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If we can make the correct diagnosis, the healing can begin. If we can't, both our personal health and our economy are doomed.

~Andrew Weil

Topics: Begin Both Correct Diagnosis Doomed Economy Healing Health Make Our Personal

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Fear and greed are potent motivators. When both of these forces push in the same direction, virtually no human being can resist.

~Andrew Weil

Topics: Being Both Direction Fear Forces Greed Human Human Being Potent Push Resist Same Same Direction Virtually

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Shorter daylight hours can affect sleep, productivity and state of mind. Light therapy, also known as phototherapy, may help. It uses light boxes emitting full-spectrum light to simulate sunlight.

~Andrew Weil

Topics: Affect Also Boxes Daylight Help Hours Known Light May Mind Productivity Simulate Sleep State Sunlight Therapy Uses

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Giving gifts to others is a fundamental activity, as old as humanity itself. Yet in the modern, complex world, the particulars of gift-giving can be extraordinarily challenging.

~Andrew Weil

Topics: Activity Challenging Complex Extraordinarily Fundamental Gifts Giving Humanity Itself Modern Old Others World

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Short naps are good. Given modern workplace demands, this is not possible for many people - but if you have the option, try napping for ten to twenty minutes in the afternoon, preferably lying down in a darkened room.

~Andrew Weil

Topics: Afternoon Demands Down Given Good Lying Many Minutes Modern Napping Naps Option People Possible Room Short Ten Try Twenty Workplace You

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Dietary fat, whether saturated or not, is not a cause of obesity, heart disease or any other chronic disease of civilization.

~Andrew Weil

Topics: Any Cause Chronic Civilization Disease Fat Heart Heart Disease Obesity Other Saturated Whether

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The more easily digestible and refined the carbohydrates, the greater the effect on our health, weight and well-being.

~Andrew Weil

Topics: Carbohydrates Easily Effect Greater Health More Our Refined Weight Well-Being

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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

Topics: After America Argued Care Citizens Conditions Depends Diet Expensive Giving Health Health Care Health Care System Healthy Keep Lifestyle Manifest Our Rather Simple System Than Them Therapeutic Tools Treat Years

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You've got to experiment to figure out what works.

~Andrew Weil

Topics: Experiment Figure Got Out Works You

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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

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Scientist

Born: June 8th, 1942

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