You Can't Afford to Get Sick : Your Guide to Optimum Health and Health Care

The New York Times bestseller from the leader in the field of natural health-updated with a new prescriptive chapter. Between the state of Americans' health and the state of this nation's health care system, wellness-or the lack of it-has become a crisis in literally millions of households. Obesity is epidemic and someone in this country files for bankruptcy every thirty seconds in the aftermath of a serious health problem. In this visionary New York Times bestseller, the world-renowned pioneer in the field of integrative medicine offers concrete solutions-now. Along with an overview of the state of today's health care system, the paperback edition of You Can't Afford to Get Sick provides specific prescriptive information that will appeal to the core audience of readers who have made Dr. Weil's other books #1 bestsellers. With a two-week plan for optimum wellness, “America’s best-known doctor” ( The New York Times ) shows you what you need to know to be in the best health and have the best care. The crisis in American health has hit home in very personal ways. Every thirty seconds someone in this country files for bankruptcy in the aftermath of a serious health problem. And although America spends more on health care than any other country, the World Health Organization recently ranked our health outcomes lowest among the developed nations. Now, in this visionary New York Times bestseller, world-renowned pioneer in the field of integrative medicine Andrew Weil, MD, busts the myths underpinning our health-care system and provides cogent strategies for change as well as specific prescriptive information explaining how—beginning with his two-week jumpstart plan for optimum wellness—to get and maintain good health.