num_pages: 320
description: The #1 NY Times bestselling book in which one of America's most brilliant doctors shares his program for improving &amp; protecting health. Eight Weeks to Optimum Health: A Proven Program for Taking Full Advantage of Your Body's Natural Healing Power lays out Weil's week-by-week, step-by-step plan that will keep the body's natural healing system in peak working order. It covers diet, exercise, lifestyle, stress &amp; environmental aspects of daily living that affect health &amp; well-being. It includes up-to-date findings on such subjects as cholesterol, antioxidants, transfats, toxic residues, soy products, vitamins &amp; supplements, together with a source list of information &amp; supplies. You'll learn how to develop eating habits for well-being; start an effective exercise program based on walking &amp; stretching; work with breathing patterns to decrease stress &amp; improve energy; solve sleeping problems; eliminate toxins; minimize environmental hazards in daily life. Plus: programs tailored to the specific needs of pregnant women, seniors, overweight people &amp; those at risk for cancer.If there is a heaven, sixtysomething Weil is headed there, but if he practices what he preaches, probably not for some time yet.--London TimesDr Andrew Weil is an extraordinary phenomenon.--Washington Post
language: English
title: 8 Weeks to Optimum Health
titlecomplete: 8 Weeks to Optimum Health
genres: Productivity, Self Help, Health, Cookbooks, Medicine, Fitness, Food, Nutrition, Nonfiction, Cooking
ratings_count: 2278
publisher: Ballantine Books