Making healthy lifestyle changes is one of the best ways to maintain a healthy weight, reduce chronic disease risks, and achieve a better quality of life. At North View Medical Clinic in Mead, Washington, board-certified family practice physician John Torquato, MD, offers lifestyle medicine to help you feel better and reduce your medication dosages. Call the office or book an appointment online today.

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What is lifestyle medicine?

Lifestyle medicine consists of medical treatments that maximize healthy lifestyle habits and minimize medication dosages. With lifestyle medicine, you might not have to take medications at all (over time) to maintain optimal health.

What are common chronic disease risk factors?

While anyone can develop a chronic disease, certain factors increase your risk of experiencing one. Examples include:

  • Being overweight or obese
  • Poor dietary habits
  • Physical inactivity
  • Tobacco use
  • Excessive alcohol intake
  • Mental health disorders
  • Poor dietary habits
  • Stress
  • High blood pressure
  • High cholesterol
  • High blood sugar
  • Family history of disease

Eliminating these risk factors with lifestyle medicine is the best way to take control of your health and reduce the need for expensive medications or invasive surgical procedures.

Is lifestyle medicine right for me?

To find out if you’re a good candidate for lifestyle medicine at North View Medical Clinic, Dr. Torquato reviews your medical history and asks about your symptoms. He checks your weight, blood pressure, and other vital signs before completing a physical exam.

Dr. Torquato might recommend you undergo urine tests, blood tests, allergy or asthma testing, electrocardiogram (EKG), other heart function tests, or imaging procedures to detect or rule out health problems.

What are my lifestyle medicine options?

If you have a chronic disease or its risk factors, or you simply want to stay healthy and feel your best, consider making some of the following lifestyle changes:

Medical weight loss

North View Medical Clinic offers medically supervised weight loss to help you achieve your goal weight and lower blood pressure, blood sugar, cholesterol, and other disease risk factors naturally.

Exercise prescriptions

Dr. Torquato can personalize an exercise program as part of your lifestyle medicine treatment plan, to lower your risk of diseases and their risk factors.

Plant-based nutrition plans

North View Medical Clinic specializes in plant-based nutrition to improve your overall health, wellness, and quality of life.

Stress-relieving strategies

Massage, yoga, tai chi, outdoor activities, meditation, and regular exercise are examples of holistic stress-relieving strategies and can improve your health.

Mental health treatments

Another component of lifestyle medicine includes mental health treatments for substance abuse disorders, depression, anxiety, and more. Dr. Torquato works with you to develop a mental health treatment to minimize the amount of medication you take.

To optimize your health using the lowest effective doses of medicines, consider in-person or virtual lifestyle medicine visits with North View Medical Clinic. Call the office today or use the online booking tool.