I am a particular fan of integrative exercise – that is, exercise that occurs in the course of doing some productive activity such as gardening, bicycling to work, doing home improvement projects and so on. Andrew Weil Read Quote
Conscious breath control is a useful tool for achieving a relaxed, clear state of mind. Andrew Weil Read Quote
It does kids no favors, and sets them up for a potential lifetime of poor health and social embarrassment, to excuse them from family meals of real food. Everyone benefits from healthy eating, but it is particularly crucial at the beginning of life. Andrew Weil Read Quote
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. Andrew Weil Read Quote
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. Andrew Weil Read Quote
The more people have, the less content they seem to be. In America, the cultural expectation that we’re to be happy all the time and our children are to be happy all the time is toxic, and I think that really gets in the way of emotional well-being. Andrew Weil Read Quote
I am not against all forms of high-tech medicine. Drugs and surgeries have a secure place in the treatment of serious health conditions. But modern American medicine treats almost every health condition as if it were an emergency. Andrew Weil Read Quote
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. Andrew Weil Read Quote
One of the most obvious ways dogs can improve our physical and mental health is via daily walks. Andrew Weil Read Quote
