Product Description

On DR. ANDREW WEIL'S GUIDE TO OPTIMUM HEALTH, one of America's most trusted physicians and a respected voice for integrative medicine invites you to attend his first comprehensive one-on-one audio learning course. Join Dr. Weil to learn the same reliable, practical advice on natural healing that you would by attending a seminar with Dr. Weil -- at your own pace and in the comfort of your home. In 12 engaging and information-packed sessions, Dr. Weil shows you how to make positive lifestyle changes in the way you eat, exercise, relax, approach aging, and protect yourself against chronic disease. You'll also learn how to use specific vitamins, herbs, supplements, and alternative healing therapies to treat and prevent many common illnesses. With DR. ANDREW WEIL'S GUIDE TO OPTIMUM HEALTH, here are the skills and encouragement you need to start achieving optimum health today.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #475290 in Books
• Published on: 2002-04
• Formats: Audiobook, Illustrated, Unabridged
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 8
• Binding: Audio CD

From the Publisher
This is original material, not available in print.

About the Author
Andrew Weil, M.D., is a clinical professor of internal medicine and director of the Program in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona's Health Sciences Center in Tucson. He received an AB degree in biology (botany) from Harvard and his MD from Harvard Medical School. Dr. Weil is an internationally recognized expert on medicinal herbs, mind-body interactions, and integrative medicine. He is the author of nine books, including such bestsellers as SPONTANEOUS HEALING, EIGHT WEEKS TO OPTIMUM HEALTH, and EATING WELL FOR OPTIMUM HEALTH. In addition, he has a monthly consumer health newsletter, SELF HEALING.

Customer Reviews

EXTENSIVE overview of sound natural living options
I have the Audio CD's of this program, and I am on my second listen, learning even more than I learned the first time. This packed FULL of info. What I like most about it is Dr. Weil's attitude in presenting all the info. He is not passionately critical of the medical profession to the point where you feel turned off to his advice (like a certain Kevin Trudeau that I've heard). He gives quite a detailed explanation of all aspects of healthy living from the foods you eat, shopping at healthfood stores, options for relaxation techniques, various different types of healing alternatives and which ones seem to work for different ailments.

He treats the listener like an intelligent person who knows their body better than anyone else, and gives you several sound options for healing yourself and/or just living healthy. I am thoroughly enjoying this.

Returning to Your Center
"Your mind can elicit a healing response when even conventional medicine has proven ineffective." ~Dr. Andrew Weil

For months I've been listening to this CD set, trying to integrate the principles of Dr. Weil's teachings into my life. By increasing whole grains (I now eat a mixture of pumpkin seeds, roasted corn and roasted soy), discovering new natural remedies and exploring the ideas of how the body is always seeking to regain balance, I have learned a great deal about integrative medicine. Instead of just trying to solve problems as they occur, Dr. Weil seeks to encourage a preventative lifestyle that includes healthy choices and healing herbs.

Can we interact with allergens without having allergies?
Does our body truly want to be healthy and what are the obstacles to healing?
Should you avoid fructose?
Is eating pasta better than bread?
What is disconnection syndrome?
How can you become more self-reliant in regards to your health?
Which is more healthy - olive oil or chocolate?
How does your skin react to emotions?

By reigning in the forces of nature, there is a huge potential for healing. Cooking can become a healing meditation, buying yourself flowers promotes healing and remembering to spend time in nature can encourage positive emotional states.

Dr. Weil is very intuitive and is not held down by any single system of belief. He fully explores all possibilities and takes remedies from a wide variety of alternative medicine traditions.

I've learned so much by listening to these CDs. Simple ideas like adding blueberries to pancakes or eating more fiber with meals can increase your health.

In a world of confusing health advice, fad diets and doctors who seem opposed to using natural remedies, Dr. Weil bring clarity to the topic of integrative medicine. I am only left contemplating why most doctors would so freely give me medications with horrendous lists of side effects and fear beautiful plants, herbal remedies and comforting solutions to life's ever changing complexity.

Dr. Weil makes complete sense! I hope doctors everywhere will start reading his work and listening to his CD sets. Also look for Dr. Andrew Weil's Mindbody Tool Kit with breath work, meditation, guided imagery and sound therapy.

There is so much to learn about health and Dr. Andrew Weil is truly an enlightened teacher who can give you many of the keys to your own healing process. Fascinating stories about spontaneous healing are also included in this CD set.

~The Rebecca Review

This guy will change medicine
Originally I thought this guy looked crazy and was too Spiritual and weird for me to learn from.

Then I listened and found out he is a medical genius and probably will revolutionize medicine in the next 100 years. His methods for being healthy are the best out there right now. This program covers everything and should be given to everyone who is alive.

I am 24 and super healthy and people ask me why I do all this health stuff? I am not sick but it interests me.

It blows my mind that people don't care to learn about their health. IF YOU HAVE A BODY AND LIVE, THEN YOU SHOULD BE CONCERNED WITH THE BEST METHODS OF TAKING CARE OF IT.

I've read a lot of health books and learned a lot of stuff on nutrition and the body, this is by far the best MEDICAL approach to health that covers all areas.

This guy is a genius.