Friday, December 2nd, 2011

Combatting Depression With Meditation, Diet

Dr Weil at a 2009 'Nutrition and Health' conference. University of Arizona image.

In his book Spontaneous Happiness, Dr. Andrew Weil writes of an 'integrative' approach to mental health, warding off mild and moderate depression with an anti-inflammatory diet, exercise and activities such as yoga and meditation, rather than antidepressants.

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Andrew Weil
Author, "Spontaneous Happiness" (Little, Brown and Company, 2011) Director, Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine
Professor, Medicine and Public Health
College of Medicine
University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona

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Segment produced by:Christopher Intagliata

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