Before You Eat Breakfast - The Truth About Oatmeal, Eggs, Bacon & Dairy | Dr. William Li 

There are rare individuals who have a very special knack of talking to ppl in an exceptionally clear manner, with medical jargon broken down into easy to understand language for everyone. Dr Li is DEFINITELY one of these talented individuals. Thank you Dr Li! Sending our best sir, to you & yours!

I'm 75 and now in excellent health, compared to where I was 5 years ago. I eat 2 meals a day: one at 11:30am - 4 eggs and anywhere from 5 to 8 pieces of bacon or 4 Merguez sausages. My second meal is a 12-16oz ribeye steak at 6pm. Before I started eating this way I weight 254 pounds, my blood pressure was 170/140, and I was prediabetic. Today, I weigh 170, my blood pressure is 120/68, and I'm no longer prediabetic. I'll continue this regime because it obviously works for me.

Summary 1. Intermittent fasting, 12 hours a day, 7pm-7am 2. Oats have fiber and anti-inflammatory substances, eat with pinch salt, fresh fruit and little plant based milk 3. Egg are good for your heart, lowers cholesterol, boil them, try with low sodium soy sauce 4. Bacon, tasty but not good for you because salt and saturated fat (old outdated info) burning bacon creates cancer causing chemicals, cook lightly in olive oil 5. Dairy is good has calcium and protein, eat low fat milk to avoid saturated fat (outdated info), has natural trans fat, pasture raised cows have omega 3s, has lactose milk sugar, helps build strong bones, estrogen weakens bones (wrong-estrogen strengthens bones). 6. Black coffee good for you but don't have with cream because locks good substances, drink coffee with plant based milk. 7. Grass-fed cheese has omega 3 FA, eating 200grams a day is good for you. 8. Yogurt is good because it has good gut bacteria, reduces all cause death, low fat yogurt has thickeners that are not good for you, eat whole plain Greek yogurt with nuts, dried fruit, seeds fresh fruit, honey. Buckwheat honey is good for you b/c has antioxidants.

I’m in my 80’s . organic steel cut oats are a “must have “ for my morning break fast! I add frozen wild blueberries. Or blackberries. Fresh strawberry in season. All my food is organic, pasture grown including the eggs . food is my medicine as I’m super sensitive to drugs. Do not eat sugar. Only food with natural occurring sugar. Am trying to rebuild muscle after Covid from 6 months ago. Weigh about 115. Fats from salmon, olive. Oil…occasional lamb chops from local farm… interested in stem cell healing to rebuild Mitochondria. Exercise daily but not enough due to vertigo from old brain injury. Thank you Doctor for being so specific. We very old people were fortunate to not eat synthetic food and beverages.😍🙏oh yes Eggs❤ from local farmland

I think you are still behind the times on butter. Butter is not harmful at all and it’s 1 million times better than margarine which is pure poison.

I eat greek yogurt like that as last meal of the day when I come from work after 9PM (I have only mealbreak at 3PM and thats too early for last meal and as I am a chef I cant eat during rush hour). Pure greek yogurt with chia seeds, hemp, crushed linseeds, minced nut mix, acacia fibers, some fruits like blue berries, banana, fresh strawberries and a dash of whole milk or cream and a drizzle of raw honey. Keeps my digestion healthy while I sleep. I no longer buy flavored yogurts, making it yourself is soooo much better! Just dont put pineapple in it, it goes very bad with dairy, thats why you rarely see pineapple flavored dairy. I have that with breakfast or lunch instead :)

I am 78. In excellent health. Just retired. My breakfast: black coffee; a piece of homemade bread in which I melt dark chocolate... and one tsp of jam. It's delicious. I eat Mediterranean food, because... I am Mediterranean... I never drink milk. I put some in my coffee..sometimes. My bones are great.🙂

Thank you Dr Li, I always watch your video’s and never stop learning! This one was the best! I am a former flight attendant and have left the industry with a “leaky gut” - I know that emulsifiers have a lot to do with it! Now I eat as healthy as I possibly can and never stop educating myself!

