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Lifestyle interventions can have rapid results and provide healing at all stages of the disease, not solely before the development of an active or established disease. Our health and overall well-being depends for the most part on the choices we make every day during our life-time. poor diet is the #1 modifiable risk for chronic disease along with sedentary behavior and smoking.
Food choices are among the most important health decisions we make, and
we make about 221 food choices daily.
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The leading causes of death in the United States are related to food and dietary risk and is the number 1 risk factor for dying of chronic disease.
Excess body weight and body fat, elevated blood sugar levels, high blood pressure and elevated cholesterol levels cause chronic medical conditions that need to be managed with medication for the rest of your life unless changes made in lifestyle habits.
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Food as Medicine and Lifestyle Medicine are becoming more popular in the prevention and treatment of chronic conditions.
Incorporating healthful eating habits and learning to make good food choices combined with a personalized exercise plan are among lifestyle changes that can reverse the progression of potentially deadly, expensive and highly preventable diseases. A health coach can help you set relevant and meaningful goals when you are ready to make that change. Weight management is a lifelong process
Research has taught us that we can change our DNA with the adoption of healthy lifestyle habits and positively impact our health, function, fitness, and immune system which all contributes to longevity and our quality of life.
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Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.
—Hippocrates, c 460-370 BCE,
ancient Greek physician in the Age of Pericles known as the father of modern medicine
lifetime wellness with lifestyle medicine
Promoting low fat, minimally processed
whole food plant based (WFPB) diet for exceptional living
Plant-based diets have been associated with lowering overall and ischemic heart disease mortality; supporting sustainable weight management reducing medication needs; lowering the risk for most chronic diseases; decreasing the incidence and severity of high-risk conditions, including obesity, hypertension, hyperlipidemia,and hyperglycemia; and even possibly reversing advanced coronary artery disease and
type 2 diabetes.
Dean Ornish PhD
Optimal Lifestyle Program reverses most chronic diseases (coronary heart disease, early stage prostate cancer, type-2 diabetes, hypertension, autoimmune disease, hyperlipidemia, obesity, cellular aging, changing gene expression). The reason that these same lifestyle changes can reverse the progression of so many chronic diseases is that they are different manifestations of the same underlying biological mechanisms.
World Health Organization
(WHO)
"Households should select predominantly plant-based diets rich in a variety of vegetables and fruits, pulses or legumes, and minimally processed starchy staple foods. The evidence that such diets will prevent or delay a significant proportion of non-communicable chronic diseases is consistent. A predominantly plant-based diet has a low energy density, and may protect against obesity."
It is not enough to advise people to change their diets. It's not enough to simply suggest people eat more fruits and vegetables. Populations benefit most when they receive education, demonstration, guidance and personal/community support.
Health Coaching; it's not just for weight-loss
Hiring a health coach can help you make successful changes to current behaviors by adopting lifestyle habits to take back control and/or manage a health condition. Your coach and personal trainer provide resources, tools and can teach you skills to help you empower yourself.
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