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A global consensus on lifestyle as medicine.
We lead a global movement to make the fundamental truths about healthy, sustainable living and eating common knowledge.
We envision a world with less chronic disease, and we support individuals and communities in directing their resources toward that goal. Our global voice offers clarity and trust. It rises above the din of confusion and fake news in an era of post truth.
As the world’s trusted, authoritative voice on lifestyle as medicine, we demonstrate and disseminate the global consensus on the fundamental, evidence-based principles of lifestyle as medicine, we will change the global understanding of lifestyle practices that most likely help people live longer and live healthier.
One Voice. One Truth.
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In today’s society, a multitude of competing agendas and motivations obscure the fundamental, simple truths of healthy living. If we don’t create enduring, sustainable change, the next generation will inherit a world where chronic disease and premature death are the norm, not the exception.
There’s a better way.
The True Health Initiative offers clarity over confusion; we work to spread the fundamental evidence and consensus-based truths about lifestyle as medicine. Decades of published research support six core principles of healthy living that most effectively add years to lives, and life to years.
A diet comprised mostly of minimally processed, generally plant-predominant foods in balanced combinations (e.g., traditional diets of certain Mediterranean populations, certain Asian populations)
An optimal diet exerts far-ranging effects on the body and stands to reduce the risk of all chronic disease.
Routine physical activity at moderate intensity, frequency, and duration
Physical activity is associated with weight control, reduced inflammation, enhanced immune function, and reduced cancer risk specifically.
The avoidance of toxins, particularly tobacco and excess alcohol
Sleep adequate in both quality and quantity
The quality and quantity of sleep has profound effects on psychology, immunology, and neurology.
The effective mitigation of psychological stress
Undue stress can contribute to hormonal imbalances and inflammation that propagate cancer.
The cultivation of meaningful, supportive relationships and strong social bonds
Clinical trials demonstrate that those with loving relationships are far less vulnerable to chronic disease and death than those without.
Sara Baer-Sinnott is President of Oldways, a nonprofit food and nutrition organization with a mission to improve health...
Andy Bellatti, MS, RD is a Las Vegas-based dietitian with a plant-centric and whole-food focus who takes an...
Timothy Caulfield is a Canada Research Chair in Health Law and Policy, a Professor in the Faculty of...
As chief medical officer of ACAP Health Consulting, Dr. Tim Church guides the company in creating clinical strategies...
Param Dedhia, MD is a passionate internist, integrative medicine doctor, and director of sleep medicine at Canyon Ranch...
Stephen Devries, M.D is a preventive cardiologist and Executive Director of the Kofi Essel, MD, FAAP is a board-certified community pediatrician and general academic pediatric fellow at Children’s National Health System,... Howard Jacobson, PhD is the host of the Plant Yourself Podcast, and... David L. Katz, MD, MPH, FACPM, FACP, FACLM is the founding director (1998) of Yale University’s... John Mackey, co-founder and CEO of Whole Foods Market, has led the natural and organic grocer to a... Virginia Messina, MPH, RD has more than 25 years of experience in the field of vegetarian and vegan... BIO of Elisabetta Moro PhD Academy Elisabetta Moro PhD is Full Professor of Cultural Anthropology at the University of Naples... Dean Ornish, M.D., is the founder and president of the non-profit Preventive Medicine Research Institute and Clinical Professor... A passionate scholar, coach and healer, Dr. Mac Powell is the fourth president of Bastyr University, one... Monica Reinagel, MS, LD/N, CNS is a board-certified, licensed nutritionist and professionally trained chef. Her “sane and scientific” approach... As an award – winning, best-selling, author, chef, television personality, and educator, Amy Riolo is one of the... An expert in lifestyle management with a focus on injury prevention, pain management and biomechanics, Lillie... Richard Safeer, MD, FAAFP, is Medical Director of Employee Health, Wellness & Innovation at Johns Hopkins HealthCare LLC. Dr.... Dr. Joan Salge Blake is a Clinical Associate Professor at Boston University (BU) and was awarded... Michele Simon is a public health lawyer who has been researching and writing about the food industry and... Jennifer Singh is a doctor, wannabe-chef, wife and mom who is passionate about sharing the power... Dr. Stoll received his medical degree from the University of Colorado. He is board certified by the American... Dr. Christie Sullivan is a board certified Emergency Medicine physician. She received her medical degree from Harvard Medical... Dr. Thompson is Director of the Arkansas Center for Health Improvement and Professor in the Colleges of Medicine... Violet Wanjihia is currently working in Kenya, as a Senior Research Officer at the Kenya Medical Research Institute... Dr. Webb is Founder of Health In Harmony. She first developed the vision for Health In Harmony when... Dr. Wilde is a food economist at the Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University.... Dr. Kim Allan Williams was born and raised in inner-city Chicago, and attended the College of The University... Dr. Wu is the vice-president for lifestyle and spiritual affairs at Hong Kong Adventist Hospital. He was the...
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