Dr Andrew Weil

The Healing Power Of Dogs

Dr. Andrew Weil | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Companion Animals, Healthy Living, Pets, Dogs, Dr. Andrew Weil, Personal Health, Health Benefits Pets, Healthy People Healthy Pets, Pet Health, Health Benefits Companion Animals, Health Benefits Pet, Benefits of Pets, Healthy Living News
Dr. Andrew Weil

In 1982, a longtime friend gave me a Rhodesian Ridgeback puppy as a birthday present. I told her, gently, that it was utterly inappropriate; my life was far too unsettled. She thrust the puppy in my arms, looked me in the eye, and said, "This will help to settle you."

Read Post

5 Steps For Better Foot Health

Huff/Post50 | By Kristen Stenerson | Posted 05.23.2012

Read More: Foot Health, Aging, Dr. Phil Vaysli, Dr. Andrew Weil, Health, Foot Care, Health Post50, Dr. Weil Foot Health, Fifty News

Dr. Andrew Weil, M.D., guru of integrative medicine, was in New York City at the Bryant Park Hotel last week with Australian podiatrist, Phillip Vasyl...

Read Whole Story

Homelessness Myth #21: They're All Happy-Go-Lucky

Christine Schanes | Posted 01.17.2012

Read More: Christine Schanes, Depression, Spontaneous Happiness, Homelessness, Dr. Andrew Weil, Homeless People, Myths, Self-Help Books, Impact News
Christine Schanes

Some housed people believe that homeless people don't have a care in the world. They think that because many homeless people don't appear to work, th...

Read Post

Are You An Adult Picky Eater?

Dr. Andrew Weil | Posted 10.17.2011

Read More: Integrative Medicine, Healthy Living, Healthy Eating Habits, Nutrition, Dr. Andrew Weil, Healthy Living News
Dr. Andrew Weil

Everyone prefers some foods over others, but some adults take this tendency to an extreme. These people tend to prefer the kinds of bland food they may have enjoyed as children.

Read Post

A New Paradigm? Now Serving: A Nice Dose of Healthy and a Healthy Dose of Nice

Neil Zevnik | Posted 07.19.2011

Read More: Healthy Eating, Slow Food, Santa Monica, LA Restaurants, Organic Food, Healthy Food, La Healthy Restaurants, Dr. Andrew Weil, La Organic Food, True Food Kitchen, Los Angeles News
Neil Zevnik

This is the new face of chain restaurants: individual concepts, adapted to specific locales and audiences, with none of the anonymous mediocrity that made "chain" a dirty word in epicurean circles.

Read Post

Is Your Peanut Butter Carcinogenic?

Slashfood | Posted 06.27.2011

Read More: Carcinogens, Aflatoxins, Peanut Butter, Carcinogenic Peanut Butter, Dr. Andrew Weil, Natural Peanut Butter, Food News

Though there's no immediate need to turn your PB&J's into jelly-only sandwiches, there is a chance that peanut butter may contain the carcinogen aflat...

Read Whole Story

Finding Medicine In Your Kitchen Cupboard

Dr. Susan Albers | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dr. Oz, 50 Ways to Soothe Yourself Without Food, Susan Albers, Arizona-Center-for-Integrative-Medicine, Dr. Andrew Weil, Stress Eating, Dieting, Emotional Eating, Weight Loss, Medicine, Dr. Oz T.V. Show, Walnuts, California Walnuts, Nutrition, Home News
Dr. Susan Albers

Sometimes, with my own clients, I prescribe a similar strategy for dealing with stress eating. There isn't a pill or a medication. Instead, there are certain foods that can help reduce emotional eating. Yes. It's ironic that food can prevent overeating.

Read Post

How To Relieve Indigestion--Naturally

Dr. Andrew Weil | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dr. Andrew Weil, Indigestion, Natural Remedies for Indigestion, Indigestion Remedies, Personal Health, Indigestion Symptoms, Home News
Dr. Andrew Weil

Too many Americans are taking a dubious shortcut to digestive health. So let's explore some natural, gentle means to keep the digestive tract on track.