I'm glad to hear this. When i was a child, my grandmother used to make oatmeal snd honey and put it on a cut that wouldn't heal, then cover it with a bandaid. My mom was a nurse and always had a fit when she did this. Mammy was born in 1891and only went to school thru 8th grade. Up the mountains there were few doctors if any. I was born in 1956 with club feet. Mammy came down to the valley to tend me and my siblings while my parents worked. Mammy also tended to my grandfather who lived to be 90. Ft. Hey did well for their age bracket. Lots of oatmeal - real oatmeal, like i cook today.

I'm 71,breakfast oatmeal,boil egg,fruits..❤

Cholesterol is healthy, made by our bodies, doesn't need to be lowered. The oldest living people have the highest LDL levels. It protects us as we age. Cholesterol is completely misunderstood. Put oatmeal is sprayed with glyphosate so it's very important to get organic and glyphosate free.

@13:20 Oatmeal @28:35 Eggs @40:24 Bacon - once in a while @53:00 Dairy

I am 73 years old woman. I love milk. Last month, my dog pulled me and i fell flat on the sidewalk. No broken bone! I think that this is thanks to me drinking milk everyday and taking 300 mg calcium citrate everyday. Plus magnesium citrate, d3, k2. I thank God that he did not make me listen to many other health teachers who say milk is bad. But i only drink one glass a day. Everything in moderation. I exercise also.

I knew it! Oatmeal is good for you and your gut. This doctor is probably the ablest speaker to explain in detail what are the benefits of oatmeal. What a pleasure to listen to his calm lecture.

Could you please create a video as to why we get conflicting information about dairy, eggs, tofu, soy, and oatmeal. What is going on with science-based nutrition please? Why the confusion? I have enjoyed your videos over the years. Oatmeal is my favorite. Thank you!

There is now "science" to prove every type of diet. It's exhausting.

I quit eating oatmeal (was eating steel cut oats for over 10 years). The reason I stopped is that it had no effect on my cholesterol. Since I've stopped eating oatmeal, my cholesterol is a couple of points better. The only reason I ate oatmeal was because it was supposed to reduce the cholesterol. I've read and listened to many people on this subject. Some say it lowers cholesterol and some say we shouldn't eat oatmeal. It may work for some people but it didn't work for me. I ate it everyday for years and it didn't work. Now I eat one egg for breakfast and a handful of nuts. I started intermittent fasting almost 5 years ago and I was eating oatmeal for breakfast every day back then. I still do intermittent fasting to keep the weight off as I'm at my goal weight. I stopped eating oatmeal about a year and a half ago to see if my cholesterol would go up, stay the same or reduce. I was surprised that it went down slightly. I'm hoping the next time I have it tested that maybe it will go down some more. I have never been on statins (I refuse to take that risk) as I saw what it did to some people in my family. I don't believe that any one doctor has all the answers. I appreciate all the doctors on You Tube that are educating us but I don't believe everything that they say and I don't believe everything the researchers publicize. It is very difficult for non-doctors to really know what the best thing is to do. I try to take it in and am cautious on what I do but I believe intermittent fasting has helped me the most of any so called diet that I've ever tried. I've been able to keep my weight under control and I cook my own food (no processed food). I'm 70 and on no prescriptions except for potassium with citric acid to dissolve kidney stones and hopefully not have any more of those.

I've found that eating my last meal by 5pm helps me keep weight under control without any effort. I don't eat again till about 7am the next day.

Low sodium soy sauce is just regular soy sauce that has had water added ~ you are paying extra for the water! Just add your own water!

