New Mexico in Focus; 1014 And 1017; Dr. Andrew Weil

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MONTGOMERY, JUST EAST >>MAJOR FUNDING FOR INFOCUS IS HEALTH, AND SPIRITUAL LIFE >> Nelson: IS AMERICAN HE'S ONE OF THE PIONEERS BUT AND FIND OUT HIS KEYS >> Nelson: IT SEEMS EVERYONE DR. ANDREW WEIL, IT'S NOT

A QUESTION OF IMMORTALITY, THE GURU OF INTEGRATIVE IN THE U.S.. AND DR. WEIL LIFESTYLE. THANKS FOR BEING >> Weil: HI >> Nelson: TELL US ABOUT HOW >> Weil: THIS IS, I THINK, OF CONVENTIONAL AND FOCUS OF MEDICINE ON HEALTH AND HEALING. PREVENTION, LIFESTYLE, THE RELATIONSHIP. LOOKING AT WHOLE PERSONS, MEANING MORE IT'S THE KIND OF MEDICINE THAT GOING TO TREATMENTS INTO THE AND PRESERVE OUTCOMES >> Nelson: WHAT ARE THE RANGE >> Weil: AT THE UNIVERSITY

PHYSICIANS. WE ARE BEGINNING TO TRAIN OUR PRIMARY REDESIGNING HEALTH CARE >> Nelson: IS THERE A POINT SOME OF THOSE SPECIALTIES SO >> Weil: WELL, I THINK IT'S ALL THESE DIFFERENT THINGS. MEDICINE EXISTS, WHAT PRACTITIONERS OF THOSE AND MORE INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE OF ITS LONG-RANGE GOALS, IS WILL I THINK THAT'S A VERY

>> Nelson: ACROSS THE U.S., >> Weil: IT'S CHANGING. HEALTH CENTERS FOR INTEGRATIVE THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. AND EDUCATION, RESEARCH >> Nelson: YOU MENTIONED UNM. A GRADUATE OF YOUR PROGRAM >> Weil: YES >> Nelson: HAVE YOU PAID >> Weil: VERY CLOSELY. I HAVE THAT IS DR. PRASAD HAS EXECUTIVE VICE-PRESIDENT. CLOSELY WITH THE UNIVERSITY STRONGLY HERE

>> Nelson: LET'S TAKE A HIGH-LEVEL. THEY TAKE SOME TOUGHEST CASES, MEDICAL CASES, >> Weil: RIGHT >> Nelson: THEY COME A PHYSICIAN. >> Weil: I THINK THEY WOULD MEDICAL HISTORY THAT WOULD INCLUDE A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT IS A MUCH MORE BROAD MEDICAL HISTORY THAN WHAT THAT WOULD BE MADE TO THE RECOMMENDATIONS, THINGS THAT VARIOUS FORMS OF BODY WORK. DIETARY ADJUSTMENT >> Nelson: WE'RE LOOKING

>> Weil: YES >> Nelson: IT'S CHANGING AGING. TALK ABOUT THAT. >> Weil: "HEALTHY AGING" WAS INTERESTED IN MY OWN AGING. BY THE DOMINANCE OF ANTI-AGING PHILOSOPHIES IN OUR CULTURE, AGING IS NATURAL, UNIVERSAL. LEARNING HOW TO STAY HEALTHY AT ANY AGE. AND THAT MEANS THE RISK AND DELAY THE ONSET BIG DISEASES LIKE ALZHEIMER'S. AND OUT HOW TO AVOID THOSE, AND ATTENTION TO ALL ASPECTS OF STRESS, WHAT KIND OF REST AND

PACKAGE. AND I THINK THIS REALLY TRAINED TO ASSESS RECOMMENDATIONS >> Nelson: I READ A PREDICTION VERY WELL LIVE TO BE 150 YEARS SEEN ACROSS THE GLOBE, PEOPLE >> Weil: I'M NOT SO SURE TO BE FIXED SOMEWHERE AROUND GENETICISTS WHO ARE WORKING LIFESPAN >> Nelson: AND DEVELOPING >> Weil: YES, BUT I HAVE TO HAPPEN IN ANYONE'S LIFETIME NEAR US. IT'S ALSO WORTH >> Nelson: THAT WAS GOING

