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
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I fully support a national health care program for the U.S.
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There's a great deal of scientific evidence that social connectedness is a very strong protector of emotional well-being, and I think there's no question that social isolation has greatly increased in our culture in, say, the past 50 years, past 100 years.
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The ways that my dogs can make me - and my visitors - happy constantly amazes me.
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We have known for many years that we need vitamin D to facilitate calcium absorption and promote bone mineralization.
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Anyone who knows me will attest that at any time during the day, you are most likely to find me picking tayberries, 'deadheading' peppermint, or succession-planting shallots. There is almost nothing, really, that I would rather do.
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I have argued for years that we do not have a health care system in America. We have a disease-management system - one that depends on ruinously expensive drugs and surgeries that treat health conditions after they manifest rather than giving our citizens simple diet, lifestyle and therapeutic tools to keep them healthy.
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Learning to focus attention and concentration is very useful; meditation can help you do that.
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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.
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Get people back into the kitchen and combat the trend toward processed food and fast food.
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I do not claim to have attained optimum emotional well-being. Actually, I think that may be a lifetime goal. For me it’s an ongoing process that requires awareness, knowledge, and practice. I do know what good emotional health feels like, and that motivates me to keep at the practice.
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Fear and greed are potent motivators. When both of these forces push in the same direction, virtually no human being can resist.
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Many exercise forms - aerobic, yoga, weights, walking and more - have been shown to benefit mood.
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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.
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Health is wholeness and balance, an inner resilience that allows you to meet the demands of living without being overwhelmed.