EIGHT WEEKS TO OPTIMUM HEALTH: A Proven Program for ...

bAndrew Weil, M.D./b, has worked for the National Institute of Mental Health and for fifteen years was a Research Associate in Ethnopharmacology at the Harvard Botanical Museum. He has traveled extensively throughout the world collecting information about the medicinal properties of plants, altered states of consciousness, and healing. He has written for thebNew York Times Magazine/b,bThe New Yorker/b,bNature/b,bThe New England Journal of Medicine/band other national publications. He is under constant demand to lecture and appear on radio and television. He is currently Associate Director of the Division of Social Perspectives in Medicine, and Director of the Program in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona in Tucson, where he practices natural and preventive medicine.bEight Weeks to Optimum Health/bis his seventh book.Why strain your eyes? Read Dr. Andrew Weil in Large Print!brbr* All Random House Large Print Editions are published in a 16-point typefacebrbrIt's never too late to start a program of Good Health!brbrIn Eight Weeks to Optimum Health, Dr. Andrew Weil translates the brilliant insights and discoveries he outlined in his acclaimed bestseller, Spontaneous Healing, into a practical plan of action: a week-by-week, step-by-step program for enhancing and protecting present and lifelong health. The Eight-Week Program sets up a foundation for healthy living that will keep your body's natural healing system in peak working order. With clearly defined and authoritatively informed recommendations, Dr. Weil explains how to:brbr* Build a lifestyle that protects you from premature illness and disabilitybr* Fine-tune your current eating habits so that your diet is more nutritiousbr* Walk and stretch in regimens that satisfy weekly exercise requirementsbr* Safeguard your healing system by adding four antioxidant supplements--vitamin C and E, selenium, and mixed carotenes--to your dietbr* Incorporate