Andrew Weil Quotes

Get people back into the kitchen and combat the trend toward processed food and fast food.

If I had to limit my advice on healthier living to just one tip, it would be simply to learn how to breathe correctly.

Happiness is a skill. It requires effort and time.

Many exercise forms - aerobic, yoga, weights, walking and more - have been shown to benefit mood.

Practicing regular, mindful breathing can be calming and energizing and can even help with stress-related health problems ranging from panic attacks to digestive disorders.

It is more important to eat some carbohydrates at breakfast, because the brain needs fuel right away, and carbohydrate is the best source.

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.

Please keep in mind the distinction between healing and treatment: treatment originates from outside, whereas healing comes from within.

Healing is making whole, restoring a state of perfection and balance that has been lost.

The World Health Organization has recognized acupuncture as effective in treating mild to moderate depression.

Health is wholeness and balance, an inner resilience that allows you to meet the demands of living without being overwhelmed.

Most disease is lifestyle related and preventable

Studies have shown that people who are physically active sleep better than those who are sedentary. The more energy you expend during the day, the sleepier you will feel at bedtime.

The best way to detoxify is to stop putting toxic things into the body and depend upon it's own mechanisms.

Treatment originates outside you; healing comes from within.

The more easily digestible and refined the carbohydrates, the greater the effect on our health, weight and well-being.

True, nuts are high in fat, but most of them contain monounsaturated fat that is good for the heart. In fact, eaten in moderation, nuts can lower your risk of heart disease and heart attack.

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.

The bottom line is that the human body is complex and subtle, and oversimplifying - as common sense sometimes impels us to do - can be hazardous to your health.

If you have difficulty sleeping or are not getting enough sleep or sleep of good quality, you need to learn the basics of sleep hygiene, make appropriate changes, and possibly consult a sleep expert.

One of the most obvious ways dogs can improve our physical and mental health is via daily walks.

Conscious breath control is a useful tool for achieving a relaxed, clear state of mind.

Our feet are our body's connection to the earth.

I expect that essential oils may some day prove a vital weapon in the fight against strains of antibiotic-resi stant bacteria.

You've got to experiment to figure out what works.

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 treatments in earnest.

The notion that a human being should be constantly happy is a uniquely modern, uniquely American, uniquely destructive idea.

We're all affected by music. It has the power to inspire, uplift us, change our moods, and even alter consciousness.

The world is beset by many problems, but in my opinion, this hijacking of our brain's reward centers by electronic media is potentially one of the most destructive.

As an undergraduate at Harvard in the 1960s, I was fascinated by my visits to psychologist B.F. Skinner's laboratory.

The essence of health is inner balance.

Massage therapy has been shown to relieve depression, especially in people who have chronic fatigue syndrome; other studies also suggest benefit for other populations.

Improper breathing is a common cause of ill health.

Meditation while walking has a long, noble history in ancient spiritual disciplines.

Pay attention to your body. The point is everybody is different. You have to figure out what works for you.

Fear and greed are potent motivators. When both of these forces push in the same direction, virtually no human being can resist.

If we can make the correct diagnosis, the healing can begin. If we can't, both our personal health and our economy are doomed.

Alternative models are neither right nor wrong, just more or less useful in allowing us to operate in the world and discover more and better options for solving problems.

Giving gifts to others is a fundamental activity, as old as humanity itself. Yet in the modern, complex world, the particulars of gift-giving can be extraordinarily challenging.

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.

By keeping my hand in that, it's the way I keep learning. The main way you learn in medicine is by practicing and working with patients.

Dietary fat, whether saturated or not, is not a cause of obesity, heart disease or any other chronic disease of civilization.

Most American diets, even bad ones, provide more than enough calcium for bone health, especially for men.

American businesses are struggling to pay outrageous, exploitive insurance bills for their employees, hampering our ability to compete globally.

Imagine that each time you inhale, that the universe is breathing into you, and as you exhale it is breathing out of you.

There's no single more powerful or simpler daily practice to further your health and well being than breath work.

Clearly, America's dysfunctional food culture must bear some of the blame for our excess pounds, but it's likely our walking-averse lifestyles contribute as well.

I find that low protein diets often contribute to improvement in patients with immune system problems ... In fact, it would be hard to become deficient in protein in our country even if you tried.

I think instead [of happiness] we should be working for contentment... an inner sense of fulfillment that's relatively independent of external circumstances.

Genuine happiness comes from within, and often it comes in spontaneous feelings of joy.