Steven Bartlett with Dr William Li
Microscopic tumors need blood vessels to grow. Compounds in green tea may help interrupt that supply.
Microscopic cancers form in the body daily, but they cannot grow into deadly tumors unless they hijack your blood vessels through a process called angiogenesis.
Consuming specific dietary elements, such as the lycopene in cooked tomatoes or polyphenols in green tea, can actively cut off the blood supply to cancer cells and starve them.
Li argues that the immune system's response to cancer immunotherapy depends heavily on the gut bacterium Akkermansia mucinophila, which foods like pomegranates and cranberries can help cultivate.