8 Weeks to Optimum Health

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Summary: Health plans for different age groups
Review: "8 Weeks to Optimum Health" is an excellent informative book with sensible ideas. One of the points that he brings up is keeping the body at homeostasis, the purest and most healthiest period of one's life. It is hard to believe that in eight weeks one can bring his body back to a healthy state. And with Weil's suggestions for mental and physical well being you can continue to improve. Though going through your pantry or fridge and throwing out probably most of what is in it may be hard, it is the first and hardest step to achieving good health. It is also shocking to learn how bad oils and fats are for you. Another very surprising part of the book is about the ways water is bad for you. Clean water is essential for healthy living. One adjustment that may be very hard to make is replacing meat with soy foods, which Weil claims to be healthier. There are many healthy atlernatives to everyday diets and the book is filled with useful information. The most useful, and probably easiest to adjust to is the customized plans that Weil lays out for different genders and age groups. Weil also doesn't just preach healthy living but he gives excellent recipes at the end of the book to help one adjust and start being healthy. It is a good read and a good resource to refer to when your health is in question.

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Summary: Health plans for different age groups
Review: "8 Weeks to Optimum Health" is an excellent informative book with sensible ideas. One of the points that he brings up is keeping the body at homeostasis, the purest and most healthiest period of one's life. It is hard to believe that in eight weeks one can bring his body back to a healthy state. And with Weil's suggestions for mental and physical well being you can continue to improve. Though going through your pantry or fridge and throwing out probably most of what is in it may be hard, it is the first and hardest step to achieving good health. It is also shocking to learn how bad oils and fats are for you. Another very surprising part of the book is about the ways water is bad for you. Clean water is essential for healthy living. One adjustment that may be very hard to make is replacing meat with soy foods, which Weil claims to be healthier. There are many healthy atlernatives to everyday diets and the book is filled with useful information. The most useful, and probably easiest to adjust to is the customized plans that Weil lays out for different genders and age groups. Weil also doesn't just preach healthy living but he gives excellent recipes at the end of the book to help one adjust and start being healthy. It is a good read and a good resource to refer to when your health is in question.

Rating:
Summary: Health plans for different age groups
Review: "8 Weeks to Optimum Health" is an excellent informative book with sensible ideas. One of the points that he brings up is keeping the body at homeostasis, the purest and most healthiest period of one's life. It is hard to believe that in eight weeks one can bring his body back to a healthy state. And with Weil's suggestions for mental and physical well being you can continue to improve. Though going through your pantry or fridge and throwing out probably most of what is in it may be hard, it is the first and hardest step to achieving good health. It is also shocking to learn how bad oils and fats are for you. Another very surprising part of the book is about the ways water is bad for you. Clean water is essential for healthy living. One adjustment that may be very hard to make is replacing meat with soy foods, which Weil claims to be healthier. There are many healthy atlernatives to everyday diets and the book is filled with useful information. The most useful, and probably easiest to adjust to is the customized plans that Weil lays out for different genders and age groups. Weil also doesn't just preach healthy living but he gives excellent recipes at the end of the book to help one adjust and start being healthy. It is a good read and a good resource to refer to when your health is in question.

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Summary: 8 weeks to optimum health- Menlo college
Review: 8 weeks to optimum health is an excellent book to read, in order to learn more about how to tune up your dieting, and exercising habits. Along with reaching optimum physical health through this 8 week process, Weil also wants you to reach optimum mental health through a series of exercises that offer you suggestions on coping with stress, anger and expressing your feelings.

This proves to be a good book for begginers, like myself, who want to get started on a good path to healthy living. I myself have not yet tried Weil's 8 week steps and methods, but just reading about them invigorates and motivates me to start developing healthy habits and mental stability, as well as being more intouch and connected with nature.

Along with being a very inspiring book it is to great extent a very informative book. It describes some conditions and diseases that the human body develops, and how to avoid them. Diseases that concern people of all ages, and how to take certain measures in your day to day habits that will greatly benefit you at an older age. Weil tells you to appreciate and love yourself and others, and to accept and embrace forgiveness. He offers you a small paragraph of lines to read as an exercise to love and liberate yourself, these types of exercises can be seen in several parts of the book. Along with these emotional exercises Weil also offers breathing exercises to both relax you and speed you up, to get you ready for your day. In fact these types of exercises I did have the chance to try along with some of my friends, and they did in fact have an impact on all of us, expecially the breathing exercises that give you very noticeable and real physical feelings.

This book is filled with many recipes to improve your health and physical appearance, further more it gives you recipes and tells you about certain roots, mushrooms and extracts that will improve your emotional conditions. These herbal extracts have many components that I did not know about like immune-enhancing, anti-cancer, and anti-viral properties that can be found in such mushrooms as the Japanese Maitake mushrooms. There is an entire section dedicated to a variety of muchrooms and extratcs that can be found in your local super market that offer many beneficial side effects for your overall mental and physical health.

