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
running brain different
Just the attempt to learn a [new] language is like running different software through the brain.
running effort rewards
If the only way you could read an email was to run a mile first, the urge would quickly die. Human beings constantly do subconscious effort/reward calculations. Tapping a screen is the easiest of physical tasks.
running thinking challenges
Fitting a walk into a busy life can be challenging, so I suggest walking rather driving to work or to run errands as often as you can - in other words, think of walking as alternative transportation.
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.