In his book, Eat to Beat Disease, Dr. William Li acknowledges that “only one in five medical schools in the United States requires medical students to take a nutrition course.” While it’s always good to seek help from medical professionals, why not give our bodies the best fighting chance it’s got?

Dr. Li goes into the scientific reasons why and how we can have a proactive role in supporting the following mind-boggling systems that are designed with such complex and miraculous elegance. It’s a great education that goes into the how and why, in layman’s terms.

This workshop, offered online in 2025, simplified the science behind our natural healing defences and provided a space to converse on how we can make sustainable adjustments to keep ourselves and our loved ones healthy. Participants were able to share their successes and experiences while supporting each other to proactively manage their health and make small, but effective sustainable adjustments.

This course was divided up into a per-chapter review of our body’s five known natural defence systems:

Angiogenesis

The formation of blood cells.

Regeneration

Repairing and rebuilding through the stem cells.

Microbiome

It’s all about gut health here!

DNA Protection

This is not just your code for your body’s assembly, but also is an integral part of our defence system.

Immunity

Our immune system is extremely complex, and works in conjunction with the other systems in our body, especially our microbiome.

Knowing how these systems work and giving them what they need to function properly through diet, gut health, and other factors can be very empowering! We discussed the many foods that can give these systems what they need to perform at their best. Many diet changes provide a blacklist of what not to eat, but Dr. Li describes all the scientifically proven foods that have a direct positive effect on these systems.

While this workshop is not currently available, the book is absolutely worth a read! Find this book on Amazon here.