VEGF variants (angiogenesis), IL-6, TNF-alpha, and immune signaling variants all interact with the food inputs Li covers. One of the most research-grounded food-as-medicine books available.
Li, president of the Angiogenesis Foundation and a respected researcher in that field, argues the body has five defense systems that specific foods activate — reframing food as medicine around concrete physiological mechanisms rather than generic healthy-eating advice.
Li's mainstream translation of angiogenesis research into a food framework.
These peer-reviewed studies connect to the core ideas in this book. Each result has been scored for reliability.
The most accessible book specifically on MTHFR and the methylation cycle. Covers folate forms, homocysteine, and the B vitamin cofactors your body needs when the MTHFR enzyme runs at reduced efficiency.
Dr. Panda leads one of the world's top labs on time-restricted eating and circadian biology. His research on meal timing and metabolic health maps directly to what peer-reviewed studies have found for MTNR1B GG carriers — making when you eat as important as what you eat.
Covers the research on how specific nutrients — omega-3s, B vitamins, fat-soluble vitamins — affect brain and metabolic function. Directly relevant to FADS1 and BCMO1 variant research on nutrient conversion efficiency.