Lifestyle Medicine · Telehealth from Patagonia
Your body was made to heal.
Most of the diseases that fill a doctor's schedule today are caused, in large part, by how we live. That is good news. It means they can often be improved, and sometimes reversed, by changing how we live. I help people do that.
Book a Consultation →“Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.”
3 John 1:2The first visit
We start with the whole picture.
Our first appointment is an hour. I will ask about your history, your medications, what you eat, how you sleep, how you move, and what is going on in your life. Most people have never been asked these questions by a doctor. The answers usually point to where the trouble started.
From there, the plan is to treat the cause behind the numbers on the lab report.
What to expect
How I practice.
Body, mind and spirit
Blood pressure, sleep, mood, faith. They are connected, and they get treated together.
Remove and restore
Take out what is doing the damage. Put back what the body has been missing.
One step at a time
Some people change everything in a week. Most do not. The plan is built to fit your life.
What the research shows
What the evidence supports, what it does not, and where the uncertainty is.
About
A little about me.
I am a physician, board certified in lifestyle medicine, with a master's in public health from Loma Linda University. I have spent nearly forty years studying how the way we live affects our health. I live outside Futaleufú, a small town in Chilean Patagonia, where I see patients by video, run, and take photographs of the mountains.
I have also been a patient. I have an autoimmune disease, I have had breast cancer, and I went through menopause like everyone else. Changing how I ate and lived made a real difference for me. I know what the work looks like from both sides of the desk.
Board certified in Lifestyle Medicine · Diplomate, International Board of Lifestyle Medicine (DipIBLM) · MPH in Maternal & Child Health · Loma Linda University School of Medicine. Licensed in Chile
The process
What happens next.
Book a consultation
We meet by video for an hour and go through your health, your history, and what you want to change.
Get a plan
You leave with a written plan: what to eat, how to move, how to sleep, and which labs to repeat and when.
Follow up
We check in regularly. We look at what is working, adjust what is not, and coordinate with your other doctors as needed.
Who this is for
Conditions that respond to how you live.
If you have one of these, there is a good chance lifestyle change can help. Here is a little of what the research says about each.
- An autoimmune disease. Rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, inflammatory bowel disease, and others. Diet and lifestyle can lower inflammation and, often, the dose of medication you need. Learn more →
- Depression, anxiety, or brain fog. What you eat, how you sleep, and how you move change how you think and feel. If you take psychiatric medication, we work with your prescriber, never around them. Learn more →
- Type 2 diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure, high cholesterol. In one large British trial, nearly half of the people with type 2 diabetes who followed a structured diet program were in remission a year later, off all diabetes medication (Lean, Lancet 2018). Learn more →
- Perimenopause and menopause. Hot flashes, sleep, mood, and weight all respond to diet and exercise. The long-term risks of this stage, heart disease and bone loss, are the ones lifestyle medicine is best at preventing. Learn more →
The method
Ten things that heal.
None of these is new. Each one has a body of research behind it, and together they cover most of what the body needs to repair itself. Click any one to see what the science shows.
What to expect
Most people feel better sooner than they expect.
In the Lifestyle Heart Trial, 82% of the patients who changed their diet, exercise, and stress habits saw their coronary arteries begin to open within a year, without cholesterol drugs (Ornish, Lancet 1990). Results like that take real work, and the work pays off.
The body responds to being treated well, usually sooner than people expect, and I will be checking in with you the whole way.
Ready to start?
Book an hour. Bring your questions and your most recent labs, and we will go from there.
Telehealth for patients located in Chile · Consultations in English & Spanish
Booking opens on Encuadrado, in Spanish.
Ways to work together
Ways to work together.
First Visit
A one-hour first visit by video.
$45.000 CLP · US$50
Plan of 5 Follow-Ups
Five 30-minute follow-up visits after your first visit, while you make the big changes.
$105.000 CLP · US$115
Follow-Up Visit
A 30-minute check-in to review progress and labs.
$25.000 CLP · US$30
Group Program
Small online groups working through the same changes together.
Video visits for patients located in Chile. Booking and payment through Encuadrado.
Video visits for patients located in Chile. Booking and payment through Encuadrado.