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If I had to limit my advice on healthier living to just one tip, it would be simply to learn how to breathe correctly.

Andrew Weil

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Andrew Weil
Age: 82
Born: 1942
Born: June 8
Medical Doctor
Medical Writer
Physician
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Andrew Thomas Weil
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