Lifestyle Medicine Program
Preventing and treating chronic medical conditions like diabetes, high cholesterol, overweight & obesity, high blood pressure, and metabolic syndrome using lifestyle changes.
What is Lifestyle Medicine?
A newer specialty of medicine that focuses on 6 pillars to prevent and treat chronic medical diseases. This approach helps to address the root cause of medical problems rather than focusing on treating symptoms. The pillars include:
Nutriton
A major part of lifestyle changes, we will review in detail how to optimize your food intake to get more of what your body needs, feel full, and likely lose weight in the process.
Exercise
Regular exercise is crucial to improving health and preventing disease. There is good evidence for both cardio (walking/running/biking/etc.)
and for resistance (weights/bands/etc.) We will create a plan together to address exercise and provide accountability during this 8 week program
Sleep
It’s essential to get the right amount AND quality of sleep. We will talk about sleep goals and work to carve out the appropriate amount of sleep every night. How often do you sleep for 7-9 hours per night?
Stress Management
The American life is filled with stress and unfortunately, the health consequences of it can be severe. Breathe deep my friend! During our 8 weeks, we will discuss ways to manage stress that work with your life. We will talk about the nervous system and mental health as we find ways to address stress. You can see how these pillars work together (exercise and social connection are part of the solution).
Social Connection
Having deep social connections improves our health. We will briefly review the medical science behind having a few key relationships and focus our time on finding practical ways to foster growing healthy relationships.
Avoiding risky substances
It’s not much of a surprise that alcohol, tobacco, and other substances have an impact on our health. As part of our course, we will work to address this area to optimize long term health goals.
Who could benefit from this program?
– Anyone who is ready to make lifestyle changes
– Those with chronic medical diseases
– Those wishing to prevent future disease