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
blood ideas balance
The underlying idea is that you can prevent disease by balancing your body's pH... None of these claims are true. Furthermore, your body needs absolutely no help in adjusting its pH. Normally, the pH of blood and most body fluids is near seven, which is close to neutral. This is under very tight biological control because all of the chemical reactions that maintain life depend on it. Unless you have serious respiratory or kidney problems, body pH will remain in balance no matter what you eat or drink.
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.
psychologist harvard skinner
As an undergraduate at Harvard in the 1960s, I was fascinated by my visits to psychologist B.F. Skinner's laboratory.
views benefits planets
In my view, the best gift is one that benefits both the receiver and the planet.
medicine disease diagnosis
I'm not against high-tech medicine. It has a secure place in the diagnosis and treatment of serious disease.
support care health-care
I fully support a national health care program for the U.S.
decision humans survived
Human beings have survived for millennia because most of us make good decisions about our health most of the time.
joy feelings spontaneous
Genuine happiness comes from within, and often it comes in spontaneous feelings of joy.
people benefits massage
Massage therapy has been shown to relieve depression, especially in people who have chronic fatigue syndrome; other studies also suggest benefit for other populations.
healing treatment
Treatment originates outside you; healing comes from within.
dark giving drug
...Whole plants differ in their effects from refined drugs (:)...Plants are dilute preparations (of) the active principles...Plants usually go into the body through the mouth and stomach, whereas purified chemicals can be put...by snorting or injecting...directly into...bloodstreams without giving...bodies a chance to process them. Other compounds in drug plants...may modify the active principles, making them safer...
giving stronger antibiotics
If at the first sign of infection, you always jump in with antibiotics, you do not give the immune system a chance to grow stronger.
essence balance
The essence of health is inner balance.
fighting essential-oils may
I expect that essential oils may some day prove a vital weapon in the fight against strains of antibiotic-resi stant bacteria.