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Title:
Eight weeks to optimum health : a proven program for taking full advantage of your body's natural healing power / Andrew Weil.
ISBN:
9780307264923
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Edition:
Revised edition.
Publication Information:
New York : Knopf, 2006.
Physical Description:
vi, 306 pages ; 24 cm
General Note:
"New edition, expanded and updated"--T.p. verso.
Contents:
ch. 1. People can change -- ch. 2. Overview of health and healing -- Healing story: defying a prognosis -- ch. 3. Whole picture -- Healing story: the spiritual roots of health -- Healing story: better breathing -- ch. 4. Why eight weeks? -- ch. 5. Week one -- Healing story: the value of supplements -- ch. 6. Week two -- Healing story: seeing better with carrots -- ch. 7. Week three -- Healing story: effects of breathing exercises -- ch. 8. Week four -- Healing story: giving the liver a chance -- ch. 9. Week five -- Healing story: the power of ginger -- ch. 10. Week six -- Healing story: a testimonial to Ashwagandha (and Ayurveda) -- ch. 11. Week seven -- Healing story: the power of intimacy -- ch.12. Week eight -- Healing story: a couple follows the program -- Healing story: mind over back pain -- Healing story: report from Michigan -- Healing story: K.G.'s adventure -- ch. 13. Week nine and beyond -- Healing story: selected elements of the program -- Healing story: report from a barber -- Healing story: a patient with multiple sclerosis -- Healing story: peripheral neuropathy -- ch. 14. For those over age fifty -- ch. 15. For those over age seventy -- ch. 15. For those under age twenty -- ch. 17. For men -- ch. 18. For women -- ch. 19. For pregnant women (and those considering pregnancy) -- ch. 20. For parents of young children -- ch. 21. For those living in big cities -- ch. 22. For those who travel frequently -- ch. 23. For those who are overweight -- ch. 24. For those at risk for cardiovascular disease -- ch. 25. For those at risk for cancer.
OCLC Number:
ocm65644811
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