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I was trained as a paramedic, we were taught lifestyle changes over medications to treat health conditions in our personal lives and to promote lifestyle changes to patients because the physicians were most likely not doing it. We were also trained that if we had to contact someone regarding a patients medication that they are on, that we should choose their pharmacist over their family physician. The pharmacists spend majority of their university studies specifically on medications whereas physicians spend a fraction of their time studying them. Almost any pharmacist I have spoke to seems to advocate lifestyle changes as well as question why someone would need that specific medication if they thought it was unnessacary. My family physician however seems like he would sign a prescription for absolutely anything I want without even running a single test such as blood work etc...to see if I even need it.
Moderate exercise. Eat well. Manage stress. It's very simple and I wish physicians advocated for that more often although it does seem changes are being made which is good.
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