Andrew Weil

Even low-calorie diets and vigorous exercise fail to work in the long term for at least some people. ”

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

For many in the modern world, carving out time for both traditional seated meditation and exercise has become close to impossible. ”

I'm still not comfortable recommending that people eat saturated fat with abandon, but it's clear to me that sugar, flour and oxidized seed oils create inflammatory effects in the body that almost certainly bear most of the responsibility for elevating heart disease risk. ”

Technology has a shadow side. It accounts for real progress in medicine, but has also hurt it in many ways, making it more impersonal, expensive and dangerous. The false belief that a safety net of sophisticated drugs and machines stretches below us, permitting risky or lazy lifestyle choices, has undermined our spirit of self-reliance. ”

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