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I don't get money from the vitamins that I make. My after tax profits go to a foundation that supports integrative medicine.

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