My BP was 225/125 and my pulse was 102 and I was sitting down for hours. I took my BP medicine, and it went down for an hour, and it went right back up. I fixed a packet of instant oatmeal and got a small Banan and started slowly eating them. Within an hour my BP was down to 179/95, and my pulse was running in the 80's. By morning (7 hours later) my BP was 120/72 and my pulse was 65. I changed my diet, lowered my sodium intake, added Vit D3, Vit K2, magnesium, zinc, copper, Vit B1, B3, B6, B12, Vit C, Vit E, seaweed, carrot juice, cabbage, organic oatmeal, blueberries, beets, blackberries, black currants, cantaloup, pumpkin, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, watermelon, green, white and earl grey tea, steamed, pressure cooked, smoked and rotisserie cooked meats. I drink 100% fruit juices and own two juicers (one crushes) and I drink a mixed Meagan Milk of Coconut, Blanched Almonds, Oats, Rice (8 ingredients). My BP is now normal, and my pulse is normal, and I am down from 265 pounds to 218 pounds in just 6 months. Sometimes when I wake up my BP is 112/55 and my pulse is as low as 48. Sometimes I only eat one or two meals a day and I eat when I feel I need to, not when I want to. If I feel tired or dizzy, I now eat black berries and blue berries and a small bowl of organic oatmeal with organic spices. Someone replied that 225/125 would have me in a Morge. I replied NOPE! Search for Highest Blood Pressure On Record Over 300

Thank you Dr. Li for taking the time to educate us about using food to prevent cetain illnesses and also to heal. I am a new subscriber who saw you on the Rachel Ray Show and was so inpressed by what you showed and told us on her show that when I found you online I was immmediately in. This video is so on point and You cleared up a lot of concepts about breakfast foods to eat and preparation. I have already changed my eating habits and food choices to 30% meat no beef and 70% plant based thanks to you and I am seeing and feeling a difference in my health and energy levels. I also discovered that there are lots of variety and choices of foods which I thought previously was limited. Thank you sooo very much for sharing.

Dr. Li. There are so many diverging theories on diet out there that frankly it's confusing. Some say all meat with no plants, others advocate only plants and seeds. Yet another group say absolutely no dairy. The carnivore believers tell us we need a lot of fat from meat and butter. Sometimes I don't feel like eating at all. I got to 81 without any serious illness so I must be doing something right. The French use only butter for cooking and they seem quite healthy. Who knows. Anyway, thank you for this information.

Eggs are the perfect meal.

All my family and myself were fed porridge from being a small child and we all still love it today. Just don't go overboard and spoil it with too much of anything. It really does keep your body healthy by feeding the natural good bacteria in your stomach. Everything in moderation and slowly reduce the refined sugar over time. Fast for 24 hrs once a week. 🙏🙏🙏

You are sooo fantastic at explaining things! It’s like having biology class everyday! Thanks so much for all of the pertinent information!😊

I've been eating a bowl of instant oatmeal with 1 cup of water, 2 tablespoons of chia seeds, 2 tablespoons of organic flaxseed meal,and 2 handfuls of chopped walnuts for years.. Also 2 hard boiled eggs with it. My yearly wellness checks have been normal for years. I eat red meats very rarely and eat more vegetables and fruits for lunch and dinner.

I'm 70 and I was doing fine until I tried eating a little steel cut oatmeal for breakfast (changing nothing else in my diet). I immediately starting gaining weight. Up until that point I was eating less than 20g of carbs a day and intermittent fasting. So I'm back to my low carb lifestyle and have lost the weight I gained. I now stick with my old breakfast of eggs (or cheese omelets), pork sausage or bacon and a cup of coffee. My HDL to Triglycerides ratio has never been lower. For gut microbiome, I eat things like greek yogurt, spinach, kale, and chard, and sauerkraut once a week.

You are so sweet to think of your viewers that are note taking & you know we are, thanks for spelling out those enormous medical words

My daughter had a heart transplant, last year, due to an issue she was born with, non-ventricular tachycardia. She is in her late 20’s. They always tell her to drink milk bc with the post-transplant meds, bone health, as well as other (kidneys, etc) is a major concern. As she drinks her milk she tells me “the doctors say this is good” They saved her life. So, she listens to their advice but I wish I could get her to realize Milk isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. I try to respect that it’s her journey.

I have a low sugar granola sprinkled with tree nuts, and berries with a little almond milk. For a special treat, I have a keto waffle with pastured raised, boiled egg and butter. I am 86 and have a 72 year old boyfriend!😂😊

I mix organic raisins,, cinnamon, sprouted pumpkin seeds, and organic steel cut oats in a glass container. Pour over boiling water, cover and allow to return to room temperature. Stir, keep in fridge and eat cold for days. If it ferments a bit, so much the better. Yum.

