Frequently Asked Questions

Lifestyle medicine is a medical specialty. It's an approach to healthcare that focuses on preventing and treating chronic conditions and diseases by promoting regular, healthy lifestyle habits. 

 Lifestyle behaviors include plant-based diet, exercise, sleep, stress management, social interactions, and substance use avoidance.  

 Yes, lifestyle medicine can be used alongside traditional treatments to manage and even improve chronic conditions like diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, obesity, and depression. 

 Lifestyle medicine can be beneficial for managing:

Type 2 diabetes

• Cardiovascular  disease

• Obesity

• High blood pressure

• High cholesterol

• Depression

• Anxiety

 While traditional medicine often focuses on treating symptoms with medication, lifestyle medicine prioritizes lifestyle changes as the primary treatment method aiming to address the underlying causes of chronic diseases. 

 Yes, numerous studies have shown the effectiveness of lifestyle interventions in preventing and managing chronic diseases, with strong evidence backing the benefits of each healthy lifestyle habit. 

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