HOUSING, WITH INCOME SUPPORT BE LIVING BEYOND A HUNDRED >> Weil: I CAME ACROSS GERONTOLOGISTS AND PEOPLE WHO INVOLVED IN THIS WERE MEN. OF THE RESEARCHERS SAID TO LIVE, IDEALLY, THEY TEND TO QUESTION, THEY ANSWER IN THE >> Nelson: CERTAINLY WE KNOW THINK WE'RE IMMORTAL, IMMORTAL. AT >> Weil: FROM MY POINT HEALTHY LIFESTYLE DECISIONS,

IT. AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S DIRECTION, YOU'RE GOING TO GET THAT THEIR CHOICES EARLY IN LIFE MAKE. FOR EXAMPLE, ALL OF THE MUSCLE MASS THAT ARE AND ALL YOU CAN IN THEIR TEENS AND TWENTIES PROPERLY, DO THE RIGHT KINDS OF EXERCISE BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO LAST >> Nelson: HERE IN NEW MEXICO, UNHEALTHFUL FOOD VENDING >> Weil: THAT'S GREAT THAT HAPPENING ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

GO. 40 PERCENT OF THE HOSPITALS IN THE U.S. HAVE FAST-FOOD RESTAURANTS KIND OF A MESSAGE DOES THAT >> Nelson: WE'RE NERVOUS, LIFESTYLE. GIVE US SOME OF YOUR TENENTS OF WHAT >> Weil: IN FACT, BY THE WAY, THAT THIS MAY BE THEIR PARENTS, OR NOT LIVE THEIR PARENTS, >> Nelson: THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. AS MUCH AS WE NOW >> Weil: RIGHT. >> Nelson: DIABETES, HEART KNOWLEDGEABLE GENERATIONS. >> Weil: I THINK THIS IS THERE FOOD IN THE PAST 50, 60 TAKES PRODUCTS OF NATURE

THEIR NUTRITIONAL BENEFITS QUALITIES. AND THIS IS TRUE WITH WHAT WE'VE DONE WHAT WE'VE DONE WITH MANY REFINED PROCESSED FOOD THAT'S THAT'S REALLY THE CULPRIT BAD. IT'S THAT REFINED, >> Nelson: AND ENORMOUS >> Weil: RIGHT. AND THE LESS >> Nelson: SO WHAT ARE >> Weil: I BASICALLY BELIEVE LOTS OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, >> Nelson: THE RAWER >> Weil: NOT NECESSARILY. HEALTHY. >> Nelson: I DIDN'T MEAN THAT, >> Weil: NO, OF COURSE. IT

I THINK OLIVE OIL IS THE BEST HAVE VERY HEALTHY FATS IN THEM. I THINK WE SHOULD BE PROBABLY FEWER ANIMAL PRODUCTS OF OMEGA-3 FATTY ACIDS, EITHER OR FISH OIL SUPPLEMENTS, >> Nelson: WILD CAUGHT, NOT >> Weil: DEFINITELY. ALL THE FORM OF WHOLE GRAINS, OR CRACKED GRAINS, RATHER THAN SOME DAIRY PRODUCTS, ARE HEALTHY THINGS, LIKE DARK CHOCOLATE, ALL OF WHICH ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AND VERY

TO >> Nelson: DO YOU A EVER BREAK >> Weil: I LOVE PIZZA, BUT I'M I LOVE GOOD PIZZA. >> Nelson: WHAT ABOUT VITAMIN >> Weil: I DON'T THINK THAT BEST, THEY ARE A PARTIAL BUT I THINK THEY ARE USEFUL FOOD. I SHOP CAREFULLY. MULTI-VITAMIN/MULTI-MINERAL, TRAVELING, FOR EXAMPLE, I OR GETTING THAT.

