Dr. Tom Rifai's lifestyle medicine and health transformation expertise is rooted in a rare combination of training and practice in psychology, internal medicine, lifestyle medicine and clinical nutrition.  

He has a notable and strong family history of type 2 diabetes in both parents, a toxic, genetic form of cholesterol and has had the challenge of binge eating disorder, which brought him to the brink of death in 2007 and took his youngest brother’s life in 2017.

Now, in recovery, he has gathered over 20,000 hours of clinical experience leading and building multidisciplinary lifestyle intervention programs, working with thousands of patients.  From his depth of professional and personal experiences, the Flex5™ Lifestyle Change System was born.  

He authored and co-directs Harvard's online Lifestyle Medicine professional CME course, Nutrition and the Metabolic Syndrome, and is a co-host of the True Health Revealed podcast, supported by the non-profit True Health Initiative.  

Past accolades include being president of the National Board of Physician Nutrition Specialists, Regional Medical Director of Metabolic Health for the Henry Ford Health System, Associate Medical Director of the world renowned Pritikin Longevity Center and a founding Pritikin Intensive Cardiac Rehabilitation program educator, a Medicare approved program for heart disease reversal.

Rifai is now the Medical & Wellness Director for Magna International and CEO of digital health company Reality Meets Science. 

Both companies are working together to bring the FlexMD Lifestyle Transformation app and digital platform to market next year. 

And Dr Rifai‘s upcoming book, “The Flex5: Your 5 Keys to Get Lean, Reverse Disease and Forever Health” also promises to hit bookshelves next year.

To learn more:

• True Health Initiative
• Tom Rifai's Page
• 5 Keys to optimal wellness
• True Health Revealed Podcast

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