Chapter 4|Brain’s Health (Alzheimer’s) and Stress in Lifestyle Medicine

The Podcast Initiative is a joint action of the European Lifestyle Medicine Organization (ELMO) and the Belgian Lifestyle Medicine Organization (BELMO) in order to familiarise you with the activities of these two organizations and the principles of the lifestyle medicine.

In the fourth chapter of our series of podcasts, Ioan Hanes, MD (Belgium) will talk about:

• doctor Uma Naidoo book’s- This is Your Brain on Food - a book on how we can prevent and treat mental health issues through nutrition.
• how lifestyle plays a role in the development of Alzheimer’s disease - an inspiring discussion with Prof. Anne-Claude Juillerat Van Der Linden, PhD (Switzerland) about her research (together with her husband Martial Van Der Linden) in the field and the link with lifestyle medicine.
• “my mother has Alzheimer”…an honest and touching story of Ioana Marginean, MD (Romania), who talks to us about how she deals with everyday life of her mother who has Alzheimer’s.
• personal experience with stress management during the lockdown, a chat with with Alexandra De Toledo, pharmacist (France/Switzerland) and a graduate of the European Lifestyle Medicine Certificate.

Those interested in the European Lifestyle Medicine Certificate can find more information on the website: www.eulm.org/elmo-certificate

We are curious about your opinion and comments on our podcast. Please send them to hanesioan@yahoo.com.

Chapter 3|Communication and Socializing in Lifestyle Medicine

The Podcast Initiative is a joint action of the European Lifestyle Medicine Organization (ELMO) and the Belgian Lifestyle Medicine Organization (BELMO) to familiarize you with the activities of these two organizations and the principles of the lifestyle medicine.

In the third chapter of our series of podcasts, Ioan Hanes, MD (Belgium) will talk about:

• doctor Beth Frates book’s- Lifestyle Medicine: An Introduction to the Power of Healthy Habits” written with Jonathan P.Bonnet, MD, Richard Joseph, MD and James A.Peterson, PhD, is more than a lifestyle medicine handbook. It is a lifestyle story of Beth Frates, full of anecdotes and the special moments that have defined her personal and professional path. The content of the book is her course “Introduction in lifestyle medicine” at Harvard University.
• how you should talk with your patient in a lifestyle medicine consultation and with your health professional colleagues about lifestyle medicine; also where is coming from the incredible communication skills of Prof. Beth Frates, MD, the new elected president of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM). Her website is https://www.bethfratesmd.com/about-beth-frates-md
• “difficult patients”…if that term even exists, multicultural communication and how we can keep still communicating during this pandemic, a conversation with Prof. Alexia Papageorgiou, psychologist, PHD, specialist in health communication from Cyprus. Her email address is: papageorgiou.a@unic.ac.cy
• personal communication challenges during the lockdown in a Mediterranean culture, a chat with with Prof. Ourania Kolokotroni, MD, PhD, also from Cyprus and a graduate of the European Lifestyle Medicine Certificate. Her email address: kolokotroni.o@unic.ac.cy

Those interested in the European Lifestyle Medicine Certificate can find more information on the website: www.eulm.org/elmo-certificate

We are curious about your opinion and comments on our podcast. Please send them to hanesioan@yahoo.com.

The Podcast Chapter 4 will be available in the end of August and it will be about Health Brain and Stress in Lifestyle Medicine.

Chapter 2|Physical Activity and Lifestyle Medicine

The Podcast Initiative is a joint action of the European Lifestyle Medicine Organization (ELMO) and the Belgian Lifestyle Medicine Organization (BELMO) to familiarize you with the activities of these two organizations and the principles of the lifestyle medicine.

In the second chapter of our series of podcasts, Ioan Hanes, MD (Belgium) and Ines Correia, MD (Portugal) will talk about:

• doctor Alexandre Feltz’s book- Sport santé sur ordonnance. Manifeste pour le mouvement, he is a pioneer in France in using physical activity as a therapeutic complement in the management of chronic diseases (storks audio effect made by Dobroide)
• the latest relevant scientific articles in lifestyle medicine and physical activity
• why and how physical activity should be part of our life, how sportsmen lived their sport life during the pandemic and the high intermittent intensive training concept are the main topics in the interview with prof. Bengt Kayser, MD, PHD, the ELMO expert in Physical Activity. His contact address is: Bengt.Kayser@unil.ch .
• the apps related to physical activity whichs make a difference on the market
• the interview with Mohamad Awada, an IT Global Manager from Eindhoven, Nederland, a graduate of the European Lifestyle Medicine Certificate; his way and ideas to keep practicing physical activity during the pandemic but also if you are working from home. He is active on Instagram and you can get ideas from his passion as a fitness instructor: www.instagram.com/moe.awada/

Those interested in the European Lifestyle Medicine Certificate can find more information on the website: www.eulm.org/elmo-certificate
We are curious about your opinion and comments on our podcast. Please send them to hanesioan@yahoo.com.

The Podcast Chapter 3 will be available in three weeks’ time and it will be about Communication and Socializing in Lifestyle Medicine.

Chapter 1|Nutrition and Lifestyle Medicine

In the first chapter of our series of podcasts, Ioan Hanes, MD (Belgium) and Ines Correia, MD (Portugal) will talk about:

• Doctor Ignac Semmelweis, who introduced the standard of hand hygiene, so often used these days
• The interview with Tatiana Popescu, MD from Bucharest, Romania, which focuses on how she changed the nutrition habits of her family after graduating from the European Lifestyle Medicine Certificate; she also launched her lifestyle medicine initiative on: https://www.facebook.com/DrLifestyle-104440794571470/
• Intermittent fasting between tradition and medical recommendations
• The new book about intermittent fasting, Life in the Fasting Lane: the essential guide to making intermittent fasting simple, sustainable, and enjoyable by Jason Fung, Eve Mayor and Megan Ramos
• How nutrition affects our genes, and what a modern nutrition consultation looks like: an interview with the Greek nutrition researcher Valentini Konstantinidou, Phd, from Spain. She is the ELMO expert in nutrition and a successful businesswoman: https://www.dnanutricoach.com |Her contact address:  valentini@dnanutricoach.com