Dr Caroline Gibson, MBChB DFSRH MRCGP(2012) DipBSLM/IBLM, GP with a special interest in lifestyle medicine.  I am a sessional GP in general practice, a certified lifestyle medicine physician and a coach.  I am passionate about encouraging the use of lifestyle medicine.  I aim to empower my patients to make changes to how we live life every day, in order to be healthier and feel great. 

What is Lifestyle Medicine?  But what actually is lifestyle medicine?  Sounds great, but what does it mean? Lifestyle medicine is using scientifically researched, evidenced based interventions to treat, prevent and reverse disease.  These interventions are “therapeutic lifestyle changes”, or TLC for short.  This sounds complicated, but actually therapeutic lifestyle change is just making changes to the way we live our everyday life in order to be more healthy.  There are six key areas what Lifestyle Medicine encompasses, also known as the “pillars” of Lifestyle medicine.  These are Nutrition, Physical Activity, Sleep, Stress Management, Relationship & connectedness, and avoidance of substances such as tobacco and alcohol.  These areas are all inter-linked,…