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Lifestyle Medicine

What is Lifestyle Medicine?

As defined by the American College of Lifestyle Medicine: “Lifestyle Medicine is the use of evidence-based lifestyle therapeutic approaches, such as a plant-predominant dietary lifestyle, regular physical activity, adequate sleep, stress management, avoiding use of risky substances and pursuing other non-drug modalities to treat, reverse and prevent chronic disease.”

Dr. Pradhan believes in the principles of Lifestyle Medicine and using nutrition to treat disease and is a member of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine.  The primary diet is whole food plant based diets (WFPBD) with primarily vegan diets to help treat and reverse disease.  Dr. Pradhan has completed the Plant-Based Nutrition Certificate, Completed (June 2019), T. Colin Campbell Center for Nutrition Studies and eCornell.

If you could change your life, would you?

See evidence-based references below to learn more.

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Healthy Life, Healthy Eyes Website

Dr. Neal Barnard

Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine

Author of numerous books including:

1. Dr. Neal Barnard’s Program for Reversing Diabetes: The Scientifically Proven System for Reversing Diabetes Without Drugs

2. Dr. Neal Barnard’s Cookbook for Reversing Diabetes: 150 Recipes Scientifically Proven to Reverse Diabetes Without Drugs

3. 21-Day Weight Loss Kickstart: Boost Metabolism, Lower Cholesterol, and Dramatically Improve Your Health

4. Power Foods for the Brain: An Effective 3-Step Plan to Protect Your Mind and Strengthen Your Memory

5. The Get Healthy, Go Vegan Cookbook: 125 Easy and Delicious Recipes to Jump-Start Weight Loss and Help You Feel Great

6. The Cheese Trap: How Breaking a Surprising Addiction Will Help You Lose Weight, Gain Energy, and Get Healthy

7. Foods That Fight Pain: Revolutionary New Strategies for Maximum Pain Relief

8. The Cancer Survivor’s Guide: Foods That Help You Fight Back

Dr. Michael Greger

His website: Nutrition Facts

Author of

1. How Not to Die

2. How Not to Die Cookbook

Dr. T Colin Campbell and the Center for Nutrition Studies

with his son Dr. Campbell and their Nutrition Course of the Cornell Website which presents evidence-based information on whole-food plant based diets (WFPBD) for overall health.

Dr. Campbell is the author of

1. The China Study

2. The China Study Cookbook by LeAnne Campbell, PhD

3. Forks Over Knives: The Plant-Based Way to Health

Amazing True Stories on how WFPBD saves lives

Dr. Dean Ornish and his amazing lifestyle medicine website

He also has a cardiac rehab program on his website to help reverse heart disease with a WFPBD.

Dr. Ornish is the author of:

  1. Undo It!: How Simple Lifestyle Changes Can Reverse Most Chronic Diseases

  2. Dr. Dean Ornish’s Program for Reversing Heart Disease: The Only System Scientifically Proven to Reverse Heart Disease Without Drugs or Surgery

  3. The Spectrum: A Scientifically Proven Program to Feel Better, Live Longer, Lose Weight, and Gain Health

  4. Everyday Cooking with dr. Dean Ornish

  5. Eat More, Weigh Less: Dr. Dean Ornish’s Program for Losing Weight Safely While Eating Abundantly

  6. Everyday Cooking with Dr. Dean Ornish: 150 Easy, Low-Fat, High-Flavor Recipes

  7. Love and Survival: Healing Power of Intimacy, The

Watch Videos of Personal Stories of how the Ornish Program has helped people.

Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn

Author of Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease

Dr. John McDougall and his website including a 10-day Live-In Program in Santa Rosa, CA.

Dr. McDougall is the author of:

  1. The Healthiest Diet on the Planet: Why the Foods You Love-Pizza, Pancakes, Potatoes, Pasta, and More-Are the Solution to Preventing Disease and Looking and Feeling Your Best

  2. The Starch Solution: Eat the Foods You Love, Regain Your Health, and Lose the Weight for Good!

  3. The McDougall Program for Maximum Weight Loss

  4. The McDougall Quick and Easy Cookbook: Over 300 Delicious Low-Fat Recipes You Can Prepare in Fifteen Minutes or Less

  5. The McDougall Program: 12 Days to Dynamic Health

Rip Esselstyn (Dr. Caldwell Esselstyn’s son)

A firefighter who is vegan and helped changed the lives of his entire firefighter team.

Author of books including:

  1. Engine 2 Diet

  2. Plant Stong

  3. Engine 2 Diet Cookbook

  4. The Engine 2 Seven-Day Rescue Diet: Eat Plants, Lose Weight, Save Your Health

The OMD Plan: Swap One Meal a Day to Save Your Health and Save the Planet By Suzy Amis Cameron (Foreward by Dean Ornish, MD) – Swap One Meal A Day to Save Your Health and Save the Planet 

  • Endorsed by Oprah Winfrey

The OMD Plan by Suzy Amis Cameron

Arbonne’s 30-days to Healthy Living supports the principles of Lifestyle Medicine.

Shop with Dr. Pradhan for Arbonne’s Nutrition to help you control your health.

All Arbonne products are VEGAN and gluten-free.

There is a Facebook group with daily support to help you on your journey.

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