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Life on the Menz: Where Lifestyle Medicine Meets Better Living
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Brad and Alex are back, and this time, they’ve brought in a ringer, Darlene Menz, nurse practitioner and lifestyle medicine pro. She and Alex recently got certified in Lifestyle Medicine, which basically means they know all the science-backed ways to keep people healthy before they even get sick.
The crew dives into the six pillars of lifestyle medicine (spoiler: it’s all the things your doctor tells you to do but in a way that actually makes sense), from eating more plants to actually getting enough sleep. Darlene breaks down why more young people are dealing with high blood pressure and pre-diabetes (don't forget high cholesterol too), while Brad explains how Holy Cross Dining is making plant-based eating actually delicious.
They also connect the dots to the Okanagan Charter, Holy Cross’s push to become a health-promoting campus, and whether college students can really be convinced to swap energy drinks for whole grains. (The jury’s still out.)
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