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23 continues with a lesson about
surprising foods that are not only
delicious but have the power to heal
please welcome back to the show the
author of Eat to beat disease oh it's a
good one Dr William Lee
your book it really is uh life-changing
I think everybody should read it well
thank you very much I I love your jacket
all right Persimmons I say Persimmon in
sometimes but I get it wrong but
starting with the Simmons what do we
need to know so Persimmons of fruit
looks like a tomato but actually tastes
a bit like a melon and the reason it's
good is that it's actually got natural
substances
don't try to pronounce these
beta-cryptazanthin zeaxanthin and lutein
but here's what you need to know
protects your vision improves your
circulation and activates your
metabolism so you have more energy I
have a question about persimmon when I
eat them and we eat them quite a bit in
our house my tongue always gets itchy
two kinds of Persimmon for you which you
can eat like an apple doesn't make you
as a choice and uh hachia which actually
is astringent which is more likely to
cause it so you have to choose so you
need to know all right now we like
mushrooms our mushrooms good for us I
hope so I love all kinds of mushrooms
white button creamy maitake uh Hoshi
major you choose them you can get
anything but they all have beta D glucan
which is an amazing soluble fiber and
we've talked about that before that
actually improves your natural antibody
immunity in your nose in your mouth to
protect you from germs you might breathe
in or swallow and what about the stems
okay also you take them away yeah so it
turns out beta glucans in the cap which
we eat but also the stems so if you're
cutting mushrooms keep the stems and
cook with them I always use the stems I
didn't I didn't know that was a thing
yeah sometimes okay bok choy all right
bok choy a lot of people don't realize
this is in the same family it's a cousin
of broccoli both of them actually have
sulforaphanes and sulforaphanes heal
your gut in fact human Studies have
shown that just a cup of this vegetable
day can lower the harmful toxin
producing gut bacteria in your gut by 35
oh wow all right better gut Better
Health sweet potatoes when we come back
the purple the yellow which one is best
for you right after this we'll be right
back eat to beat disease the purple
sweet potato tell us about it right well
purple sweet potatoes kind of look like
regular sweet potatoes except on the
inside they've got this wonderful
natural purple dye called anthocyanins
that actually help to regulate your
blood pressure and so the key thing
about this purple color is that if you
actually refrigerate it it actually
turns much more intense so if you've got
leftovers the next day it's going to be
even more beautiful even more purple wow
seaweed all right let's see we can only
get a seaweed salad at a Japanese
restaurant sushi bar now you can get it
in the prepare food section near the
pre-made Sushi and the Maki rolls
seaweed actually has a natural chemical
called flucozanthin fuku xanthin
actually activates your metabolism
lowers your cholesterol and also helps
your blood pressure I love it too and
what about the squid ink pasta one of my
favorites now this is actually an
antioxidant when we normally think about
antioxidants we think about vegetables
and fruits like berries this is an
antioxidant from the sea comes from the
squid
great to cook with
um you can cook with rice you can
actually cook with pasta or you can just
have it pre-made what's this that's
it where did you get it from the square
you can get it from a special store you
can order online one tablespoon into its
Stir It Up Add a little lemon zest a
little parsley excellent wow
it needs to be refrigerated okay okay
what do we what about the pear over here
humble pear you know to me no pear is
humble actually it's really great
because it's got dietary fiber dietary
fiber heals your gut and with pears you
can eat the skin so you got to wash it
really really well what I actually think
is that if you want a little Pro tip on
how to actually check for a ripe pear
yeah you pick it up at the bottom go
ahead and you just pinch it underneath
the stem and it gives a little bit ready
to rock oh wow okay quickly before we
have to go chicken thighs are okay don't
be afraid of the thigh trim off the fat
it's got a special form of vitamin it's
called vitamin K2 it's been shown in
epidemiological studies to lower the
risk of heart disease
disease by Dr William Lane make sure you
pick up your coffee thank you so much