William Li
Food, Health and Disease Expert; Founder of Angiogenesis Foundation
- Globally recognized author, leader, and physician known for revolutionary theories of disease prevention through the power of eating right
- His groundbreaking book, Eat to Beat Disease, is a New York Times best-seller and holds “the potential to change the world”
- Produced a TED Talk “Can we eat to starve cancer?” which amassed a staggering 11 million views and regarded as one of the most captivating talks ever given
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About William Li
Download ProfileDr. William W. Li is a world-renowned speaker, physician, scientist, and New York Times best-selling author of the Amazon #1 best-seller, Eat to Beat Disease. An international expert on health and disease fighting based on diet, lifestyle, and treatments that keep the body’s blood vessels in balance, he is CEO and President of the global nonprofit Angiogenesis Foundation. Dr. Li’s work has impacted more than 50 million people worldwide and has led to the effective prevention, novel treatment, and even reversal of diseases spanning cancer, chronic wounds, obesity, heart disease, diabetes, and vision loss. Known for his ability to predict medical breakthroughs often years before they become realized, he is also the creator of the Eat to Defeat Cancer program, a healthy eating campaign which now has spread to more than 40 countries.
Dr. Li’s work has been recognized by O Magazine, the Atlantic, USA Today, the New York Times, TIME, Wall Street Journal, and CNN, as well as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and the Clinton Global Initiative. Dr. Li is also one of Dr. Oz’s diet and disease prevention experts. In the New York Times, Bono, the lead singer of the band U2, named Dr. Li one of the top 10 to watch for in the coming decade “with the potential to change the world.”
An internationally sought-after speaker, Dr. Li is among an exclusive group of global change-makers who have been selected to address the Vatican at its Cellular Horizons and Unite to Cure conferences, aimed at improving global health. Dr. Li has captivated and inspired audiences at Fortune 100 companies, the National Institutes of Health, the Milken Institute, and numerous academic, government, corporate, clinical, and general public audiences around the world. His TED Talk “Can we eat to starve cancer?” is considered one of the most riveting talks of all time and has been viewed more than 11 million times.
Dr. Li has guided industry leaders across 18 countries and authored more than 100 scientific publications in leading medical science journals and textbooks. He has served on the faculties of Harvard, Tufts, and Dartmouth.
Dr. Li is a graduate of Harvard College and the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
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Dr. William Li: Can We Eat To Starve Cancer?
Dr. William Li Shares Foods to Eat to Help Combat Diseases
Dr. William Li: Can We Eat To Starve Cancer?
Dr. William Li Shares Foods to Eat to Help Combat Diseases
Speech Topics
Download TopicsForget everything you think you know about your body and food and discover the new science of how the body heals itself. In a riveting talk about health, wellness, and happiness, Dr. William Li shares how to identify the strategies and the dosages for using food to transform your resilience and health.
Dr. Li argues that we have radically underestimated our body’s power to transform and restore our health. Dr. Li empowers readers by showing them the evidence behind over 200 health-boosting foods that can starve cancer, reduce your risk of dementia, and beat dozens of avoidable diseases. This is not a talk about what foods to avoid, but rather a life-changing guide to the hundreds of healing foods to add to your meals that support the body’s defense systems, including.
Dr. Li shares how to activate your body’s health defense systems—Angiogenesis, Regeneration, Microbiome, DNA Protection, and Immunity-to fight cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular, neurodegenerative, and autoimmune diseases, and other debilitating conditions.
Both informative and practical, Dr. Li’s talk explains the science of healing and prevention, the strategies for using food to actively transform health, and points the science of well-being and disease prevention in an exhilarating new direction.
This presentation is for healthcare leaders who want to increase the value their organizations create and impact of their organization’s mission.
Well-established organizations today want to maintain their relevance, engage with their stakeholders, adapt to new technologies, and elevate the value they deliver to their employees and shareholders. Breakthroughs in technology, adoption of new methods to achieve better outcomes, shifting mindsets, new workforce demands, and growing financial pressures create volatility and challenge the growth and survival of every corporation.
In this inspirational and revealing talk, CEO and medical pioneer William W. Li describes how organizations can tackle shifting paradigms by force multiplying: using factors that work to accomplish greater feats together than can be accomplished alone. He shares key lessons learned from being in the center of the dramatic evolution of new fields of medicine that upend old standards of health care; how early product adopters drive new ways to improve outcomes through better practices; and how innovators respond to consumer demand by reconceptualizing their approach to service. Understanding how leaders can leverage these different forces to create greater value by transforming the corporate mindset from within is the secret this talk will deliver to the audience.
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