The Personalized Lifestyle Medicine Revolution

THIS ARTICLE IS PART OF THE INTRODUCTORY SPEECH GIVEN BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE 7TH ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL MEETING OF THE PERSONALIZED LIFESTYLE MEDICINE INSTITUTE (PLMI), JEFF BLAND PHD., “PERSONALIZING NUTRITION THERAPY IN THE AGE OF LIFESTYLE MEDICINE.”

Very briefly, I come at the issue of personalized lifestyle medicine as a biologist, ecologist and sustainability scientist. It is what I’ve been doing for the past 35+ years of my career, both in academia and the non-profit sector.

So Firstly, Let’s Ask This Question: What Is Healthcare?

For most, it’s the delivery of products and services intended to manage disease or deal with trauma. It occurs largely in specific human-made structures we call clinics and hospitals. But it also reflects particular types of business models, politics, economics, globalisation—and of course attitudes and