Incorporating Lifestyle Medicine into Occupational Medicine Practice
Ardmore Institute of Health is delighted to share this new article that outlines how occupational and environmental medicine clinicians and medical directors can integrate Lifestyle Medicine to enhance worker health and performance, manage chronic disease, and facilitate faster recovery from injury and illness.
New Study Recommends 36 Nutrition Competencies for Medical Students and Physician Trainees
Ardmore Institute of Health is delighted to support this pivotal study, spearheaded by The Teaching Kitchen Collaborative, that proposes nutrition competencies for medical students and physician trainees.
Religion and Spirituality in Lifestyle Medicine
Ardmore Institute of Health is happy to share this new research article that presents a faith-practice framework to support Lifestyle Medicine practitioners in integrating religion/spirituality into their patient-centered care.
Implementation of a virtual, shared medical appointment program that focuses on food as medicine principles in a population with obesity: the SLIM program
Emory Healthy Kitchen Collaborative Paper Features Full Plate Living
Paper published from Emory Healthy Kitchen grant features Full Plate Living.
Dietary fiber intake and all-cause and cause-specific mortality: An updated systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies
Ardmore Institute of Health is happy to share yet another paper that supports the Full Plate Living approach to healthy Nutrition.
American Journal of Health Promotion Issue Features Four Lifestyle Medicine Articles
The August 2023 American Journal of Health Promotion Knowing Well, Being WelI issue features articles highlighting how employers are agents of healthcare change.
Two Articles on the Health Benefits of Fiber
This research article published in Frontiers in Nutrition looks at the relationship between fiber intake and weight loss. Related, a recent paper in the American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine highlighted that “fiber intake can alter human physiology through multiple mechanisms that result in positive health benefits.”
Medication Deprescribing Among Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: A Qualitative Case Series of Lifestyle Medicine Practitioner Protocols
This paper shares examples of how deprescribing in the context of lifestyle medicine treatment is conducted.
Maximizing Lifestyle Changes To Manage Type 2 Diabetes
“This evidence could reframe our understanding of type 2 diabetes therapy and could change the conversations we have with patients regarding their treatment. Instead of focusing on an A1C goal that is adequate for control of type 2 diabetes, we would instead focus on achieving remission.”
Health Benefits of A 16-Week Whole Food, High Fiber, Plant Predominant Diet Among U.S. Employees
This study of corporate employees participating in the online Full Plate Living program found significant pre-post improvements in employee’s nutrition and wellbeing.
Study Associates Intake of Dairy Milk With Greater Risk of Prostate Cancer
Men with higher intakes of dairy foods, especially milk, face a significantly higher risk of prostate cancer compared to men with lower intakes, according to a new study conducted by researchers at Loma Linda University Health.
Evaluating the Full Plate Living lifestyle intervention in low-income monolingual Latinas with and without food insecurity
This article was published in the Journal Women’s Health.
Ultra-processed food intake and animal-based food intake and mortality in the Adventist Health Study-2
The research finds the total of animal based food consumption (meat, dairy, eggs) was not associated with mortality, but higher red meat intake was. The findings suggest that high consumption of ultra-processed foods may be an important indicator of mortality.
Incorporating Lifestyle Medicine Into Primary Care Practice: Perceptions and Practices of Family Physicians
Lifestyle medicine concepts resonate strongly with family physicians although gaps exist surrounding engaging in community partnerships, advocacy, and certain domains of LM.
Building Health Equity: Action Steps From the American College of Lifestyle Medicine’s Health Disparities Solutions Summit (HDSS) 2020
This paper, published in the American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine, provides background on the realities of health disparities in the United States, introduces the entrance point of lifestyle medicine (LM) practice in the struggle for health equity, and summarizes Summit proceedings and recommended action steps.
The Biology of Veganism: Plasma Metabolomics Analysis Reveals Distinct Profiles of Vegans and Non-Vegetarians in the Adventist Health Study-2 Cohort
Study “results suggest that multiple potentially bioactive metabolites are increased by consumption of plant-based foods, and may lower the risk of metabolic diseases through anti-inflammatory mechanisms.”
A Healthy Diet Can Add Years to Your Life
You’re never too old to add years to your life by eating a healthier diet. Extend your life a decade or more when incorporating specific dietary changes shown in a recently published study.
Rationale and Design of the Emory Healthy Kitchen Collaborative: A 12-month Culinary-Based Lifestyle Program
The International Journal of Disease Reversal and Prevention published a paper featuring the Ardmore Institute of Health supported Emory Healthy Kitchen Collaborative, a 12-month Culinary-Based Lifestyle Program.
Dietary change in high-income nations alone can lead to substantial double climate dividend
Dietary change toward plant focused diets not only improves health it may offer substantial opportunities for greenhouse gas reductions.