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8 Weeks to Optimum Health : A Proven Program for Taking Full Advantage of Your Body's Natural Healing Power
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- ISBN: 9780679447153
- ISBN: 0679447156
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p. ; cm. - Publisher: Alfred A Knopf, 1997.
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| General Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
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| Subject: | Self-care, Health Alternative medicine Health behavior |
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- 2 of 2 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Fraser Lake Public Library | 613 WEI (Text) | 35195000135753 | Upper Floor - Non Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Hazelton Public Library | 613 Wei (Text) | T 0027203 | Adult Non-Fiction - Main Floor | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Booklist Reviews : Booklist Monthly Selections - #1 February 1997
Knopf's editor-in-chief asked holistic practitioner Weil to write this book, for he saw the need of a companion to Weil's big best-seller, Spontaneous Healing (1995). Even if part of that perceived need was for more best-seller proceeds in Knopf's coffers, Weil's response to the request is as cogent, compelling, and companionable a self-help health guide as anyone has ever written. At its heart is the eight-week program of the title, a schedule of incremental changes in diet (recipes are included), dietary supplements, exercise, and such mental-spiritual practices as breath work, art and music appreciation, and spending some time in a sauna. The program goal is to facilitate the body's natural capacity to heal and, so doing, to increase everyday well-being. In general, Weil teaches that achieving this end involves exchanging meat, dairy products, most oils, and refined foodstuffs for fish, olive oil, and plenty of whole grains, fruits, and vegetables; taking a formula of antioxidant supplements; walking a lot; and de-stressing and connecting more charitably with other people. Later chapters customize the eight-week plan for particular kinds of people (men, women, the elderly, those under 20, the overweight, frequent travelers, etc.). ((Reviewed February 1, 1997)) Copyright 2000 Booklist Reviews - Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 1996 November
Reader, heal thyself. That's the idea behind Weil's best-selling Spontaneous Healing, which he expands on in his new book. Weil even customizes his book, offering specific advice to everyone from pregnant women to senior citizens. Look for lots of techniques and lots of promotion; this BOMC alternate has a 300,000-copy first printing. Copyright 1998 Library Journal Reviews - Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 1997 March
Weil (Spontaneous Healing, LJ 5/15/95) has designed an easy, step-by-step program for wellness. The book's audience is the over-40 crowd. Weil's philosophy is that "most bodies come with warranties for eighty years of productive...trouble-free service, if basic requirements for preventive maintenance are followed." This book is meant as a guide to such maintenance. Its strength lies in its design, which uses small, easy steps to achieve big changes. For instance, Weil suggests eating broccoli just twice in Week 1, then builds on this to create a complete change of diet by Week 8. Recipes reinforce the message and make it palatable in every sense. Weil also stresses the importance of the holistic approach and includes a simple mental/spiritual component in each week's program. As a physician, Weil is careful to substantiate every claim, and he debunks some of today's more extreme alternative health theories. He also includes chapters outlining the special needs of seniors, children, and people at risk for cancer or cardiovascular disease. Sure to be a winner; libraries should stock many copies. [Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 11/1/96; BOMC selection.]?Elizabeth Braaksma, Thunder Bay P.L., Ontario Copyright 1997 Cahners Business Information. - Publishers Weekly Reviews : PW Reviews 1997 February #1
Weil (Spontaneous Healing), a Harvard-trained physician attuned to alternative healing, delivers a concrete and convincing program in this holistic health guide. In a low-key but earnest tone, supporting his positions with reports of his own experience and those of others who have followed the program, Weil eases people into adopting new, beneficial habits (e.g., better breathing techniques) and the relinquishing of old, unhealthful ones (e.g., drinking coffee) in small steps. Thus, Week One introduces brief walks and some simple dietary changes such as eliminating saturated fats and adding broccoli, salmon and vitamin C. Gradually, the walks grow longer, the antioxidant supplements increase and further dietary changes occur, with green tea being introduced in Week Two, soy products in Week Three and herbal tonics and one-day fasts by Week Eight. To ease the process, a half-dozen or so recipes are included each week. What makes this program unique is Weil's emphasis on avoiding environmental toxins and the attention he pays to the mental and spiritual aspects of health. Whole grains, organic produce and use of sunblocks are essential elements of his approach, as are "news fasts," listening to music, buying flowers and performing pregnant women, children, travelers, the elderly are included, as are sources for some hard-to-find products, all of which adds to the persuasive authority of Weil's approach. BOMC selection. (Mar.) Copyright 1998 Publishers Weekly Reviews
