You鈥檝e probably heard the phrase, 鈥淵ou are what you eat.鈥� Well, according to 黑料吃瓜资源 (CSHL) Assistant Professor Semir Beyaz, that applies to every part of your bodily system down to its tiniest stem cells and microbes. In fact, as Beyaz tells it, your diet is your future.
At CSHL, Beyaz studies how the food we eat impacts our whole-body health. Specifically, he examines how nutrients and metabolism can affect our risk of developing certain diseases like liver cancer. He also researches how our diets influence our body鈥檚 response to these diseases along with our recovery.
Earlier this year, Beyaz presented some of his latest findings at a meeting of the . In addition to recent eating fads like the keto diet, he discussed the 鈥渢ug of war鈥� that plays out between cancer patients鈥� immune and metabolic systems. He also showed how his lab has essentially become 鈥渁 Michelin 3-star restaurant鈥� for mice!
If you鈥檙e at all interested in health, nutrition, or the relationship between the brain and the body, then this is yet another CSHL video you definitely won鈥檛 want to miss. Press play for expert insights on all the above and more.