Dietary fat, whether saturated or not, is not a cause of obesity, heart disease or any other chronic disease of civilization. — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
True, nuts are high in fat, but most of them contain monounsaturated fat that is good for the heart. In fact, eaten… — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
I'm not against high-tech medicine. It has a secure place in the diagnosis and treatment of serious disease. — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
I have argued for years that we do not have a health care system in America. We have a disease-management system -… — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
Imagine a world in which medicine was oriented toward healing rather than disease, where doctors believed in the natural healing capacity of… — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
Millions of Americans today are taking dietary supplements, practicing yoga and integrating other natural therapies into their lives. These are all preventive… — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
Following an anti-inflammato ry diet can help counteract the chronic inflammation that is a root cause of many serious diseases, including those… — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
In my experience, the more people have, the less likely they are to be contented. Indeed, there is abundant evidence that depression… — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
I'm still not comfortable recommending that people eat saturated fat with abandon, but it's clear to me that sugar, flour and oxidized… — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
As any doctor can tell you, the most crucial step toward healing is having the right diagnosis. If the disease is precisely… — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
Citizens must pressure the American Hospital Association, the American Public Health Association, the Centers for Disease Control and other relevant governmental agencies… — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
I think integrative medicine, something I've pioneered, is the way of the future. Its great promise is that it can reduce healthcare… — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
The underlying idea is that you can prevent disease by balancing your body's pH... None of these claims are true. Furthermore, your… — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
Health is wholeness--wholeness in its most profound sense, with nothing left out and everything in just the right order to manifest the… — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
Low levels of vitamin D in the population as a whole suggest that most people need to take a vitamin D supplement. This may… — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
While sleep is clearly vital to emotional well-being, what is it, exactly, about sleep that is so necessary? As it turns out, mood disorders… — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
I believe that it may be normal, healthy, and even productive to experience mild to moderate depression from time to time as part of… — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
Insurance companies, whether private or government owned, must be compelled to pay for health-promoting measures. In turn, this will encourage physicians to offer such… — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
Studies have shown that people who are physically active sleep better than those who are sedentary. The more energy you expend during the day,… — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
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.… — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
In Europe, when tobacco was first introduced, it was immediately banned. In Turkey, if you got caught with tobacco, you had your nose slit.… — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
My personal opinion is that the neutral position on the mood spectrum—what I called emotional sea level—is not happiness but rather contentment and the… — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
Technology has a shadow side. It accounts for real progress in medicine, but has also hurt it in many ways, making it more impersonal,… — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
The notion that a human being should be constantly happy is a uniquely modern, uniquely American, uniquely destructive idea. — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
If I had to limit my advice on healthier living to just one tip, it would be simply to learn how to breathe correctly. — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
