"More than one skillful physician has said that if one asks the right questions, the patient will make the diagnosis for you in his or her own words."
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"In my view, prescribing antidepressant drugs is too often a quick and easy substitute for developing treatment plans that address the totality of health concerns and lifestyle factors that have an impact on wellness, including emotional wellness."
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"Dietary fat, whether saturated or not, is not a cause of obesity, heart disease or any other chronic disease of civilization."
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"I am not against all forms of high-tech medicine. Drugs and surgeries have a secure place in the treatment of serious health conditions. But modern American medicine treats almost every health condition as if it were an emergency."
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"By keeping my hand in that, it's the way I keep learning. The main way you learn in medicine is by practicing and working with patients."
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"There's no single more powerful or simpler daily practice to further your health and well being than breath work."
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"Clearly, America's dysfunctional food culture must bear some of the blame for our excess pounds, but it's likely our walking-averse lifestyles contribute as well."
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"American businesses are struggling to pay outrageous, exploitive insurance bills for their employees, hampering our ability to compete globally."
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"Most American diets, even bad ones, provide more than enough calcium for bone health, especially for men."
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"Drugs don't have spiritual potential, human beings have spiritual potential. And it may be that we need techniques to move us in that direction, and the use of psychoactive drugs clearly is one path that has helped many people."
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"Imagine that each time you inhale, that the universe is breathing into you, and as you exhale it is breathing out of you."
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"I find that low protein diets often contribute to improvement in patients with immune system problems ... In fact, it would be hard to become deficient in protein in our country even if you tried."
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"Any drug can be used successfully, no matter how bad it's reputation, and any drug can be abused, no matter how accepted it is. There are no good or bad rugs; there are only good and bad relationships with drugs."
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"In my view, the best gift is one that benefits both the receiver and the planet."
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"It is unrealistic to want to be happy all the time."
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"Learning to focus attention and concentration is very useful; meditation can help you do that."
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"Whole plants differ in their effects from refined drugs (:)...Plants are dilute preparations (of) the active principles...Plants usually go into the body through the mouth and stomach, whereas purified chemicals can be put...by snorting or injecting...directly into...bloodstreams without giving...bodies a chance to process them. Other compounds in drug plants...may modify the active principles, making them safer."
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"For many in the modern world, carving out time for both traditional seated meditation and exercise has become close to impossible."
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"Even low-calorie diets and vigorous exercise fail to work in the long term for at least some people."
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"To be clear, I worry as much about the impact of the Internet as anyone else. I worry about shortening attention spans, the physical cost of sedentary "surfing" and the potential for coarsening discourse as millions of web pages compete for attention by appealing to our base instincts."
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