Lifestyle Medicine
Treatment that focuses on promoting healthy lifestyle habits and diet as a means of preventing and treating chronic diseases
What is Lifestyle Medicine?
Lifestyle medicine is a branch of medicine focused on the use of evidence-based lifestyle interventions, such as healthy eating, regular physical activity, stress management, quality sleep, and avoiding risky substances, to prevent, treat, and manage chronic diseases. It emphasizes the role of lifestyle factors as primary determinants of health and chronic disease risk. Lifestyle medicine practitioners work with patients to develop personalized nutrition, physical activity, and behavioural plans to improve health outcomes and quality of life. Lifestyle medicine is an interdisciplinary field that integrates several medical specialties, including nutrition, psychology, exercise physiology, and preventive medicine.
What are the 6 Pillars of Lifestyle Medicine?
- A whole-food, plant-rich eating pattern
- Exercise and physical activity
- Restorative sleep
- Stress management
- Avoidance of risky substances
- Positive social connections to promote mental well-being
What Can Lifestyle Medicine Treat?
Acupuncture
- Chronic Disease Prevention
- Coronary Artery Disease
- Dementia
- Depression
- Digestive issues
- Heart Disease
- High Cholesterol
- Hypertension
Cupping
- Inflammatory Disease
- Joint pains
- Kidney disease
- Lung disease
- Obesity
- Poor sleep habits
- Type 2 Diabetes