UltraWellness Lesson 1: Environmental Inputs
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The U.S. spends billions on chronic disease treatments. A fraction of that investment to promote healthful lifestyles would yield greater benefit.In their article “Diet, Lifestyle and Longevity – The Next Steps?” in the Journal of the American Medical Association, two leading Harvard epidemiologists, Rim and Stampfer agree. They tell us the benefits of studying and addressing fundamental dietary, lifestyle, and environmental factors is more effective and economically sound than trying to find the latest drug or surgical treatment for chronic diseases. As a society, the United States spends billions on chronic disease treatments and interventions for risk factors. Although these are useful and important, a fraction of that investment to promote healthful lifestyles for individuals at all ages would yield greater benefit. Simply looking at what we put in and around our bodies every day would be more effective and much cheaper. If the leading causes of death are smoking (435,000 deaths per year), poor diet, and lack of exercise (400,000 deaths), followed by alcohol, toxins, car accidents, sexual behaviors, and the use of illicit drugs, then that is where we should put our efforts as individuals and as a society. Get Started I ask every patient detailed questions about all of their environmental inputs:
- What is the quality of your diet? Do you eat whole foods? Is yours a plant-based diet? Or are you following a disease-promoting SAD (Standard American Diet) that makes you malnourished and unable to self repair, regulate and heal?
- What are the stressors in your life: your relationships, work, societal pressures, family, or money?
- Have you been exposed to toxins in the air, water, or in food and has that disturbed the balance of your health?
- Have you experienced physical trauma?
- Do you misuse or under use your body and not provide the regular benefits of moving, stretching, and strengthening that allows your organs, joints, and muscles to function as they were designed?
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