The worlds leading voices on Holistic Health. Hes a graduate of harvard medical school. Hes also widely known for establishing the field of Integrative Medicine. If you dont know already thats the combination of the best tenets of conventional and alternative medicine to create a more holistic treatment plan for patients. Dr. Weil is the founder and director of the center for Integrative Medicine at the university of arizona. Hes authored 10 books that have sold more than 10 million copies worldwide. One of the cornerstones of his philosophy on Better Health is diet. Hes recreated the food pyramid to emphasize antiinflammatory foods, including organic fruits and vegetables. Hes also a fan of seafood and healthy fats. Dr. Weil believes reducing chronic inflammation within the body can offset many health problems. I recently sat down with dr. Andrew weil in washington, d. C. To get his insights on the connection between food and Better Health and discuss his new role as a restaurateur. L
She is is charged with sexually assaulting one of her students aches 15yearold autistic child who attends a school in wheaton. She engaged in sexual acts with him in his home when the family was away. She fled to hong kong to avoid prosecution. We have learned the victims family will be there. Tune in for the latest developments. Back to you, barbara. Thank you, angie. A big vote to raise the citys minimum wage. Melissa is outside with the latest on the vote and the push to increase the citys minimum wage. Barbara, that hearing just got under way a couple minutes ago. It was scheduled to start at 10 00 this morning. This bill is expected to pass by a veto proof majority. Dozens of people in front of the Wilson Building holding signs, speaking out, hoping for a minimum wage hike and access to sick days for some. Nicky lewis knows how hard it can be. She graduated from the university of maryland and has worked as a serve or for 17 years. Increase in the base minimum wage for restaurant w
I have your back every day on the job but when it comes to eating healthy you are on your own, who am i . Audience your boss lets see what the answer is . [ ding ] coworkers [ applause ] all right, all right, that was pretty close. A boss is not really a coworker, but i will tell you this, theres something known in the work place known as a health saboteur. They kinda make fun of you when you bring a healthy lunch to work. Theyre like oh, hows the whole wheat bread with hummus . [ laughter ] coworkers who belittle your attempts to be healthy can affect your psyche. And so the important take away here is, be careful when it comes to coworkers. Moving on to the next clue. Something else that could be making you gain weight announcer i cause you to break a sweat, but when i am finished you might start moving towards the frige. What am i . That could be your boss, also. [ laughter ] audience work out working out . Lets see if the answer is that, indeed . [ ding ] exercise i have to take th
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Very funny thing because actually i went to school to make money out of pharmaceuticals. That was my training, to use all the scientific knowledge and use my business knowledge to make money out of medicines. It is very interesting when one listens in many of the debates that the claim generally from the pharmaceutical industry gets fired up by this crisis we have only 13 of the u. S. Spending is due to drugs. Actually, that is true but not quite because the issue is that every single intervention, every visit one doctor to doctor represents a prescription of medicine. So even if one focus on prevention which i think it is an important thing. We have to work on prevention all the time. We also need to realize that some things are not preventible and even though we want to avoid to develop a certain disease things just happen. So even prevention, which is extremely important, it has its limitations and as i will develop a little bit on this pharmaceuticals, most likely any visit at doct