Overview of Lifestyle Medicine

Question 1

What does the lifestyle medicine approach include?

Answer 1

Feet, Fingers, Forks, Sleep Stress Love (Mnemonic)

Feet: REGULAR physical activity
Fingers: AVOID risky substances (e.g., tobacco, drugs)
Forks: PREDOMINANTLY whole food plant-based diet
Sleep: RESTORATIVE sleep
Stress: MANAGEMENT stress
Love: non-drug modalities to PROMOTE health & PREVENT disease, avoidance of risky substances and positive social connections

Question 2

Define a whole-food plant-based (WFPB) diet.

Answer 2

A WFPB diet:

1) Consists of mostly foods from plants (e.g. whole grains, vegetables, fruits, beans & legumes)
2) Little or no animal products (e.g., dairy, meat, eggs).

Question 3

The following are recommended to be referred to the Healthy Lifestyle Clinic:

a. Preconditions such as high normal blood pressure, prediabetes, and borderline lipid profiles.

b. The preconditions, acute lumbar disc disease, and coronary heart disease were cleared by a cardiologist.

c. The preconditions are three weeks post-bariatric surgery and a sedentary lifestyle.

d. The preconditions are poor sleep, stress, being overweight, and client with high blood Hb

Answer 3

preconditions such as high normal blood pressure, prediabetes, and a borderline lipid profile.

Question 4

In lifestyle medicine, what is meant by ‘control of a chronic disease’ ?

Answer 4

cONTrOL
L - labs IMPROVED to accepted standard levels but N.O.T. normal
O- optional drugs/medical therapies

Question 5

In lifestyle medicine, what is meant by ‘disease reversal’ ?

Answer 5

Disease Reversal - DRS (‘doctors’)
D -Diagnostic tests/labs (-)
R -Rx - without current use of any medications
S -Signs/symptoms are not present