>> Nelson: AS A MIDDLE-AGED AND TAKE A CALCIUM SUPPLEMENT. >> Weil: WELL, THERE IS NEW THINK MANY PEOPLE HAVEN'T HEARD. THERE'S VERY CLEAR DATA THAT THE COUNTRIES HEALTH, IN TERMS OF HIP SEEN WITH DAIRY INTAKE. WALTER NUTRITION AT HARVARD, WHO I LOOK TO FOR NUTRITIONAL GUIDANCE, SAYS IF YOU ARE YOUR COW FOR A WALK, HERE IS VITAMIN D. AGAIN, NEW DEFICIENT. BUT DERMATOLOGISTS HAVE MADE USING SUNSCREEN AND NOT MAKING VITAMIN D. TAKING A MINIMUM OF A

ARE FORTIFIED WITH VITAMIN BY THE BODY. AND VITAMIN D IS CALCIUM USE FROM FOODS. GETTING ADEQUATE VITAMIN D YOU NEED FROM DIET. WOMEN ANY MORE THAN 500 TO >> Nelson: THAT'S ACTUALLY >> Weil: YES, BECAUSE WOMEN HORSE PILLS. INCREASES PROSTATE CANCER AND AGAINST MANY KINDS >> Nelson: AND THE FOODS >> Weil: OBVIOUSLY YOU CAN GET YOU CAN GET IT FROM SESAME GREENS, LIKE COLLARDS.

>> Nelson: THE DARKER >> Weil: YES, THE DARKER >> Nelson: SOME OF MY FAVORITE PARTICULARLY WEIGHT-BEARING >> Weil: WELL, WEIGHT-BEARING GRAVITY. THE TWO KINDS AREN'T AND RIDING A STATIONARY BIKE, OTHER EXERCISE EQUIPMENT, USING WEIGHTS, ALL HELPS SLOW DOWN LOSS OF BONE AND MUSCLE MASS. EARLY IN >> Nelson: SO HOW MANY TIMES >> Weil: YOU KNOW, IF YOU'RE A WEEK MAY EVERY DAY. IT'S GOOD TO BE ACTIVE. IT

IS YOUR LIFE. I THINK IT'S TO HOW YOUR BODY CHANGES, I SEE AN AWFUL LOT OF MEN INJURE THEMSELVES, AND THEN >> Nelson: THERE IS A LOT CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM. >> Weil: DEFINITELY. EVEN SOME IN FIVE OR TEN MINUTES BUT CLEARLY WE SEE AROUND PEOPLE WHO TEND TO HAVE BEEN >> Nelson: LET'S TALK MEDITATION. I DID MY FIRST RECENTLY, AND ONE

A MEDITATIVE STATE. I THOUGHT, TEACHER, YOU GOT TO GO DISSERVICE IN SORT >> Weil: POSSIBLY. I THINK CULTURE, HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE I TEACH ALL PATIENTS THAT ALL OF MY READERS, SIMPLE I THINK THE SIMPLEST FORM OF IS EQUATED WITH THE SPIRIT. IN FACT, THE WORDS FOR BREATH BUT ASPIRARUS IN LATIN, OR PNEUVMA IN GREEK, THEY BOTH MEAN SPIRIT AND BREATH. EQUATED BREATH WITH

IN THE BODY. SPIRITUAL WORK. >> Nelson: THE PREPONDERANCE ALMOST >> Weil: I THINK WOMEN CLEARLY WORLD. AND I THINK THAT OFTEN AND THE REST OF THE FAMILY ALONG. LIKELY TO GO TO HEALTH PROFESSIONALS FOR HELP, THAN COMPLETELY SELF-SUFFICIENT, BUT I SEE THAT CHANGING, IS FROM THE INFLUENCE OF >> Nelson: GOOD FOR US.

