Andrew Weil, M.D., is considered one of the most influential personalities in the field of integrative medicine. A graduate of Harvard Medical School, Dr. Weil is Clinical Professor of Medicine and director of the Program in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona. Dr. Weil is the author of more than eight books, including Spontaneous Healing and Eight Weeks to Optimum Health. Through his books, lectures, "Ask Dr. Weil" website, and now weekly LIVE, LIME radio show, he enlightens millions of people around the world about the principles of Optimum Health and the power of natural medicine. Call this leading authority Wednesdays on LIME and have your health concerns answered by Dr. Weil himself!

Bestselling author and physician Andrew Weil cuts through the confusion and shows you how to use diet as a way of maintaining health, rather than just a way to lose weight.

 

Bestselling author and physician Andrew Weil teaches a simple trick for reading labels and lays out a few easy-to-remember rules for food shoppers. He discusses what's wrong with the American diet and why Americans are getting fatter.

Why are Americans getting fatter? Best-selling author and nutrition expert Andrew Weil, M. D., explores the European approach to eating – small quantities of rich foods – and explains why highly processed foods are a big factor in the American obesity epidemic. In this discussion of his essential guide to food, diet, and nutrition, he offers shoppers a simple trick for reading labels.

 

As an editor at a yoga-inspired lifestyle magazine, a lot of spiritual books crossed my desk. Some were compelling, a lot were rehashed, a few sold scads, but most didn’t. Below I’ve compiled an unofficial, semi-complete list of significant “Balance”-related books of 2005 (with help from Beliefnet and Amazon): the ones that made the biggest splashes (merited or not), the ones that seem important in furthering how we talk about consciousness and the soul, and the ones people (or I) liked.

While Dr. Andrew Weil’s familiar bearded face is close to iconic by now — let’s face it, he’s the Oprah Winfrey of healing — it’s sometimes difficult to distill his general health philosophy into an action plan for daily living. But a recent profile of the good doctor pulled two of his most practical to-do lists (essential tonics and supplements) from two of his most popular books, Healthy Aging and Spontaneous Healing.

Vitamin D has long been linked to the prevention of bone diseases like osteoporosis and osteopenia, but D doesn't stop there. In an overdue spotlight of vitamin D, Andrew Weil has partnered with Walter Willett, M.D. chairman of the Department of Nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health, to highlight the vitamin's other attributes.

Bestselling physician Andrew Weil explains his interest in energy healing and discusses his own experiences with the unexplained power of an energy healer.

 

Best-selling author and nutritional expert Andrew Weil, M. D., argues that the way you eat is as important as what you eat, and shows you how to design an eating plan that provides all the pleasure you want and all the nutritients you need. In this clip, he compares preparing food to meditation and explains why cooking is one of most pleasurable experiences you can have.

Best-selling author and nutrition expert Andrew Weil, M.D., talks about body image and warns against trying to conform your shape to what popular culture deems attractive. He discusses his approach to healthy eating, and provides helpful diet and exercise advice about how to maintain an ideal body weight.