For those who don't eat bacon, when it gets to the rather lengthy bacon section of the video, you can go to around 53.03 if you'd like to skip that part.

Thank you for the info. Many good info. About saturated fats: I eat Animal products (grassfed and pasture raised) everyday, good saturated fats, don't eat processed foods included processed meat that contains bad ingredients, bad saturated fats. No junk foods, no fast foods all contains bad Saturated fats. Also, I used only immalayan salt (good minerals). Eat seeds and nuts but no grains. I am 78 years-old; no high cholesterol, no high blood pressure, good vision, fitness walking 5 times a week. Intermittent fasting is very important. Also, I eat low carb(25/50) Take suplements, no medication.

It’s frustrating that everybody always talks about the wonders of eggs and all the nutritional benefits derived from eating them, but then they follow up with “just eat one, and not every day” without ever mentioning why. 🙄

The truth about oatmeal, eggs, bacon & dairy --- they're freakin' delicious!

It's been a while since I'm doing intermittent fasting. I never eat in the morning. My last meal would be 8pm the earlier and 10pm the latest. After that no more food coming in. I am a full-time elderly personal caregiver I have a dementia patient under my care. I usually sleep late coz I am also studying online to advance my career. I sleep usually at 2am and get up at 9am. I just drink water with ACV after I get up, then later I would take my black coffee and water until 1pm or 2pm that's the time I would break my fast. I'm used to it already. I never liked to eat breakfast anymore since I started IF. Thanks a lot Dr. William for your fine explanation about what happened during the fasting hours. Great information. 💖🤩

Wow dr li ur knocking it out of the park with all these new chats, love the details about how scientifically healthful these ‘foods as medicine’ r to us instead of just stating it’s healthy bc no one accepts ‘healthy’ at face value anymore, gotta prove it to folks; so most of all thanks for explaining it in a lay way so I can explain it to my kids too! these r basically ur book only broken into snippets, awesome!

I've recently just lost 10 pounds simply by stopping eating at 7:00pm, skipping breakfast (which i never really liked anyway) and eating at 12 noon. Works great...and I'm not hungery at all! I guess this is intermittent fasting....who knew 😂😂

Can we have a short version for those who are hungry, and a long version for those who want the explanation? Most of us really have already had the lectures, we just want the quick reminder. 🤷🏼‍♀️😉❤️

Dr. Lee, I love your videos. I learn so much. Fascinating!!! My personal experience - About 3 years ago, within 30 days I suddenly developed crippling pain in my toes (and toe nails), plantar, heels, ankles and knees. The weight of a bed sheet was too much for my toe nails and agonizing pain would wake me during the night. The pain spread to my fingers, hands, wrists and elbows. The doctor ordered Xrays that showed each joint was inflammed, displaying "osteo arthritis" as the cause. I was referred to a Rheumatologist specialist who reviewed my Xrays and told me there was nothing that could be done but to prescribe pain meds for the agony of walking or the loss of sensation in my fingers/hands/thumb, etc. - My D.O. suggested that I was suffering from inflammation and might want to try a radical dietary change to solve it. She said I needed to stop eating meat, dairy, cheese, processed foods, salt, etc. and go to a plant-based diet to solve my inflammation troubles. It was a big move for someone accustomed to eating fast food, restaurant meals and lots of meat! With no other choice, I decided to try it! - Within 30 days, all my symptoms went away! I went to the 2024 eclipse totality path in Sulphur Springs, TX. There I met a waitress in her 30's who had her large intestine "explode" and also rupture her gall bladder. She was lucky to meet a Doctor, suggesting that she only eat meat and veggies from her family farm, where no animal injections (hormones, etc.) were given to the animals or vegetables. All her symptoms went away. - On the way home 2 days later, I met a 19 year old waitress in Vicksburg, MS (I can eat fish without bad symptoms!) who told me she suffered a sudden rupture of her gall bladder a year ago! Her doctor recommended that she only eat the meat and vegetables from her family farm, where toxins and growth hormones are not used. How many of us Americans are being poisoned by the meat and food processing industry that pushes all these artificial growth hormones, chemicals and drugs on beef/pork/fowl and are used in processed foods?