>> Weil: YES. >> Nelson: YOU ARE >> Weil: WELL, I THINK WHILE THERE ARE -- THERE IS A THE PRODUCTS THAT ARE OUT THERE, NOW, ARE NOT AS THE ADVERTISEMENTS MAKE COMPANIES REPRESENT. THEY ARE PHARMACEUTICALS. EITHER OTHER NATURAL PRODUCTS, HERBAL METHODS OF DEALING WITH COMMON HAVE COME UP TO ME AND SAID, THE RECOMMENDATIONS I GIVE, PRODUCTS MADE FROM COW'S MILK, OF PEOPLE WHO DO THAT HAVE AND THEN THEY'LL SAY, "WELL,

THAT KIND OF INFORMATION THAT THROUGH DIETARY I MEAN, HOW MUCH BETTER IS DOWNSIDE OF THE INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE, THIS IS METHODS THAT ARE OUT THERE CERTAINLY USE THEM. THE SIMPLER THINGS FIRST. >> Nelson: AND ON THAT SINUS AS MUCH AS YOU ARE AGAINST HOW >> Weil: I THINK IT HAS BEEN SOCIETY OF THE CRIMINALIZATION

OF THE USE OF DRUGS THAT WE DISAPPROVE OF, I THINK, HAS THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IS APPROPRIATE MECHANISM IS MUCH BETTER DEALT WITH THE MOST WIDELY USED ILLEGAL NOW ABOUT THE MEDICAL BENEFITS NAUSEA ASSOCIATED IN WASTING SYNDROMES, ANTI-CANCER EFFECTS. THERE WAS ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE THAN THE DRUGS WE HAVE CURRENTLY

OF A NATURAL PRODUCT LIKE I THINK NEW MEXICO IS ONE OF THE STATES WHERE SOME >> Nelson: WHAT'S >> Weil: I GUESS IT'S JUST GET INTO HIGH OFFICE WHO SUPPORTS A CHANGE, AND THEN THINK IT WILL HAPPEN AT SOME POINT. >> Nelson: HAVE YOU THOUGHT >> Weil: NO, NOT A CHANCE. >> Nelson: TELL ME WHAT YOU GET UP AT WHAT HOUR? >> Weil: I WAKE UP WHEN SO IN THE WINTER, I GET I DO SOME SITTING MEDITATION >> Nelson: AND YOU DON'T GO >> Weil: NO, I DON'T. ONCE

MY DOGS. I HAVE TWO DOGS. AND THEN I MAKE BREAKFAST SOME GOOD JAPANESE GREEN TEA DO SOME -- I'LL CHECK MY E-MAIL AND THAT. SOMETIME I SWIM. THAT'S MY MAIN AEROBIC PEOPLE. I COOK AT SOME POINT TO PREPARE FOOD. I TRY TO WORK >> Nelson: ALL VERY MEDITATIVE >> Weil: YES, AND I LOVE THAT. 9:30 OR 10:00. >> Nelson: ANY ALCOHOL? >> IF I'M BY MYSELF, NO. SAKI. >> Nelson: YOU'VE BEEN CRITICAL OF THE CAPITALISM AND FOR NUTRITION. AND YET,

>> Weil: MY COMPANY, WEIL IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ORIGINS, WHICH I THINK ARE GREAT. I HAVE FORMED OTHER WITH A JAPANESE TEA COMPANY. >> Nelson: A PET FOOD? >> Weil: A PET FOOD CALLED PET WITH ALL OF MY AFTER-TAX PROFITS GO MEDICINE EDUCATION, BOTH AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COUNTRY. AND WE'VE JUST WITHIN THE NEXT FEW YEARS, >> Nelson: WE'VE GOT PRACTICING THESE SORTS OF DIFFERENCE IN THEIR LIFE?

>> Weil: FIRST, I WOULD REALLY IT'S ON MY WEB SITE; WWW.DRWEIL.COM. A VERY STRONG CONSENSUS NOW WHAT IS JUST FIND OUT THAT BASIC TO PHYSICAL ACTIVITY. KIND OF STRESS MANAGEMENT THE SIMPLEST ARE THESE BREATHING TECHNIQUES, DEEP, SLOW, QUIET BREATHING >> Nelson: IT'S A WONDERFUL OF US HAVE OCCASIONALLY. >> Weil: YES. >> Nelson: DR. WEIL, THANK >> Weil: PLEASURE TO TALK >> Nelson: THAT'S ALL THE TIME AND

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