How Having Variety In Your Diet Creates Health

<p>This episode is brought to you by <a href="https://rupahealth.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rupa Health</a>, <a href="https://athleticgreens.com/hyman" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Athletic Greens</a>, and <a href="https://insidetracker.com/drhyman" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">InsideTracker</a>.</p><br><p>It can be easy to fall into a food rut, eating the same things week in and week out. Consuming a variety of foods not only adds more excitement to your meals, but it’s also essential for expanding the nutritional diversity of your diet. There are thousands of phytochemicals, also called phytonutrients, found in whole foods like vegetables, fruits, nuts, grains, spices, and tea, among many other things. These natural compounds create a variety of colors in our plant foods and signal various benefits.</p><br><p>In today’s episode, I talk with Dr. William Li, Dr. Jeffrey Bland, and Dhru Purohit about why having diversity in your diet and eating a range of colorful produce is the ideal way to promote optimal health.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Dr. Li is a world-renowned physician, scientist, speaker, and author of <em>Eat to Beat Disease—The New Science of How Your Body Can Heal Itself</em>. He is best known for leading the Angiogenesis Foundation. His groundbreaking work has impacted more than 70 diseases, including cancer, diabetes, blindness, heart disease, and obesity.&nbsp;</p><br><p>Dr. Jeff Bland is the founder of Big Bold Health, a company on a mission to transform the way people think about one of nature’s greatest innovations—the immune system. A nutritional biochemist by training, Jeff began in academia as a university professor. Jeff then spent three decades working alongside other pioneers in the natural products industry. In 1991, he and his wife, Susan, founded the Institute for Functional Medicine. In 2012, Jeff founded another educational nonprofit called the Personalized Lifestyle Medicine Institute.</p><br><p>Dhru Purohit is a podcast host, serial entrepreneur, a