“Fear and greed are potent motivators. When both of these forces push in the same direction, virtually no human being can resist.”
Fear
“One of the most obvious ways dogs can improve our physical and mental health is via daily walks.”
HealthAll Quotes by Andrew Weil
“I fully support a national health care program for the U.S.”
Health“Human beings have survived for millennia because most of us make good decisions about our health most of the time.”
Health“Citizens must pressure the American Hospital Association, the American Public Health Association, the Centers for Disease Control and other relevant governmental agencies to make greening our hospitals and medical centers a top priority so that they themselves don't create even more illness.”
Health“The World Health Organization has recognized acupuncture as effective in treating mild to moderate depression.”
Health“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.”
Food“Gardening is not trivial. If you believe that it is, closely examine why you feel that way. You may discover that this attitude has been forced upon you by mass media and the crass culture it creates and maintains. The fact is, gardening is just the opposite - it is, or should be, a central, basic expression of human life.”
Attitude“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.”
Health“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 - such as plain or buttered pasta, macaroni and cheese, cheese pizza, French fries and grilled cheese sandwiches - and to restrict their eating to just a few dishes.”
Food“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.”
Health“If we can make the correct diagnosis, the healing can begin. If we can't, both our personal health and our economy are doomed.”
Health“One of the most obvious ways dogs can improve our physical and mental health is via daily walks.”
Health“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.”
Learning“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.”
Gardening“My passion for gardening may strike some as selfish, or merely an act of resignation in the face of overwhelming problems that beset the world. It is neither. I have found that each garden is just what Voltaire proposed in Candide: a microcosm of a just and beautiful society.”
Gardening“Meditation while walking has a long, noble history in ancient spiritual disciplines.”
History“Get people back into the kitchen and combat the trend toward processed food and fast food.”
Food“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.”
Food“We need to accept the seemingly obvious fact that a toxic environment can make people sick and that no amount of medical intervention can protect us. The health care community must become a powerful political lobby for environmental policy and legislation.”
Environmental“Genuine happiness comes from within, and often it comes in spontaneous feelings of joy.”
Happiness