Description
- start an effective exercise program based on walking and stretching
- work with breathing patterns to decrease stress and improve energy
- solve sleeping problems
- eliminate toxins from your diet
- minimize environmental hazards in your daily life Plus-programs tailored to the specific needs of pregnant women, senior citizens, overweight people, and those at risk for cancer. "If there is a heaven, sixtysomething Weil is headed there, but if he practices what he preaches, probably not for some time yet."
- London Times "Dr. Andrew Weil is an extraordinary phenomenon."
-The Washington Post
Author: Andrew Weil
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Published: 08/28/2007
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.72lbs
Size: 9.16h x 6.35w x 0.73d
ISBN13: 9780345498021
ISBN10: 034549802X
BISAC Categories:
- Health & Fitness | Healing
- Health & Fitness | Alternative Therapies
- Health & Fitness | Healthy Living & Personal Hygiene
About the Author
Andrew Weil, M.D., has worked for the National Institute of Mental Health and for fifteen years was a Research Associate in Ethnopharmacology at the Harvard Botanical Museum. He has traveled extensively throughout the world collecting information about the medicinal properties of plants, altered states of consciousness, and healing. He has written for the New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, Nature, The New England Journal of Medicine and other national publications. He is under constant demand to lecture and appear on radio and television. He is currently Associate Director of the Division of Social Perspectives in Medicine, and Director of the Program in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona in Tucson, where he practices natural and preventive medicine. Eight Weeks to Optimum Health is his seventh book.