TED is a small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. It started out (in 1984) as a conference bringing together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. Since then its scope has become ever broader.
In a recent presentation, William Li presents a new way to think about treating cancer and other diseases: anti-angiogenesis, preventing the growth of blood vessels that feed a tumor. The crucial first (and best) step: Eating cancer-fighting foods that cut off the supply lines and beat cancer at its own game.
In my own fight against brain cancer, I have visited 6 highly-trained neurologists at 3 extremely prestigious medical facilities and asked each of them a simple question: "Does diet make a difference in a fight against cancer?"
Every single one of them said, 'No'.
You can look back to one of my previous posts about Metabolic Medicine where I discussed that my current treatment is not focused on fighting the symptoms of cancer (my brain tumor), but fighting the cause or origin of my cancer. And I firmly believe that cancer is halted and/or progressed by what we put in our stomach. I also believe there are a few other elements that you can read more about in the post linked above, but diet is the #1 way to fight cancer before it begins.
The good news for William Li is that he has an audience ready and willing to listen because each of them paid around $8,000 to sit in this audience. The bad news is that he has an uphill battle to fight against all of the institutions in place who will lose money if the public starts believing that what he is saying is true. And as we know, big business and modern medicine loves to put up a good fight...
The other bad news for William Li is that this idea is several thousand years old which makes a presentation at an 'emerging trends convention' kind of silly, but nonetheless someone needs to continue preaching this message. If you don't have time to watch the entire thing, William basically says that the best practices for fighting cancer before it begins, and/or reversing cancer if you are currently battling it, can all be picked up at your local grocery store.
Enjoy.