I am so glad to have stumbled across this podcast! I appreciate your approach to explaining this in layman’s terms! Thank you!!

Dr. Li, thank you for your informative and helpful videos. I love the way you explain things, so that everyone understands. You are very thorough and detailed. It has been teaching me a lot. Doctors nowadays don't take the time, but thank God we have you! God bless you!

Oh wonderful for people with normal blood sugar. There is a reason for keto and the carnivore diet. It would be nice if you address diabetics once in a while. ❤

A bowl of porridge made with medium cut oatmeal, water and a pinch of salt served with a little full fat cream (no sugar) has been a traditional breakfast in Scotland, for hundreds of years. It was, very often, prepared the evening before and the pot was placed in a hay box, the following morning it was almost cooked. Also, fed to patients in cardio thoracic units in hospital.

Dr Li, you videos are always inspiring and so insightful! Debunked the breakfast myths with lots of details that nobody tells us! Most things are not all good or not all evil. Thank you for telling the correct way of having breakfast.

Dr. Li, I really believe passing your expertise and knowledge in food to the society will greatly contribute to making our nation healthy. I really appreciate your efforts doing this. It will eventually bring down the medical insurance when the nation healthier! Keep up on your efforts! Thank you thank you!

I had moderately high blood pressure until I started eating a generous bowl of oatmeal every day. Now my blood pressure is great and no meds needed.

Thank you for this information. I sleep on my left side. I always wished to sleep on my right side. I didn't know how blessed I am to be sleeping on my left side . Many of the Ailments you mentioned goes on in my body. Again thank you.. God bless you, sir❤❤❤❤

They are now saying that there are two new essential nutrients. There are two saturated fats. One has 15 carbon bonds. The other has 17. Butter has a relatively high amount of it in them. Some meats and most cheeses also are somewhat high, and may take about the size of a cube of butter to match about 3 tablespoons of butter. Anyway, mix and match. They say it is likely the main reason the people of Sardinia (an island in the Mediterranean Sea) live so much longer than most.

I eat breakfast at 12, pasture eggs and uncured bacon one slice of crap bread lol, (I miss cereal for breakfast), coffee with heavy whipping cream, dinner at 6. Nothing in between, fast 18 hrs. Coming up on four years. Thanks for the piece sir.

He is right! Its been five years already that i dont ate late anymore until 7 or 8:00am in the morning. I get used to it now, and i dont feel hungry or starving until 8:00AM😂 when i get up i'm checking my weights on a scale and thats how i found out to maitain my weights! It is all about the foods that are consuming !

I love you Dr Li...you are one the best ppl in the medical and food industry to subscribe to and follow. You have experience on both sides. I have learned a lot and have benefitted from your advices.. God bless as you carry on😊😊🙏🏽

My solution was: dont buy your food in supermarkets, instead go to farmers market or farm shops and buy real, fresh & local food there.....

I have two eggs for breakfast Greek yogurt and after breakfast I go for an hour walk everyday.

Sensible advice, all in all. The main problem was the overly negative attitude towards saturated fats. It's mostly a dark superstition from half a century ago. As anything, even too much of saturated fat can be detrimental, but it's far from being the villain behind all those horrible diseases mainstream media is warning us against.

When anyone uses the tern, "plant based" as a positive feature, that's a red flag for me. I know right away that they have either been misled, are following a specific dogma, or are ignorant regarding the science. "Plant based" is not a selling point but a red flag for me.

Doc William, When I was growing up we always had Oatmeal or Cream of Wheat before school. Is Cream of Wheat as healthy as the Oats? On a cold morning a bowl of either was so good..Thank you for all the wonderful healthy tips. Your channel is awesome!!! 🤗

Scrambled eggs made with ghee, black pepper, turmeric, and ginger powder with a bit of thyme or oregano.

Thank you, Dr Li . Very easy to understand academic information 👌.

