Experts Prescribe These 6 Lifestyle Medicines For a Long, Healthy Life
YORAM VODOVOTZ & MICHAEL PARKINSON, THE CONVERSATION
22 JANUARY 2021
And the costs are unaffordable and growing. About 90 percent of the nearly US$4 trillion Americans spend annually for health care in the US is for chronic diseases and mental health conditions.
But there are new lifestyle medicines that are free that doctors could be prescribing for all their patients.
Lifestyle medicine is the clinical application of healthy behaviors to prevent, treat and reverse disease. More than ever, researchunderscoresthatthe pills today s physician should be prescribing for patients are the six domains of lifestyle medicine: whole food plant-based eating, regular physical activity, restorative sleep, stress management, addiction reduction or elimination, and positive psychology and social connection.
Lifestyle medicine targets the root of chronic diseases like obesity, heart disease and diabetes. Experts explain why everyone should embrace these free prescriptions for good health.