Heal Faster: Unlock Your Body's Rapid Recovery Reflex

Discover how to harness your body’s innate healing mechanisms to recover faster and more completely from virtually any condition, from common colds to chronic disease, by the executive director of the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona.

“An essential operating manual for how to get well and stay well. I learned so much from this book.” —James Nestor, New York Times bestselling author of Breath

What if your body already has all the healing tools it needs—and you just need to learn how to activate them?

In this groundbreaking book, Victoria Maizes, MD, a pioneer of integrative medicine, draws on forty years of experience and cutting-edge research to reveal the remarkable power of what she calls the “rapid recovery reflex”—your body’s built-in ability to restore balance and heal from illness, injury, and stress.

Inside you’ll discover:
-Science-backed strategies that can speed up recovery from common ailments (like GERD, UTIs, anxiety, asthma, diabetes, and eczema), chronic conditions, and even surgery.
-Surprising reasons why you should sometimes let your body’s natural inflammatory response do its healing work.
-A personalized Recovery Toolkit with essential supplements, practices, and remedies for different conditions.
-Integrative tools that really work when managing mental health, stress, and anxiety.

Rather than merely treating symptoms, Dr. Maizes shows how to address the root causes of illness while providing practical tools for activating your rapid recovery reflex. This comprehensive guide empowers you to take charge of your health and tap into your body’s remarkable ability to heal itself.

Victoria Maizes, MD, is the founding executive director of the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine and a professor of medicine, family medicine, and public health at the University of Arizona. An internationally recognized leader in integrative medicine, Dr. Maizes lectures worldwide to academic and community audiences on women’s health, vitality, environmental health, nutrition, and cancer. She is the author of Be Fruitful and Heal Faster, the editor of the Oxford University textbook Integrative Women’s Health, as well as the cohost of the Body of Wonder podcast.