Dr Eric Berg is a good one to listen to about cancer

Oats are wonderful. I make my own muesli: large-flake oats, chopped almonds and walnuts (and cashews and hazelnuts when they're on special), plus all kinds of seeds (sunflower, sesame, pumpkin, hemp, and crushed flax) and dried fruit (raisins, currants, and chopped apricots, figs, mangos, and dates). Sometimes I'll add unsweetened coconut and/or a bit of chopped crystallized ginger for a nice kick. I can make this for under half the cost of store-bought muesli---and organic, too. I eat it with yogurt, soaked chia seeds, and usually blueberries. Delicious and keeps me full for hours. Sometimes I eat this for dinner . . . .

Thank you, I knew a lot of your information but you broke it down even better. I rarely eat bacon anymore (maybe a slice once every four months) but because I’m now 74 years old, ( of course any age, bacon is bad for you) I just don’t eat it at all , knowing the damage it’s doing to my body. I do work out every morning five/six days a week along one half hour of stretching. Thank you Doctor your information is extremely helpful 🙏

You want LOTS of animal fat! And clean MCT oil/caprylic 8 or 10 oil gives the ketones needed to burn fat. I started taking a tablespoon at night before sleep and belly fat FINALLY started melting. We also cook with it, as well as Kerry Gold butter and pure 100% olive oil from Greece. We get our meat from a farmer who pasture-raises the animals and they’re grass-fed. This makes them high in Omega 3, Vitamins A,B,D,E,K. Vitamin K is critical for heart health. The farmer shares his story on his website and he has shared with me in person what he eats on a daily basis. Beef, pork, bacon, hard cheeses, drinks heavy whipping cream, and a few berries sometimes. He eats an equal amount of pasture-raised grass-fed butter with every bite of meat. He eats several truly free roaming chicken eggs every day. We get eggs from him. They’re a beautiful orange color of truly natural eggs. He’s been eating like this for 4 years. Before he started eating like that☝🏼, he was diabetic, his triglycerides were off the chart, his blood pressure was high. He felt tired and was in pain all the time. He has lost 100+ pounds and all his numbers are in the low to mid-optimal range. We started eating like this around 5 weeks ago. We’ve lost weight, body pain has vanished, we have more energy and strength. Our skin has cleared and looks beautiful. We’re in our 60’s. We thought we were done before learning about the carnivore lifestyle, the need for lots of animal fats, and the toxicity in plant foods and seed oils. Fat is critical, not just for the body but also for the brain. There are lots of doctors doing vids about healing dementia with butter. Harvard doctors are explaining how lots of the right fats heal dementia and relieve anxiety. Kerry Gold butter is the only pasture-raised grass-fed butter we’ve been able to find in grocery stores. I’m on the hunt for a local farmer that offers it. I watched a vid yesterday where the doctor said to have a day of eating just lots of butter. We also top eggs with some organic FULL FAT Greek yogurt. Greek yogurt, olive oil and MCT oil help with the constipation issue that can happen with eating carnivore. One of our neighbor friends went carnivore 7 weeks before we started. She had already lost 16 pounds and her numbers were perfect. We make Dr Berg’s fat bombs…delish. And there are carnivore ice cream recipes. The easiest is egg yolks and heavy whipping cream. Also delish! We also eat OMAD…one meal a day. If we eat before noon, we might have a snack of meat and cheese roll-ups or a fat bomb around 5’ish. We’re getting much better sleep now, too. I love learning in the past couple of days that coffee grows telomeres. So we have our morning coffee with heavy whipping cream and a little monkfruit which doesn’t raise blood sugar.👍🏼

This is an amazing example of how to turn 5 minutes of information into over an hour of video. GREAT JOB, you're a master of video-filller talking.

Hippocrates said, " Let food be thy medicine and let medicine be thy food." Isn't that wonderful? 😊😊😊

Back in the 1960s and 1970s, when kids got chicken pox,mothers would give them oatmeal baths to help heal and reduce the itchiness.

Eggs, mushrooms and bacon. Perfect combo.

Organic oatmeal.. w/ 1 teaspoon yogurt...w/ raw milk to cover ...in a covered bowl...set out overnight... now top it with that spoon of maple syrup! Eat hardy no need to cook. Organic raisins added the night before are a good sweetener too.

