beat Your Diet" a masterpiece - Dr. Li's groundbreaking approach reveals how to burn fat while enjoying food. Endorsed by Dr. Oz, this book challenges conventional dieting wisdom with surprising insights about healthy body fat and 8-hour fasting windows.

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The Food Revolution Your Body Has Been Waiting For

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What if everything you thought you knew about losing weight was backwards? What if the solution wasn't about eating less, but eating smarter? Here's a startling truth: the same foods that can starve cancer cells, strengthen your immune system, and repair damaged DNA can also reprogram your metabolism and melt away harmful fat. This isn't wishful thinking-it's cutting-edge science that's rewriting the rules of nutrition. The old diet mentality of restriction and deprivation has failed us spectacularly. Instead, we need to understand that food isn't the enemy. When chosen wisely, it becomes the most powerful medicine we possess, capable of activating our body's natural defense systems while simultaneously transforming how we store and burn fat. Your body fat deserves more respect than it gets. Without it, you'd be skeletal, unable to survive more than a few months without food. Fat insulates you from cold, cushions your organs, and functions as your body's largest gland, releasing at least fifteen different hormones that regulate virtually everything from hunger to immunity. The problem isn't fat itself-it's when fat grows out of control, developing its own blood supply like a tumor.

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Understanding Your Body's Five Defense Systems

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The Hidden Dangers and Hopeful Solutions

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Your Metabolism Isn't Broken and How to Activate It

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The MediterAsian Blueprint and Foods That Fight Back

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Powerful Foods and the Eat to Beat Protocol

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Your Body, Your Way Forward

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