We first heard about the American College of Lifestyle Medicine in
John McDougall, MD’s email newsletter, and we were happy to see that
this much-needed group is working to bring some sanity to the field of
medicine that has sold out to big industries to the detriment of the
health and financial wellbeing of their patients. At their third
annual meeting there were no industry sponsors and no speakers paid by
pharmaceutical companies! Now, that’s the way it should be!
The following is from the web site of the American College of
Lifestyle Medicine:
“What is Lifestyle Medicine?”
“Lifestyle Medicine (LM) is the use of lifestyle interventions in the
treatment and management of disease. Such interventions include diet
(nutrition), exercise, stress management, smoking cessation, and a
variety of other non-drug modalities. A growing body of scientific
evidence has demonstrated that lifestyle intervention is an essential
component in the treatment of chronic disease that can be as effective
as medication, but without the risks and unwanted side-effects.”
“The field of lifestyle medicine has been growing by leaps and bounds
over the last two decades. In the 1999 landmark textbook entitled
"Lifestyle Medicine," editor James Rippe, MD, expressed the hope it
would "open an entire new branch of medicine…" LM is becoming the
preferred modality for not only the prevention but the treatment of most
chronic diseases, including type-2 diabetes, coronary heart disease,
hypertension, obesity, insulin resistance syndrome, osteoporosis and
many types of cancer.”
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