As a doctor it's your job to give your patient something that will treat them. You can't tell someone "if you exercise an hour a day, your problem will go away" because at least 9/10 people won't do it.
- 30 minutes of cardio, 3x a week is a bare minimum. The more cardio the better, so consider endurance sports.
- Resistance training is necessary too, and can be done at home with no equipment
- Get at least 10 minutes of sunlight right after you get up or right after the sun comes rises, even if it’s cloudy, if possible
- Don’t drink more than 2 drinks in a day
- Try to reduce stress as much as possible
- Get plenty of sleep
- Cut out digital distractions
- In general try to eat as many natural foods as you can, especially more fruits and vegetables. Avoid eating chemicals if you can, hydrogenated oils, etc.
Now you’ve heard it, as well as everyone else reading this thread. It’s up to you to do it. But odds are, for the most part, you’ve heard it before and don’t need reminding.
If you’re confused about any of the details on this list, you are all people who are in the top quartile (at least) in learning things on the internet, and can figure the rest out yourselves.
And I actually do all of that. Not because anyone told me to, or because I should, but because that's just how my life ended up being arranged.
Not sure how that's related to my point, though.
I think a doctor absolutely should gently remind people that those things improve a variety of conditions, and occasionally push a little harder in certain situations (you need to start doing X now or your condition is going to be a big problem). Many of them already do, of course.
What I was saying is that if I go see a doctor for a condition, and the proper way to resolve that condition is to make a lifestyle change, then that is what I want the doctor to tell me.
What I don't want the doctor to do is to just give me a prescription if the actual treatment is to behave differently in some way.
Everything else is either a straightforward treatment, is untreatable, or has a lifestyle change that the doctor will tell you about (like with IBS and a low FODMAP diet for instance).
Retail managers have the lowest suicide rates.
I don't trust them either.
Just to clarify, because this one tripped me up: you specifically mean alcohol, right?
The research vehemently disagrees with you, especially if you’re a woman.
5 hours at 3 MET (a 2.5 mph walk is 3 MET) a week lowers your risk of cardiac disease by 70%. It’s not affected by gender for the basic numbers. This is from one of the bigger meta analyses I’ve ever read. The US’s exercise guidelines are based on it.
Can’t speak for the recommendation of endurance sports. Definitely not a requirement. The research does show that, in general, the more cardio the better.
only stretching back a few decades, my grandfather was working his own land as a subsistence farmer without much "automation"...probably doing the equivalent of three hours of CrossFit a day, basically every day. looking back at pics of him now...he was strapped, even in his late 70s (what was also known as "normal").
my genetics probably come from hundreds of generations of people who led similar lives, yours too
I achieved my "normal" body weight with a minimum of two+ hours per day, every day, of exercise...just like all of my ancestors who shaped my genes
90 mins a week is probably not enough to even slow down weight gain, we are dramatically underestimating how much exercise we need, and dramatically underestimating how much we need to clean up our diets...in 1880 basically anyone doing subsistence farming (most people) was the equivalent of a CrossFit nut with a "clean" diet...everyone
Glad you’ve found something that works for you though
In general more is better, but it’s diminishing returns, and you could argue that more time than this could be better spent doing other healthy tasks.
Patients refuse treatment all the time. I’m not so sure it ought to be a doctor’s job to cater to the patient’s every whim.
In the end, it’s the patients right to have the treatment they want and can afford so long as it’s efficacious.