Occupation: Physician Birth: July 16, 1953
Eating a vegetarian diet, walking (exercising) everyday, and meditating is considered radical. Allowing someone to slice your chest open and graft y….
Poor health is not caused by something you don't have; it's caused by disturbing something that you already have. Health is not something you need to….
Whether you're six or sixty, if you go on a diet and lifestyle program and feel constrained, you're likely to go off it sooner or later. Offering a s….
Because the biological mechanisms that affect our health and well-being are so dynamic, when people change their diet and lifestyle, they usually fee….
People tend to think of breakthroughs in medicine as a new drug, a laser, or a high-tech surgical procedure. They often have a hard time believing th….
Stress is not so much what you do, but how you react to what you do..
People who are lonely and depressed are three to 10 times more likely to get sick and die prematurely than those who have a strong sense of love and ….
Love and intimacy are at the roots of what makes us sick and what makes us well, what causes sadness and what brings happiness, what makes us suffer ….
We all have an inner teacher, an inner guide, an inner voice that speaks very clearly but usually not very loudly. That information can be drowned ou….
At a time when 20% of people in the US go to bed hungry each night and almost 50% of the world's population is malnourished, choosing to eat more pla….
An educated patient is empowered; thus, more likely to become healthy..
I've found that if I tell somebody 'Eat this and don't do that,' it's not only not helpful, it's counterproductive because even more than being healt….
People don't dislike change, they dislike being changed..
I don't understand why asking people to eat a well-balanced vegetarian diet is considered drastic, while it is medically conservative to cut people o….
In general, losing weight is a good thing for those who are overweight, but it's important to lose weight in a way that enhances your health rather t….
Over time, years of meditation gave me glimpses of the interconnectedness and interdependence of all life. I experienced that on one level we are alo….
The healing power of love and relationships has been documented in an increasing number of well-designed scientific studies involving hundreds of tho….
Real power is not given to us or even created; real power is realized. It comes from realizing an inner sense of peace, self-worth, and happiness..
Think about it: Heart disease and diabetes, which account for more deaths in the U.S. and worldwide than everything else combined, are completely pre….
Love and intimacy are at the root of what makes us sick and what makes us well...I am not aware of any other factor in medicine-not diet, not smoking….
Joy of living is sustainable; fear of dying is not..