8 Weeks to Optimum Health

Abridged
Author: Andrew Weil, M.D.
Narrator: Andrew Weil, M.D.
Genres: Health & Fitness, Health, Body & Mind
Publisher: Del Rey Books
Date: December 2004
Length: 3 hours
Ratings:
  • Book Rating: 3.5/5
Formats:
  • CD

Overview

In his new book, Dr. Weil explains how the mechanisms and processes of the body's healing system work. He delineates the ways in which an individual can optimize the functioning of his or her own system, and he explains the effects of the eight-week program, conceived to harness and support the internal healing system of our bodies.

Incorporating alternative medicines and treatments, he gives specific and detailed information on diet, exercise, stress reduction, breathing techniques, vitamins, supplements, herbs, and all the other components in the eight-week program. He customizes programs for special groups of people: pregnant women, overweight people, recovering alcoholics and drug abusers, those dealing with or overcoming heart problems, former cancer sufferers, people over 65, and a dozen other categories.

Building on the breakthrough thinking of Spontaneous Healing and drawing on the experiences of patients who have adopted his program, Dr. Weil's Eight Weeks to Optimum Health provides an invaluable means to maintain health and lessen the need for medical intervention.

Reviews (1)

Impractical

Written by Anonymous from Pensacola, FL on July 28th, 2005

  • Book Rating: 3/5

I found the book to be very informative. It's clear that the author knows what he's talking about. But to get optimum health is an illusion. What his standard of optimum health may be different from any other doctor. Anyway if you can afford the healthest food on a daily basis then by all means, go for it.

Author Details

Author Details

Weil, M.D., Andrew

Andrew Weil, M.D. is the author of ten previous books, including Spontaneous Healing, Eight Weeks to Optimum Health, Eating Well for Optimum Health, and, with Rosie Daley, The Healthy Kitchen. A graduate of Harvard Medical School, he is clinical professor of medicine and director of the Program in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona. He writes Self Healing, a monthly newsletter, and maintains the Web site DrWeil.com. More of his work on aging can be found at www.healthyaging.com. He lives in Arizona.