Approach to Healthcare
Lifestyle medicine is an approach to healthcare and preventive medicine that focuses on lifestyle factors and their impact on health and well-being. It recognizes that many chronic diseases and health conditions are primarily caused by unhealthy lifestyle choices and habits, and seeks to address these root causes through lifestyle interventions.
The field of lifestyle medicine encompasses a range of areas, including Nutrition, Circadian Rhythm/Entrainment, Physical Activity, Positive Psychology/Social Connections, Sleep, and Substances Abuse such as tobacco and excessive alcohol. The goal is to promote healthy behaviors and empower individuals to make positive changes in their lives that can prevent and even reverse certain chronic conditions.
Lifestyle medicine takes a holistic approach, considering the interconnectedness of various lifestyle factors and their influence on overall health. It combines elements of preventive medicine, behavioral science, and clinical care to help individuals adopt healthier habits and reduce the risk of chronic diseases like obesity, diabetes, heart disease, certain cancers, and mental health disorders.
Pillars of Lifestyle Medicine & SWIPE
Explore key research behind each Pillar of Lifestyle Medicine & SWIPE.
These links provide evidence-based insights supporting prevention and reversal of chronic diseases.
Nutrition (Dietary Habits/Eating Patterns)
Association Between Dietary Habits and Depression: A Systematic Review
How diet affects Alzheimer’s disease and small vessel disease
Is the lack of appropriate cognitive demand the primary driver of dementia risk?
Incident type 2 diabetes attributable to suboptimal diet in 184 countries
WHO research agency identifies Aspartame sweetener as a Possible Carcinogen
How Food Stimulates Natural GLP-1 Through Your Gut Microbiome
Non-Nutritive Eating Behaviors
New form of addiction: An emerging hazardous addiction problem of milk tea among youths
Milk in tea: exploring the chemistry and biological activities
Interactions of tea tannins and condensed tannins with proteins
Recent Progress of Mycotoxin in Various Food Products—Human Exposure and Health Risk Assessment
Nanomaterials-based biosensors applied for detection of aflatoxin B1 in cereals: a review
“You Can’t Milk an Almond”: America’s Consumption of Milk and “Milk’s” Consumption of America



Sleep
Sleep and dietary habits in the urban environment: the role of chrono-nutrition
The influence of sleep and sleep loss upon food intake and metabolism
Daytime napping and nighttime sleep in pregnant individuals with insomnia disorder
Role of sleep deprivation in immune-related disease risk and outcomes
Insufficient Sleep Duration Is Associated With Dietary Habits, Screen Time, and Obesity in Children
Association Between Sleep Hygiene and Sleep Quality in Medical Students
Long sleep duration and health outcomes: A systematic review, meta-analysis and meta-regression



Physical Activity
Association Between Dietary Habits and Depression: A Systematic Review
How diet affects Alzheimer’s disease and small vessel disease
Is the lack of appropriate cognitive demand the primary driver of dementia risk?
Incident type 2 diabetes attributable to suboptimal diet in 184 countries
WHO research agency identifies Aspartame sweetener as a possible Carcinogen



Positive Psychology/Social Connections



Substance Abuse



Circadian Rhythm/Entrainment
Basic concepts and unique features of human circadian rhythms: implications for human health
Change in liver clock could affect synchronization of the circadian cycle
Liver cells can act on the central clock and modify circadian behavior
Circadian rhythms, time-restricted feeding, and healthy aging
Effect of Circadian Rhythm on Metabolic Processes and the regulation of Energy Balance
A Growing Link between Circadian Rhythms, Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Alzheimer’s Disease
Circadian Entrainment to the Natural Light-Dark Cycle Across Seasons and the Weekend
Effects of Audio Brain Entrainment on Korean People with Mild Insomnia



Lifestyle Medicine Additional Material


