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The Mel Robbins Podcast #336 · October 23, 2025 · 1h 48m
Mayo Clinic Cancer Doctor: 5 Foods That Heal the Body, Starve Cancer, & Prevent Disease
Dr. William Li on how specific foods activate the body's anti-cancer defenses. Angiogenesis inhibitors in foods like green tea, berries, and tomatoes can literally starve tumors by cutting off their blood supply.
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Highlights
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Food activates the body's defense systems — including anti-cancer mechanisms
Li: the body has built-in cancer defense systems (angiogenesis control, immune surveillance, microbiome health). Specific foods activate these defenses. Eating them isn't alternative medicine — it's leveraging the body's existing biology.References
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Eat to Beat Disease — William Li (2019) — The food-as-defense framework
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