8 Weeks to Optimum Health A Proven Program for Taking Full Advantage of Your Body's Natural Healing Power

Name: 8 Weeks to Optimum Health A Proven Program for Taking Full Advantage of Your Body's Natural Healing Power
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ISBN: 9780345498021

ISBN-10: 034549802X

ISBN-13: 9780345498021

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Authors: Andrew Weil

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Now expanded and updated-the #1 "New York Times" bestselling book in which one of America's most brilliant doctors shares his famous program for improving and protecting your health "Eight Weeks to Optimum Health" lays out Dr. Andrew Weil's famous week-by-week, step-by-step plan that will keep your body's natural healing system in peak working order. It covers diet, exercise, lifestyle, stress, and environment-all aspects of daily living that affect health and well-being. This revised edition includes the most up-to-date findings on such vital subjects as cholesterol, antioxidants, trans fats, toxic residues in the food supply, soy products, and vitamins and supplements, together with a…

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List price: $17.00
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Publication date: 8/28/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.682
Language: English

Dr. Andrew Weil, Dr. Andrew Weil graduated from Harvard University. He has taught at the University of Arizona in Tucson, specializing in alternative medicine, medical botany and mind/body interactions. He is the founder of the Program in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona Health Services. Dr. Weil is the author of several books which includes the titles "The Natural Mind" (1972), "From Chocolate to Morphine" (with Winifred Rosen, 1983), "Natural Health, Natural Medicine" (1990), "Spontaneous Healing" (1995), and "Eating Well for Optimum Health: The Essential Guide to Food, Diet, and Nutrition" (2000).




The Capacity to Change



People Can Change



An Overview of Health and Healing


A Healing Story: Defying a Prognosis



The Whole Picture


A Healing Story: The Spiritual Roots of Health


A Healing Story: Better Breathing



Why Eight Weeks?



The eight-week program



Week One


A Healing Story: The Value of Supplements



Week Two


A Healing Story: Seeing Better with Carrots



Week Three


A Healing Story: Effects of Breathing Exercises



Week Four


A Healing Story: Giving the Liver a Chance



Week Five


A Healing Story: The Power of Ginger



Week Six


A Healing Story: A Testimonial to Ashwagandha (and Ayurveda)



Week Seven


A Healing Story: The Power of Intimacy



Week Eight


A Healing Story: A Couple Follows the Program


A Healing Story: Mind over Back Pain


A Healing Story: Report from Michigan


A Healing Story: K.G.'s Adventure



Week Nine and Beyond


A Healing Story: Selected Elements of the Program


A Healing Story: Report from a Barber


A Healing Story: A Patient with Multiple Sclerosis


A Healing Story: Peripheral Neuropathy



The Customized Plans



For Those Over Age Fifty



For Those Over Age Seventy



For Those Under Age Twenty



For Men



For Women



For Pregnant Women (and Those Considering Pregnancy)



For Parents of Young Children



For Those Living in Big Cities



For Those Who Travel Frequently



For Those Who Are Overweight



For Those at Risk for Cardiovascular Disease



For Those at Risk for Cancer


Acknowledgments



Finding Information and Supplies


Notes


Index