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Emory Healthy Kitchen Collaborative Paper Features Full Plate Living
Paper published from Emory Healthy Kitchen grant features Full Plate Living.
Current Challenges and New Directions in Preventive Medicine, An Issue of Medical Clinics of North America: Includes Chapters on Lifestyle Medicine and Wholeness
Ardmore Institute of Health is delighted this new Preventive Medicine text includes chapters on Lifestyle Medicine and Wholeness.
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.
Plant-Based and Ketogenic Diets As Diverging Paths to Address Cancer
This review article in JAMA Oncology concludes “the collective evidence supports plant-enriched diets vs KD for the reduction of cancer risk and the improvement of metabolic disorders in survivors.”
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.
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.
A Family Physician's Introduction to Lifestyle Medicine Supplement Published in Journal of Family Practice
The urgent need to treat the root cause of lifestyle-related chronic disease led to the creation of this supplement. The goal is to provide family physicians with information on all aspects of Lifestyle Medicine.
The Safe and Effective Use of Plant-Based Diets with Guidelines for Health Professionals
This article in the journal Nutrients reviews the scientific data on plant-based diets to summarize their preventative and therapeutic role in chronic disease. Nutrient needs and supplements for vitamin B12, calcium, vitamin D, iron, zinc, and omega-3 fats, are discussed including guidelines for physicians.
Development of Culinary and Self-Care Programs in Diverse Settings: Theoretical Considerations and Available Evidence
Ardmore Institute of Health helped to fund the Emory Healthy Kitchen collaborative to promote learnings around teaching kitchens and lifestyle medicine. This article in Analytic Review provides a qualitative summary of the evidence-informed development of the project.