Andrew Weil
Andrew Weil
Andrew Weil—broadly referred by this name preceded by "Dr.", or simply as Dr. Weil—is an American physician, author, spokesperson, and broadly described "guru" for holistic health and integrative medicine, whose names also constitute an emerging brand of healthcare services and products in these fields...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTeacher
Date of Birth8 June 1942
CityPhiladelphia, PA
CountryUnited States of America
roots people age
Following an anti-inflammato ry diet can help counteract the chronic inflammation that is a root cause of many serious diseases, including those that become more frequent as people age. It is a way of selecting and preparing foods based on science that can help people achieve and maintain optimum health over their lifetime.
dog way mental-health
One of the most obvious ways dogs can improve our physical and mental health is via daily walks.
healing mind treatment
Please keep in mind the distinction between healing and treatment: treatment originates from outside, whereas healing comes from within.
body way toxic
The best way to detoxify is to stop putting toxic things into the body and depend upon it's own mechanisms.
feet earth connections
Our feet are our body's connection to the earth.
energy-medicine mind movement
At the very center of our being is rhythmic movement, a cyclic expansion and contraction that is both in our body and outside it, that is both in our mind and in our body, that is both in our consciousness and not in it.
real exercise blood
The most common objection that I hear to walking as exercise is that it's too easy, that only sweaty, strenuous activity offers real benefits. But there is abundant evidence that regular, brisk walking is associated with better health, including lower blood pressure, better moods and improved cholesterol ratios.
yoga exercise benefits
Many exercise forms - aerobic, yoga, weights, walking and more - have been shown to benefit mood.
diagnosis physicians patient
More than one skillful physician has said that if one asks the right questions, the patient will make the diagnosis for you in his or her own words.
greed force humans
Fear and greed are potent motivators. When both of these forces push in the same direction, virtually no human being can resist.
world alternatives problem
Alternative models are neither right nor wrong, just more or less useful in allowing us to operate in the world and discover more and better options for solving problems.
technology thinking two
I think integrative medicine, something I've pioneered, is the way of the future. Its great promise is that it can reduce healthcare costs by shifting the whole focus of healthcare away from disease management to health promotion and prevention. They can do that two ways: first, by focusing attention on lifestyle medicine, which is very deficient. And second, by bringing into the mainstream treatments that are lower cost because they are not dependent on expensive technology.
spiritual long discipline
Meditation while walking has a long, noble history in ancient spiritual disciplines.
uplifting inspire consciousness
We're all affected by music. It has the power to inspire, uplift us, change our moods, and even alter consciousness.