I don't break fast until 10am to 12pm- though I get up by 7am and exercise. And my meal could be anything, mostly NOT eggs and bacon.

Been following health and fitness youtubers for over a year now.. But this video truly stands out. Very clear and nuanced recommendations backed up with facts and history. I eat 20 eggs per week btw. All pasture raised of course.

If you just cover steel cut oats with water and let them sit for 24 hrs. They are soft and easy to eat. I add Maple Syrup and Blueberries. No cooking needed

Europe is for Polenta .... and they still eat it today.... wonderful stuff: 1. Just boiled in water. 2. Boiled in water, poured into baking tray, baked in oven, cut into sections and fried on stove in little oil oil, topped with sautekraut, which has also has being fried in little olive oil, eat it with the fried polenta. seeds can be added to this, cumin seeds being the European favourite: The no: 1: Also boiled polenta, cooled, topped with natural yoghurt, add nuts of your choice. And home made sauces Boiled milk or cold: Variety is endless: Very filling. Can be eaten often. In Europe this was considered a poor man's meal... peasant food.

The truth is, everyone will react to all different types of food, activities, and chemicals we put into our bodies. Stick to natural foods with one to two ingredients and stay away from processed foods. Do your Dexa scan and full blood lipid test as the foundation for your health. Based on the outcome, start process of elimination on your consumption of food, drinks, what you watch, and listen too….. Sleep 7-9 hrs daily, as that’s the time your body repairs itself. Don’t over consume!!!!! Doctors are now saying eat less to be healthier..

I am excited that I finally have found a use for oatmeal besides feeding horses, wound healing, because I sure can't get myself waste my favorite meal of the day to eat it versus food.

Tqsm Dr LI for your simple n easy to follow information but not information only Great information I really salute n tq so much for the kind work for us May God 🙏💗 bless you and n all of us in this world I am from Malaysia K, Lumpur

Try poaching eggs in water, plus a dash of vinegar to set the whites as another healthy way to cook eggs. Choose leaner cuts of bacon then grill it and drain and blot off the fat - don't fry it in extra fat or oil. You can also soak bacon slices in cold water for a while then drain them on a paper towel prior to grilling if you want to reduce the salt and nitrate content a bit. It doesn't taste quite so good but it makes it a little less unhealthy if you really want to eat it.

Ultimate food: 1/2 oats, 1/4 wholemeal flour, 1/4 all purpose flour, water. Mix, add water to make a pancake mix as thick as double cream. Leave overnight and eat 2/3 next day. Cook like pancakes. Keep 1/3 as a 'sourdough' starter in a mason jar. After 3 days it will ferment. Top the oatcakes with cheese and grill for 5 minutes, brown + red sauce. Roll up ~ Staffordshire Oatcakes.

I "cook" (actually steam) my oatmeal using a Chinese porcelain bowl placed inside a TATUNG rice cooker (which steams) before i go to bed. Turn off the "keep warm" function. Next morning, i add soymilk to the bowl and eat cold, or re-steam with a much smaller amount of water (50% less) in the Tatung cooker, and when done take the bowl out, pour cold soy milk or plant milk into the bowl. No pots to wash. Just a bowl and spoon. Easy and healthy!

I extend my fast by watching your video and drink green tea lol

Lots of those milks especially oat have all kinds of harmful additives. Read the labels or make your own

I love watching Dr. Li. He is extremely knowledgeable and I like how he uses analogies and explains the science behind everything. He keeps the information interesting, has a nice voice and speaks at a good pace-you actually want to listen to him unlike other dry and boring doctors who don't offer much of the science aspect or explanations. II fitst discovered your channel when I was extremely unwell and continued to get worse l, displaying new symptoms. All I could do was lay in bed while going through a frustrating medical journey, seeing specialist after soecialist and test after test like a guinea pig. I was very inspired by the concept of using foods to aid in healing. From there I was hooked up and on Dr. Li and his content. I appreciate how he keeps things fresh and fresh talks about different topics. As he is an expert on the vascular system, which is so crucial in keeping our bodies running well, I appreciate how he covers aboutkeeping blood flow healthy. Can you please talk about varicose veins and what is actually happening, risks and what can be done to keep the veins healthy and prevent them from worsening. Im wondering if it could also be genetic? 🤔 My doctor does nit have much to offer aside from telling me that if it starts to hurt she can refer me to a surgeon. Definitely a reactive rather than preventive dr unfortunately. Thanks again, Dr Li! So glad I discovered your channel, your content has completely changed my perspective on healing the body naturally and has sparked my interest in learning more about functional medicine. I have gone the natural and conventional medicine route but neither has offered me as much insight or has explained as much as Dr. Li has. It's a shame that doctors are not like Dr. Li

