Office Visits with Dr. V

Episode 039: Taking Care of Your Health and Happiness

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In this episode of Office Visits with Dr. V, Dr. V shares her knowledge on how to take better care of our health, enjoy life, and be happy by discussing the six pillars of lifestyle medicine: nutrition, physical activity, sleep, stress management, reducing risky substances, and healthy relationships. She provides an additional “plus one” – her own lesson from her garden that teaches us how weeds represent the consequences of an unhealthy lifestyle if left unchecked.

 

Tune in to this episode of Office Visits with Dr. V, so that you won’t miss out on her tips to stay healthy and enjoy life!

 

[00:00 - 03:19] Opening Segment

  • Dr. V believes in the pillars of lifestyle medicine, namely: nutrition, physical activity, sleep, stress management, reducing risky substances, and healthy relationships

 

[03:20 - 15:46] Taking Care Of Your Garden: Preventing Problems In The Future With Intentional Lifestyle Choices

  • She shares a story about cleaning out her garden
  • The garden represents our body and the weeds represent the consequences of our lifestyle
  • Eating processed foods, not being active, and having unmanaged stress can cause inflammation in the body
  • It is better to prevent health issues than to recover from them

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    [15:47 - 23:37] Clearing Out The Weeds And Finding Happiness

    • Taking care of our bodies by eating healthy, exercising, managing stress, and getting enough sleep is important for the prevention
  • Roundup can be used to treat weeds but is not without risks
  • 80% of diseases are preventable with lifestyle changes
  • Invest time and effort into using lifestyle to treat conditions instead of medications

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    [23:38 - 30:51] Closing Segment

    • Dr. V advises listeners to be intentional about preventing bad habits from forming
  • Go to  https://officevisitswithdrv.com and click on the coaching tab to schedule a free discovery interview

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    Tweetable Quotes

     

    “It's better to prevent a stroke than to recover from a stroke. Keeping your garden clean, free of weeds and junk, keeping your body clean, free of junk, and prevents problems in the future.” - Dr. V

     

    “Take care of your garden. Keep the weeds out, it's easier to keep the weeds and pluck up one little weed than to clean out the whole garden. It's easier to prevent the stroke than it is to recover from the stroke.” - Dr. V

    “The garden represents our body. We started with a good foundation. We have everything that we need in our bodies for it to thrive, for it to heal itself, for it to help us move physically, for it to help us stay balanced mentally.” - Dr. V

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