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Sir William Lee, if someone has just clicked on this conversation and they're asking themselves, they're wondering what they're going to get out of spending this time with us for the next couple of hours, what would you say directly to them that they will learn, gain, and how will their life improve?
Sir William Lee, if someone has just clicked on this conversation and they're asking themselves, they're wondering what they're going to get out of spending this time with us for the next couple of hours, what would you say directly to them that they will learn, gain, and how will their life improve?
And what are the key diseases that people are and should be most concerned about today based on their correlation to the food that we eat?
And what are the key diseases that people are and should be most concerned about today based on their correlation to the food that we eat?
And where do you think we are as a society, especially as Westerners, as it relates to our relationship with health and food? Because when I look at some of the stats around life expectancy, there's been a bit of a stagnation in, I think it was 2020-ish time.
And where do you think we are as a society, especially as Westerners, as it relates to our relationship with health and food? Because when I look at some of the stats around life expectancy, there's been a bit of a stagnation in, I think it was 2020-ish time.
But then also when you look at a lot of these chronic diseases, whether it's diabetes, whether it's cancer, these things seem to be on the rise. So... As a nation, it feels like we've got more information than ever before. But when you look at the objective numbers, for some reason, we're not going in the right direction. What's your 30,000 foot view on it?
But then also when you look at a lot of these chronic diseases, whether it's diabetes, whether it's cancer, these things seem to be on the rise. So... As a nation, it feels like we've got more information than ever before. But when you look at the objective numbers, for some reason, we're not going in the right direction. What's your 30,000 foot view on it?
When I think about something like cancer, it's slightly terrifying because it feels like a game of roulette. It feels like the people that get cancer, it's completely random, and that our outcomes are also a game of roulette. And this is as someone that knows very little about cancer.
When I think about something like cancer, it's slightly terrifying because it feels like a game of roulette. It feels like the people that get cancer, it's completely random, and that our outcomes are also a game of roulette. And this is as someone that knows very little about cancer.
I hear someone that I thought was very, very healthy get cancer, and then their outcomes, whether they beat it or not, also seem to be largely down to chance sometimes. That's how it seems. What do you think of that view?
I hear someone that I thought was very, very healthy get cancer, and then their outcomes, whether they beat it or not, also seem to be largely down to chance sometimes. That's how it seems. What do you think of that view?
Randomly. Well, there's so many cells in my body, so it's going to be a big number, a million.
Randomly. Well, there's so many cells in my body, so it's going to be a big number, a million.
Wow.
Wow.
I'm assuming the opposite also applies. I could eat foods, I can drink things that cause my body to malfunction, i.e. makes the blood vessels unregulated and starts to feed the cancer, right?
I'm assuming the opposite also applies. I could eat foods, I can drink things that cause my body to malfunction, i.e. makes the blood vessels unregulated and starts to feed the cancer, right?
So what are those things then that bring the shield down? It's down, you were saying.
So what are those things then that bring the shield down? It's down, you were saying.