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  • From: "Tradingpost" <tradingpost@lobo.net>
  • To: livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [Livingontheland] Lifestyle medicine
  • Date: Sat, 04 Sep 2010 22:16:08 -0600


OK folks, this is about as official as it gets, when it makes JAMA. And it
hit me that this ties in directly with our discussion of the grower
lifestyle. The work and exercise, eating real food, and ending stress are all
part of it. We might not make a lot of money but we may likely avoid
catastrophic medical bills by treating or avoiding those illnesses with
"lifestyle medicine". That (and health) could be an overwhelming reason to be
a grower. I believe it and I do it.

paul tradingpost@lobo.net
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"Lifestyle medicine is defined by the expert panel as the “evidence-based
practice of assisting individuals and families to adopt and sustain healthy
behaviors that can improve health and quality of life.” The panel undertook
the competencies development initiative to begin to address an identified gap
in physician practice. While the evidence clearly shows lifestyle
interventions and behavior change to be the most effective first-line of
therapy for reducing chronic disease, the majority of physicians are not
following these guidelines, citing lack of knowledge, skill, or confidence in
counseling patients about lifestyle interventions.
"The American College of Preventive Medicine (ACPM), a leading
organization of some of the country’s top physicians committed to preventing
disease and promoting health, applauds today’s public release of a set of
physician competencies for prescribing lifestyle medicine. The competencies,
developed by a blue ribbon panel of physician experts and representatives
from leading primary care and other medical associations, were released as
part of a commentary by ACPM representatives Drs. Liana Lianov and Mark
Johnson published in the July 14 issue of JAMA."

http://www.acpm.org/LMCompetencies_pr.pdf
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"Nearly all the major medical societies recently joined in publishing a
review of the scientific evidence for lifestyle medicine both for the
prevention and TREATMENT of chronic disease. That report is called the ACPM
Lifestyle Initiative, and I encourage you to read it. It concluded there is
strong evidence that a lifestyle-based approach to chronic disease often
works better than medication or surgery and saves money.
"Taken collectively, the evidence is actually overwhelming. Lifestyle
intervention is often more effective in reducing cardiovascular disease,
hypertension, heart failure, stroke, cancer, diabetes and all cause mortality
than almost any other medical intervention.(iii) This data in conjunction
with a number of extraordinary recent research papers that call into question
the very foundations of our current approach--treating risk factors such as
high blood pressure, high cholesterol, or high blood sugar to prevent heart
disease and diabetes--forces us to rethink our whole approach to medicine.
These studies showed that lowering blood pressure, blood sugar, and
cholesterol in pre-diabetics with medication didn't reduce the risk of heart
attacks or death and created unnecessary side effects.(iv),(v),(vi),(vii)
"We're targeting the wrong things--we need to treat the cause, not the
effects. High blood pressure, high cholesterol, and high blood sugar are NOT
the cause of heart disease or diabetes. The real culprit is what we eat, how
much we exercise, stress, and environmental toxins. Our lifestyle and
environment influences the fundamental biological mechanisms that lead to
disease: Changes in gene expression, which modulate inflammation, oxidative
stress, and metabolic dysfunction. Treating risk factors is like blowing away
the smoke while the fire rages on. Lifestyle medicine puts out the fire."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-mark-hyman/millions-die-due-to-withh_b_705114.html









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