# The Foods That Starve Cancer | William Li : 1481 Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-human-upgrade-biohacking-for-longevity-performance-1031629/the-foods-that-starve-cancer-william-li-1481 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-human-upgrade-biohacking-for-longevity-performance-1031629/the-foods-that-starve-cancer-william-li-1481.md Podcast: [The Human Upgrade: Biohacking for Longevity & Performance](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-human-upgrade-biohacking-for-longevity-performance-1031629) Published: 2026-06-09T08:30:00+00:00 Episode link: https://daveasprey.com/1410-william-li/ Audio file: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/mgln.ai/e/p394/rss.art19.com/episodes/029bead3-e74a-4723-87c4-3637a2b27903.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-human-upgrade-biohacking-for-longevity-performance-1031629/episodes/the-foods-that-starve-cancer-william-li-1481 Duration seconds: 3789 ## Resource Dr. William Li: Eat to Beat Disease, Extend Longevity, and Hack Your Vascular Health  Your body already has a built-in cancer defense system, and the foods you eat can rival prescription drugs at activating it. In this episode, you'll discover what 720,000 living centenarians reveal about longevity, why microplastics are reaching your brain through your nose, and how your blood vessels hold the real key to biological aging.  -Watch this episode on YouTube for the full video experience:  https://www.youtube.com/@DaveAspreyBPR   Host Dave Asprey sits down with Dr. William Li, an internationally renowned physician, scientist, and two-time New York Times bestselling author of "Eat to Beat Disease" and "Eat to Beat Your Diet." As President and Medical Director of the Angiogenesis Foundation, Dr. Li's groundbreaking research has led to the development of more than 40 new medical treatments impacting care for over 70 diseases including diabetes, heart disease, blindness, and obesity. His TED Talk, "Can We Eat to Starve Cancer?", has surpassed 11 million views, making him one of the most trusted voices at the intersection of functional medicine and food as medicine science.    Together they dig into the biology of SuperAgers, the vascular markers that predict how long you'll live, and why flow-mediated dilation may be the most underrated biohacking measurement tool available today. Dave shares what happened after four separate gene therapies, including klotho and VEGF, and Dr. Li explains why your metabolism, mitochondria, and gut microbiome show up in the data on every centenarian ever studied. They also get into the microplastic crisis, the cribriform plate pathway that delivers airborne particles dir… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-human-upgrade-biohacking-for-longevity-performance-1031629/episodes/the-foods-that-starve-cancer-william-li-1481/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-human-upgrade-biohacking-for-longevity-performance-1031629/the-foods-that-starve-cancer-william-li-1481.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.