Building healthier lifestyles together
Lifestyle medicine is medical care that focuses on positive lifestyle changes to help treat and prevent chronic health conditions such as obesity, diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol and fibromyalgia.
MaineHealth Lifestyle Medicine Brunswick uses proven methods to guide you in the six pillars of lifestyle medicine:
Making healthier food choices
Moving more
Getting enough sleep
Managing stress
Avoiding harmful substances
Building good social connections
Lifestyle medicine can be combined with traditional clinical care and integrative therapies to prevent, manage and even reverse chronic disease. Lifestyle medicine is often practiced in a group setting.
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More about our lifestyle medicine programs
Good nutrition is an important part of treating chronic diseases. Doctors recommend eating mostly vegetables, fruits, whole grains, legumes, nuts and seeds. MaineHealth Lifestyle Medicine Brunswick offers a variety of classes that can help you make smarter choices and create the best food options for your health. Programs include:
- Food Is Medicine
- Celebrity Chef
- Food for Health
- Preserving Health
Regular physical activity is very important to your overall health. Doctors generally recommend moderate aerobic exercise for 150 minutes per week combined with strength and balance exercises. Always talk to your doctor before starting a new exercise program. MaineHealth Lifestyle Medicine Brunswick physical activity programs include:
- Walk With a Doc
- Medical Gym
- Running Start
- Health In Motion
- Yoga for Daily Living
Did you know that poor sleep can cause memory impairment, dementia and heart disease? Unhealthy sleep contributes to many chronic diseases that can lead to disability and even premature death. Healthy restorative sleep improves your overall well-being and can help you better manage chronic conditions. MaineHealth Lifestyle Medicine Brunswick sleep programs include:
- Health within Reach Education
- Wellness Library
Managing stress is essential for your overall health and treatment of chronic disease. Living in a state of chronic stress can exacerbate many health issues including heart disease, depression and insulin resistance. MaineHealth Lifestyle Medicine Brunswick can help you learn how to manage stress with programs such as:
- Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction programs
- Summer Meditation Series
- Mindfulness Retreats
Meaningful connections with others are an important factor in human happiness, longevity and management of chronic disease. Having strong connections and a sense of purpose affects our physical, emotional and mental health in a positive way.
MaineHealth Lifestyle Medicine Brunswick programs, as well as the Wellness Library and Social Hub on the MaineHealth Parkview Campus provide many opportunities for you to nurture new and ongoing connections.
The use of risky substances such as alcohol, tobacco and drugs can dramatically increase your risk of chronic disease and death. These substances can also worsen the effects of disease and negatively impact your mental health. MaineHealth Lifestyle Medicine Brunswick uses evidence-based coaching methods to help you decrease use of harmful substances and improve your health. Programs include:
- Tobacco Treatment
- Food for Health
Additional MaineHealth Lifestyle Medicine Brunswick chronic disease management programs include:
- The Arts of Wellness – Using arts to improve health and increase social connection
- Health within Reach Education series
- Understanding Parkinson’s Disease
- Understanding Respiratory Disease
- Women’s Pelvic Health series
