Andrew Weil Quotes About Therapy

Quotes about: Therapy

• 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

  Health, Simple, Years

  "U.S. manages disease, not health" by Andrew Weil, www.cnn.com. March 10, 2013.

• Millions of Americans today are taking dietary supplements, practicing yoga and integrating other natural therapies into their lives. These are all preventive measures that will keep them out of the doctor's office and drive down the costs of treating serious problems like heart disease and diabetes.

  Andrew Weil

  Yoga, Heart, Doctors

  "A Call to Action: Why Our Health Matters" by Dr. Andrew Weil, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 9, 2009.

• 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

  Sleep, Light, Mind

  "Integrative Mental Health: A New Model For Depression Relief" by Dr. Andrew Weil, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.

• Massage therapy has been shown to relieve depression, especially in people who have chronic fatigue syndrome; other studies also suggest benefit for other populations.

  Andrew Weil

  People, Population, Benefits

  "Integrative Mental Health: A New Model For Depression Relief" by Dr. Andrew Weil, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.

• I tried to change the conventional paradigm, for example, by insisting on the reality of mind-body interaction, by stressing the importance of natural therapies, by focusing attention on lifestyle issues, by looking at worthwhile aspects of alternative medicine. Many people have been threatened by that. Doctors especially tend to think that they know everything about the human body, and don't realize that medical education has really omitted many very important subjects.

  Andrew Weil

  Stress, Reality, Thinking

  "Dr. Andrew Weil: On Changing the Current Paradigm in Healthcare". Interview with Robert Piper, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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