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Take a shot of one of these juices: tomato, pink grapefruit, guava, watermelon
Protects your DNA from radiation from sun exposure, X-rays at the dentist, radiation on airplane rides

This book never ceases to amaze me, I feel like my jaw is always dropped! Food is crazy!

2 medium size stones fruits a day is associated with a 66% decreased risk of esophageal cancer and an 18% decreased risk of lung cancer in men

Simply being obese increases the risk of someone dying in the hospital, regardless of the reason for hospitalization, by as much as seven times

Antibodies are like bloodhounds that know how to sniff out and find an evil doer lurking in your body

Like zombie hunters, cytotoxic cells recognize and destroy formerly healthy cells that have been infected and are not threats

Our world is a very dangerous place for DNA

UVA radiation from the sun that penetrates our skin is capable of producing 100000 lesions every hour in our DNA

A cell can self destruct if the DNA in it is too damaged (apoptosis)

-the way we eat can force the extinction of some guy bateria: keeping us from passing it on to the next generation

-Lactobacillus reutori: a bacteria naturally found in our gut, it’s amazing!

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/02/10/op...

-mothers milk for her baby is so important because it feeds the baby’s microbiome

-the more diverse & numerous our bacteria, the healthier we are

-I like that the author encouraged the reader to not focus so much on the scientific terms being explained, rather to see the overall picture/point

I’m amazed by the way the body is designed, God is so intentional. It makes sense that he would leave answers for us to disease & sickness.

Ok I’m starting to understand the overall gist of the book, here’s what I learned:

we all have microscopic cancers growing in our body

our bodies defense system keeps them small by starving their blood supply & nutrients

Angiogenesis: the process our bodies use to grow & maintain blood vessels

excessive angiogenesis can feed diseased tissues

insufficient angiogenesis can lead to tissue loss

I am committing to reading this because it was a birthday gift from my husband…so far I’m afraid it’s too science heavy, but will keep going