Besides Weil's extensive and detailed 8 week program for reaching optimum health, he also focuses on projects to improve mental anbd physical conditions targeted at certain groups. He targets portions of his book on how to aid the frequent traveler, the overweight, certain age groups, for men, for woman, for those at risk of cancer and many more.

This was my first book I ever read by Andrew Weil, I enjoyed his syle of writing and his ability to reach the reader on several levels. I am looking forward to implement many of his methods and suggestions in the future, and I highly recommed this book to anyone who is interested on improving and perfecting both their physical and mental conditions. It is an overall excellent book to have around the house.

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Summary: Be very careful if you use this book . . .
Review: After being on the program for over eight weeks, I honestly feel no better than I did before. Part of that could be because I already had healthy eating habits. The advice to take yoga is good. There are some things that are questionable. Valerian is recommended to help sleep but my research shows that it should not be taken by anyone on antidepressents. There are other CONCERNS about certain herbs and "tonics" and their interaction with other prescription medicines or allergies. My advice would be to run this by your family doctor before embarking on the program if you are taking prescription medications. If not, watch for allergic reactions. The book has many good points but needs to be used with caution.

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Summary: The Complete Plan on Well Being
Review: After reading all of the reviews on Dr. Weil's 8 Weeks, I am stunned to find anyone say anything negative. There is no medical question that the program outlined in this book is healthy for all people. Dr. Weil certainly urges people to consult with their own health care provider if they need other help. My best friend and I have been on the program. I feel 100% better both physically and emotionally, as well as spiritually. My friend has lost 30 lbs, her blood pressure has stabilized, and her doctor has taken her off of a blood pressure medication she has been on for 15 years! Reading everything he has written not only inspires me to live healthy, but has inspired me to begin studying naturopathic medicine and it is a pleasure to talk with others about good health. I give this book every chance I get and have probably bought 20 copies thus far. Without hesitation, I recommend this book to anyone, even if you feel you are in good health. Its just good living. Anyone interested in talking more, feel free to contact me.

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Summary: Seductive
Review: Anyone who reads this book and implements each of its suggestions will be a better person as a result. And, if one fails to follow the book's instructions, then it won't be Dr. Weil's fault if the reader doesn't end up healthier.

His writing style is lively and easy and he makes his notions very seductive. Whether, in practical effect, most of us can integrate every one of his ideas into our lives is a personal issue. True, his theories include the latest in nutritional knowledge and the environmental impact of agribusinesses; nonetheless, there's a lot in this book for the average American adult to assimilate. Breathing exercises, walking, fluid intake, green tea, no coffee, no news, eating more fish, more broccoli, more soy, taking supplements, sweating...well, anyone who can successfully undertake Dr. Weil's suggested lifestyle is to be complimented.

Still, if just a few of his concepts become part of the reader's way of living, that reader definitely will be the better for the change. And, on that level, EIGHT WEEKS is well worth the effort.

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Summary: Makes you think
Review: Are you drinking all the water you should be? Well, I thought I was, but now Andrew brings up lots of issues with tap water. Other interests I foud: the dangers of sleeping too close to your clock radio, standing next to the microwave, "nuking" food in plastic, the list goes on. Lots of good details for health.Andrew's 8 week program is realistic and easy to follow. You slowly move into a healthy life-style, this is not a loose XXX pounds in 8 weeks book. It's not really a diet at all, this book teaches more important lessons that you'll retain long after you've read the book.The tape is easy to listen to, Andrew's voice is great. Many times he says, "Try to....", that's someone I can trust and WANT to listen to.

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Summary: Reasonable! That's why Dr. Weil's book is selling.
Review: As a health professional and "former" nationally competitiveathelete, I am, by nature, very skeptical of most fitnessand self help books. Despite this, I found myself unusually drawn to this one after seeing Dr. Weil on several TV shows. His success is based in his traditional backround as a Harvard MD (credibility), his non-traditional approach (objectivity), his slightly offbeat appearance and delivery (maketability), and his moderate philosophy (REASONABILITY). It would take a hundred years to test all of his hypotheses but no one will be harmed by his recommendations. Most will be much healthier even if they follow his "reasonable", easy to maintain suggestions only partially. Busy humans need a plan and this is a good one. I really don't care why but I feel better already and so can you.

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Summary: Reasonable! That's why Dr. Weil's book is selling.
Review: As a health professional and "former" nationally competitive athelete, I am, by nature, very skeptical of most fitness and self help books. Despite this, I found myself unusually drawn to this one after seeing Dr. Weil on several TV shows. His success is based in his traditional backround as a Harvard MD (credibility), his non-traditional approach (objectivity), his slightly offbeat appearance and delivery (maketability), and his moderate philosophy (REASONABILITY). It would take a hundred years to test all of his hypotheses but no one will be harmed by his recommendations. Most will be much healthier even if they follow his "reasonable", easy to maintain suggestions only partially. Busy humans need a plan and this is a good one. I really don't care why but I feel better already and so can you.