One of life's greatest pleasures is eating, according to Weil, who cuts through the national obsession with diet and weight like a knife through an overripe papaya. He points out the dark side of fad diets and unhealthy eating patterns while giving us life-enhancing and pleasurable eating options. Arguably the best known physician in the United States, Dr. Andrew Weil believes there "doesn't have to be a distinction between healthy food and pleasurable food." His sensible advice stems from a belief in a natural, balanced approach to health and healing. "Food is a major connection between people---the act of sharing food is a fundamental human bond. If you go on a diet that separates you from other people or from your culture, you are sabotaging one of the very functions of eating," says Weil. Discover the latest findings on nutrition and healthy living with one of the most successful early point riders of alternative and integrative medicine in the world today. A graduate of Harvard Medical School and founder of the Center of Integrative Medicine in Tucson, Weil is also the author of Spontaneous Healing (Knopf 1995), Eight Weeks to Optimum Health (Knopf 1997), and Eating Well for Optimum Health (Knopf 2000). Now available on Hay House Tape #H433

A graduate of Harvard Medical School, Dr. Andrew Weil is clinical professor of medicine and director of the Program in Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona. He writes "Self Healing", a monthly newsletter and is the author of many books, including, Eight Weeks to Optimum Health (Knopf 2006) and Healthy Aging: A Lifelong Guide to Your Physical and Spiritual Well-Being (Knopf 2005). To learn more about the work of Andrew Weil go to www.drweil.com

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