Dad was an M.D. in 70’s to 90’s. One of the last things he said to me was “ONE EGG PER WEEK!”. I was so relieved when this new knowledge came out.

Try cooking your steel-cut oats in the crockpot overnight. When you add some blueberries, oat-milk, and a touch of vanilla it tasts like a blueberry muffin.

Breaking the fast, is an English language construct. In Swedish, my language, the word is 'frukost', and it means early food. So the word breakfast is not universal, and its meaning break the fast, is an English language construction. Sort of local then .

Thanks Dr. Li, for your helpful advice, and for your time. You are amazing. Sending you Blessings! 🙏

If you can’t tell me what is good to eat in the morning in 10 minutes, forget about it.

Love the way you make nutritional science concepts accessible to the layperson. Would be great if you could provide links to some supporting peer-reviewed studies :) Refreshing to hear a doctor change his mind / recommendations as new info emerges!

I go to bed at 11, wake up at 5:30, eat breakfast at 10am. I don't eat after 6pm and I never lose a pound :( So I am not understanding why this is the thing to do . I have been doing this for about 3 years. I do admit I feel better but it has not helped me lose weight. I need to lose 20 pounds. I am a firm believer not to eat processed food of any type, and its important to eat foods from all the food groups meat-protein, carbs, dairy, nuts-beans etc. I'm carb sensitive so that's a problem. Still not losing weight. I maintain the same weight, the scale does not move. So I don't get it.

I am 78 years old and have been eating fatty meats such as organs, heart, liver, kidneys, etc. for 30 years and I am completely healthy. I also eat honey, fish, bacon, and lots of fruit. Based on your comments, I believe we are still in the scientific stone age regarding human nutrition.

What about cottage cheese? yum Thank you Dr. Li for sharing all of your wisdom. I listened to the entire video.

Some really interesting and useful information. An excellent explanation of the benefits of fasting. I make my own yoghurt from what we call semi skimmed milk in the UK. To make it thicker, I add 2 tablespoons of skimmed milk powder (no additives, just dried milk). After adding live yoghurt, I leave it in a thermos jar in a warm place for around 12 hours. There's a bit more to it than that, and you must make sure everything is clean, but it works for me every time. I find 10% fat Greek yoghurt a bit too rich to eat much of.

Don't others teach how terrible it is to heat olive oil and instead recommend only use it cold, uncooked?

But anyway I was grown up in the province now I lived in England I have Apple & ginger tea for breakfast big Oats with Banana I pour boiling hot water on it. and that’s my day start , and I don’t eat pork no pork product . I eat boiled egg for 5 minutes if is large size if is medium 4 minutes and I put Himalayan salt mmm Delicious.

Great tutorial!!! Many thanks.

I'm on my second month of alternate day fasting and the weight keeps coming off. I feel so much better, and I can actually eat decent food and feel full instead of trying to eat limited calories at every meal. Or even worse eating a strict diet and completely eliminating carbs or fats.

They say to eat more during day and light dinner at night

Your mind blowing. I'm devouring your new videos. Your old ones I have no doubt helped save my life. Thank you!

Dear Dr. Li Can you please make a video to share your expertise and knowledge on lectins as in the nightshades and legumes and fructose as in fruits . There is nothing left to eat without the correct guidance. I can’t even eat bananas anymore! Thank you so much .

Dr Li thank you for this excellent video. I take rolled oats with dates, a banana, Hemp powder, and psyllium husk with unsweetened almond milk everyday for breakfast.

Hi dr. Thank you very much for all the good information about good food