Read Post

A Visit to My Kitchen: Dr. Andrew Weil

Maria Rodale | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Organic Farming, Organic Gardening, Organic Food, Dr. Andrew Weil, Andrew Weil, Home News
Maria Rodale

Dr. Weil is in my kitchen today, talking about all reasons why he's organic, his simple-yet-can't-live-without kitchen staple, and the current news is...

Read Post

Why Plants Are (Usually) Better Than Drugs

Dr. Andrew Weil | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dr. Andrew Weil, Natural Alternative Medicine, Natural Holistic Medicine, Natural Herbal Medicine, Health, Natural Medicine, Natural Healing Medicine, Althernative Medicine, Nature Medicine, Home News
Dr. Andrew Weil

For four decades, I've been skeptical of a prevailing belief in Western medicine: that when a plant shows bioactivity in humans, we must attribute that effect to a single, predominant compound in the plant.

Read Post

Dr. Andrew Weil Gets the Spa Treatment

Caroline Walker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Spirit Flight, Integrative Wellness, Integrative Medicine, Jim Nicolai, Miraval, Nutrition, Dr. Andrew Weil, Home News
Caroline Walker

Let's face it: Nutrition isn't mainstream in medicine. According to a study out off the Department of Nutrition at the University of North Carolina, ...

Read Post

'Corn Sugar' Has Become A Sticky PR Mess

Dr. Andrew Weil | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Corn Sugar, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Dr Weil, Dr. Andrew Weil, Health, Healthy Living News
Dr. Andrew Weil

Recently, Tara Parker-Pope interviewed several food-quality activists about a petition to change the name of high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) to "corn sugar." She asked: What new name would you suggest?

Read Post

A Life With Tea

Dr. Andrew Weil | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Green Tea, Dr. Andrew Weil, Benefits of Tea, Healthy Tea, Tea Benefits, Health, Drinking Tea, Tea, Green Tea for Health, Healthy Living News
Dr. Andrew Weil

Today, thousands of scientific studies confirm what the ancient Chinese knew through simple observation: green tea is perhaps the most healthful beverage human beings can consume.

Read Post

Pesticides In Food: What To Eat And What To Avoid (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | Travis Walter Donovan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Local Produce, Pesticides, Fruit, Organic Food, Dr. Andrew Weil, Andrew Weil, Vegetables, Green, Food, Green Living, Organic, Slidepollajax, Food Politics, Green News

With the latest news that ADHD in children is linked to common pesticides used on fruits and vegetables, it is more important than ever to be aware of...

Read Whole Story

Easing Sneezing, Naturally

Dr. Andrew Weil | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Dr. Andrew Weil, Allergies, Allergy Symptoms, Seasonal Allergies, Allergies Pollen, Allergy Remedies, Allergic Reaction, Healthy Living News
Dr. Andrew Weil

Wherever you happen to be sneezing, wheezing, honking, tearing up or otherwise suffering, here's some information on both conventional and natural ways to help alleviate allergic rhinitis.

Read Post

Doctor in Your Pocket and On Your Screen

Lee Schneider | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: DPS Health, Neal Kaufman, Diagnosis, Dr. Andrew Weil, Health, Ucla, Webmd, Microskia, Smart Phone, Cell Phone Apps, Technology, Healthy Living News
Lee Schneider

Epidemiologists in remote places could use their phones to monitor the spread of disease and alert public health authorities to direct resources where they're needed.

Read Post

New Recommendation: Why You Need More Vitamin D

Dr. Andrew Weil | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Vitamin D, Integrative Medicine, Vitamin D Deficiency, Supplements, Dr. Andrew Weil, Health, Healthy Living News
Dr. Andrew Weil

Since 2005, when I raised it from 400 to 1,000 IU, clinical evidence has been accumulating to suggest that a higher dose is more appropriate to help maintain optimum health.

