Posts Tagged ‘Dr. Andrew Weil’
Dr. Weil’s Simple Roasted Root Vegetables
Sometime the best foods at Thanksgiving are the simplest, cooked in their natural state with minimal spices to let the original flavor shine through. That’s certainly the case with the latest contribution to the Eat Well Vegetarian Thanksgiving series. The recipe comes from Dr. Andrew Weil, the popular alternative health physician who espouses the power…
Read MoreWhy Plants Are (Usually) Better Than Drugs
Dr. Andrew Weil I have always been fascinated by the difference between plants and the drugs that are isolated from them. This goes back to my student days at Harvard in the 1960s, where I received my undergraduate degree in botany, and then went on to medical school. It’s rare — too rare, I have…
Read MoreAnti-Inflammatory Diet Tips
Courtesy of Dr. Weil on Healthy Aging It is becoming increasingly clear that a host of illnesses – including heart disease, many cancers and Alzheimer’s disease – are influenced in large part by chronic inflammation. This is a process in which the immune system becomes off balance, and persists unnecessarily in its efforts to repair…
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