Coffee Helpful or Harmful + Soy & Alcohol and the Truth About Breast Cancer with guest expert Dr. William Li #62

About this episode

Samantha Harris discusses the health impacts of coffee, soy, and alcohol with Dr. William Li, debunking nutritional myths and revealing science-backed insights.

Coffee Helpful or Harmful + Soy & Alcohol and the Truth About Breast Cancer with guest expert Dr. William Li #62 What if the habits you already have — your morning coffee, your soy latte, your occasional glass of wine — are actually working for you, not against you? In this episode, Samantha sits down once again with William Li, MD, internationally renowned physician, scientist, and New York Times bestselling author of Eat to Beat Disease and Eat to Beat Your Diet , to cut through decades of nutritional myths and replace fear with facts. From the cancer-fighting compound hiding in your espresso, to the truth about soy and breast cancer risk that 14 published studies now confirm, to what your "healthy" stevia packet may secretly contain — Dr. Li delivers the kind of science-backed clarity that changes how you shop, eat, and think about food as medicine every single day. This is one of those episodes you'll want to share with every woman you love. What You'll Learn The chlorogenic acid triple-threat: How the natural compound in coffee simultaneously lowers inflammation, activates brown fat to burn visceral fat, AND cuts off the blood supply to cancer cells. Organic coffee is…

People in this episode

Host: Samantha Harris

Guest: William Li

Topics covered

• coffee
• nutrition
• breast cancer
• soy
• alcohol
• health myths

Keywords

• coffee
• soy
• alcohol
• breast cancer
• nutrition
• health myths
• chlorogenic acid

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Eat to Beat Disease, Eat to Beat Your Diet

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