Read Post

TEDMED 2009: The Future Of Mind-Body Medicine

Alana B. Elias Kornfeld | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Ted Med, Ted Med 2009, Dr. Andrew Weil, Dr. Dean Ornish, Urban Zen, Donna Karan, Deepak Chopra, Tedmed 2009, Wellness, Tedmed, Healthy Living News
Alana B. Elias Kornfeld

Our genes and nervous system are not fixed and can change, Deepak Chopra said. He added his own twist that psychological information is transformed into biological information.

Read Post

Healthcare: A Christmas Present of Epic Proportions

Philip Lee Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Marcia Angell, Jeffrey S. Flier, Howard Dean, Glenn Beck, Robert Reich, Health Insurance, Health Care, Dr. Andrew Weil, David Axelrod, Politics News
Philip Lee Miller

Here is your Christmas present -- a big lump of coal. You are ill and need help. You want the best. Whose wise counsel and help do you seek? You want someone who is sympathetic, skilled and competent.

Read Post

The Moral Ferocity of Eating Animals

Dr. Andrew Weil | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Veganism, Farming, Animal Cruelty, Vegetarian, Factory Farming, Why Our Health Matters, Books, Dr. Andrew Weil, Agriculture, Vegan, Factory Farms, Eating Animals Jonathan Safran Foer, Omnivore's Dilemma, New Books, Vegetarianism, Michael Pollan, Books News, Farms, Food Politics, Eating Animals, Food, Jonathan Safran Foer, Books News
Dr. Andrew Weil

If you eat meat from factories you have not absorbed the reality of factory farms. If you truly understood what happens inside these windowless animal jails and abattoirs, you simply would not eat this meat.

Read Post

Med, Nursing Schools Teaching Alternative Remedies

AP | MARILYNN MARCHIONE | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Homeopathic Remedies, Yoga, Dr. Mehmet Oz, Acupuncture, Dr. Andrew Weil, Herbal Remedies, Natural Remedies, Meditation, Herbs, Health Care, Alternative Medicine, Healthy Living News

EDITOR'S NOTE: Ten years and $2.5 billion in research have found no cures from alternative medicine. Yet these mostly unproven treatments are now main...

Read Whole Story

Cell Phones and Cancer: How To Stay Safe

Dr. Andrew Weil | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Cell Phones and Cancer, Cell Phone Safety, Cell Phones, Integrative Medicine, Andrew Weil, Dr. Andrew Weil, Healthy Living News
Dr. Andrew Weil

Since cell phones show no signs of going away, it's vital to focus closely on the most recently published studies, the ones that show the effects of longer-term exposure.

Read Post

Are You Depressed, Or Just Human?

Dr. Andrew Weil | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Direct to Consumer Advertising, Health Reform, Dr. Andrew Weil, Health Care, Depression Treatment, Health Care Reform, Integrative Medicine, Andrew Weil, Depression, Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine, The Inner Life, Healthy Living News
Dr. Andrew Weil

Occasional, situational sadness is not pathology -- it is part and parcel of the human condition. Beware of those who attempt to make money by convincing you otherwise.

Read Post

Political Health Endgame: You Deserve Better Solutions

Philip Lee Miller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: James Canton, Marcia Angell, Longevity, Dr. Andrew Weil, Ken Dychtwald, Health Care Reform, Antiaging-Medicine, Medicare Prescription Drug Reform, Anuerin Bevin, Nhs, Big Pharma, Health Insurance, Ray Kurzweil, Politics News
Philip Lee Miller

Our current medical model is based on disease and organ pathology. A disease management system. No overt disease and your doctor will dismiss you. It will not be covered by your insurance.

Read Post

President Obama: Get Angry About Health Care Reform

Dr. Andrew Weil | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Health Care Bill, Health Bill, President Obama, Health Reform, Dr. Andrew Weil, Health Care, Public Option, Integrative Medicine, Health Action, Single Payer, Obama Health Care, Andrew Weil, Baucus Bill, Healthy Living News
Dr. Andrew Weil

Is the Baucus plan, the one that manages the improbable feat of making the developed world's most expensive, least effective health care system even worse, indeed the only one with a prayer of passage?

Read Post