Eight Weeks to Optimum Health

A Proven Program for Taking Full Advantage of Your Body's Natural Healing Power

By: Andrew Weil MD

Narrated by: Stephen Hoye

Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins

Publisher's summary

Now expanded and updated: The audiobook in which one of America's most brilliant and respected doctors gives us his famous program for improving and maintaining health, already the program of choice for hundreds of thousands.

Eight Weeks to Optimum Health focuses all of Andrew Weil's expertise in both conventional and alternative medicine on a practical week-by-week, step-by-step plan, covering diet, exercise, lifestyle, stress, and environment - all the aspects of daily living that affect health and well-being. And he shows how his program can be tailored to the specific needs of pregnant women, senior citizens, overweight people, and those at risk for cancer, among others.

Dr. Weil has added the most up-to-date findings on such vital subjects as cholesterol, antioxidants, trans fats, toxic residues in the food supply, soy products, and vitamins and supplements, together with a greatly enhanced source list for information and supplies.

Preventive in the broadest sense, straightforward, and encouraging, Eight Weeks to Optimum Health has proved to be, and in this updated version will continue to be, an essential book.

©2006 Andrew Weil (P)2006 Books on Tape

Better as a regular book

I did really get a lot from this book. He explains why some foods that we hear about aren't good for you. He doesn't just say don't do this or that, he explains what is in certain foods that can harm you and how they harm you. Its your choice then to decide what to put in your body. He also takes all the changes very slow which is a huge key to change in my opinion.

The reason I think this is better as a paper book is to have the recipes easy to use at your finger tips. I went to a used bookstore and had the book on hand as I listened to it as well in my car.

Lots of Information

What did you love best about Eight Weeks to Optimum Health?

Seems to be based on science and not popular opinion

What was one of the most memorable moments of Eight Weeks to Optimum Health?

There is no one item.

Which character – as performed by Stephen Hoye – was your favorite?

N/A

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Absolutely not. Too much information to absorb.

Any additional comments?

Be prepared for a lot of information. Well worth listening to. Wished it had a PDF with it when it came to the last chapter on vitamins and supplements.

should of had attached recipes

Any additional comments?

good book but wish it had attached pdf for the recipe, ended up having to buy the book so I can see the recipe.

Great Book with Practical and Doable Advice

The book itself is a great book. I like how Dr. Weil does not FORCE you to drastically change your life in 8 weeks. His advice is very accurate but very sensible. You do not feel overwhelmed by all the changes that a lot of folks suggest so as you read/listen to this book you know that you can apply the principles in this book to your life...no matter what your current lifestyle is. I do recommend the hard copy as well as he's got a lot of recipes and other items that you might find helpful to be able to reference in text as opposed to just audio. Overall its a great book and I recommend it to anybody that wants to life a healthier more meaningful life.

Odd voice recording

I really enjoy Dr. Weil's books and have listened to him on audio in the past...so I expected that this book would be in his own voice. It isn't. It has a strange cadence and is very unlike Dr. Weil's voice. It's very off putting. And, a shame too because the information is so very valuable. Good book... just a strange recording.

Good start to changing your lifestyle

It begins with a biographical piece on Dr. Weil. I could have had less of that. The later 1/3 of the book is good note taking stuff. I incorporated the supplemental recommendations.

Good book... but....

The book as a whole is an excellent source for alternate wellness. The only downside that I found was that the audible version does not come with the recipes and appendix that are refered throughout the book. I had to go out and purchase the book, after purchasing the audible version, for the recipes and other references made in the book. Other than that it is an excellent well written book on preventative health.

great health discussion!

Im a health junkie, this is an epic audiobook, exceptional because he uses many aspects of daily life to make yourself healthier in very small DOABLE steps. If you want to heal your mind, body, and/or spirit buy this.
I go for walks every morning and listen!

excellent book poorly produced

Dr. Weil's approach moves you toward your optimum health one small intelligent change at a time starting from wherever you are right now.
Unfortunately this wonderful book is narrated in a "radio voice" manner by one who doesn't appear to understand the meaning of the words and phrases he reads.
Additionally frustrating is the frequent instruction to refer to appendices which do not exist in the audio edition, while at the same time each recipe is read in full detail aloud.
This book is much too good for the shoddy production it received and one is forced to purchase the paper edition to get the value of Dr. Weil's amazing advise.

The Best Book of its Kind

I have revisited this book so many times in print form, and downloaded it in audio so I could listen on a road trip. Though it is hard to keep track of all the recommendations on audio, it is a great companion to the print book.
The concept is based on adding healthy foods and practices, not removing unhealthy ones. The unhealthy foods and practices seem to naturally fall away when you are practicing good ones. It is a much less white-knuckle approach to lifestyle change, and I believe this makes it much easier to implement for people who have a hard time implementing dietary and lifestyle changes.