Important Aspects of this Podcast Conversation for YOUR healthy Lifestyle: 🥦 Six Pillars of Lifestyle Medicine: 🥗 Nutrition – more plants, whole grains, beans, fewer processed foods. 🏃 Physical Activity – move more, even short walks add up. 😴 Sleep – aim for at least 7 hours, avoid late-night scrolling. 😌 Stress Management – find routines that calm and ground you. 🤝 Social Connection – community is key for long-term change. 🚭 Risk Reduction – avoid smoking, excess alcohol, pollutants. 🌳 Bonus: Time outdoors improves well-being. 💡 Small Shifts = Big Wins - 🚶 Just 50 minutes of brisk activity/week lowers risk of death by 20%. 🍓 Swap processed snacks for fruits/veggies. 🥣 Start with healthy breakfasts (oats, tofu scramble, beans). 📚 Replace late-night scrolling with reading to improve sleep. Learn about the Kellyn Foundation and their offerings: 🚚 Mobile markets bring fresh produce to underserved areas. 🎟️ Produce prescription programs encourage healthier food choices. 🍳 Culinary medicine teaches tasty, healthy cooking. 👥 Lifestyle change interventions create supportive groups. 🌍 Broader Impact: Chairing the American College of Lifestyle Medicine Annual Meeting (Dallas, Nov 16–19). Dr. Grega encourages everyone to be role models and create ripple effects. 🌸 Personal Rejuvenation: 👶 Time outdoors with family (daughter, twin grandbabies). 📖 Reads “brain candy” fiction for relaxation. 🎶 Weekend cooking sessions with music to prep healthy meals.
Meagan Grega, MD, is the Co-Founder and Chief Medical Officer of Kellyn Foundation, a 501(c)3 non-profit dedicated to making the Healthy Choice the Easy Choice. Through the “Healthy Neighborhood Immersion Strategy”, Kellyn provides school-based healthy lifestyle education and “Garden as a Classroom” programs; supports access to nutrient-dense produce and delicious plant-powered prepared meals via the Eat Real Food Mobile Market; engages participants in hands-on, plant-based cooking classes in community settings and offers intensive therapeutic lifestyle change interventions for families, employers and community groups.
Dr. Grega serves on the Board of Directors for the American Board of Lifestyle Medicine and as annual conference chair and Secretary of the Board of Directors for the American College of Lifestyle Medicine.
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