section 1 part 2 Flashcards
Adventist Health Study
The study found a reduced risk for all-cause mortality in people consuming a vegetarian versus a non-vegetarian diet
The Lyon Diet Heart Study
This study looked at secondary prevention of coronary heart disease with a Mediterranean diet versus the American Heart Association Step 1 diet.
three basic tenets of lifestyle medicine;
Lifestyle medicine decreases reliance on medication and therefore reduces medication side effects. b) Lifestyle medicine is often more effective than conventional treatments for chronic disease, positively affecting disease progression. 13c) Lifestyle medicine offers safer control of some biological markers than some medications.
remission of type 2 diabetes
Dietary pattern appears to play a more significant role than physical activity, as remission can be achieved without increased exercise.
The Jenkin’s Portfolio Diet
(very low saturated fat, based on whole-wheat cereals and low-fat dairy) offered equivalent cholesterol control without the concerning side-effects that were seen with the use of a low-dose statin medication.
Ornish and Esselstyn have demonstrated
beneficial effects via polyphenols, which have a positive impact on the endothelial layer of the vasculature through negation of low-density lipoprotein oxidation and inflammation.
increase in the development of MCCs
aged 25–44 years compared with older adults.
Pediatric obesity
Overweight children only if severe comorbidities persist despite intensive lifestyle modification, particularly in children with a strong family history of type 2 diabetes or premature cardiovascular
“In patients aged 65 years and older with diabetes
who are ambulatory, we recommend lifestyle modification as the first-line treatment of hyperglycemia.”96
value of lifestyle medicine
“the greater costs of the lifestyle and metformin interventions were offset by reductions in the costs of nonintervention-related medical care.”
Planetary health defined
“Planetary health is a solutions-oriented, transdisciplinary field and social movement focused on analyzing and addressing the impacts of human disruptions to Earth’s natural systems on human health and all life on Earth.”
The Portfolio Diet Study
compared a diet very low in saturated fat based on milled whole-wheat cereals and low-fat dairy foods to the same diet with lovastatin or a placebo, not a low-carb diet.
The Lifestyle Heart Trial by Ornish
The Lifestyle Heart Trial showed regression of cardiac stenosis at 1 year and continued improvement at 5 years through a low-fat vegetarian dietary pattern, stress management, exercise, and smoking cessation in a small group setting, and emphasizing positive psychology and connectedness.
Pritikin Longevity Center (1970s)
A residential healthcare center that used nutrition, exercise, and education to treat and reverse heart disease.
interheart
9 risk factors 5 cause 80% of risk smoking,lipids,htn,diabetes,obesity
