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Fight Chronic Disease with FirstLine Therapy®

A Chronic Epidemic

Chronic disease is more than a health problem in the United States—it’s an epidemic. As the principal cause of death and disability, it consumes 78% of health expenditures.¹ Unhealthy lifestyle habits are the underlying cause of many chronic yet preventable health problems. Overwhelming evidence from various sources—including prospective cohort, epidemiological, and intervention studies—links most chronic diseases to physical inactivity and inappropriate diet.²

Fight Back with TLC

You can help patients avoid becoming part of this disturbing trend by recommending a therapeutic lifestyle change (TLC) program. Helping your patients to reduce their risk factors through a comprehensive lifestyle intervention program is not only crucial for chronic illness prevention and management but can also help increase your practice volume.

FLT—Better Health Now and for a Lifetime

FirstLine Therapy (FLT) from Metagenics is a comprehensive TLC program you can recommend to help your patients address the following:

Blood Sugar & Diabetes Cardiovascular Health Obesity GI Health Men's Health Women's Health Mood & Cognition Bone & Joint Health Stress Management

FLT has been developed to help patients address the underlying causes of disease and lead a healthier, more vibrant life. The basic principles of FLT—a low-glycemic-load food plan, regular exercise, nutritional supplementation, and stress management—are the foundation upon which you can build a program tailored to your patients’ specific needs.

FLT provides everything you need to implement a successful TLC program:

• A clinically effective yet easy-to-follow dietary and exercise plan that was designed to fit your patients’ busy lifestyles
• Practice tools that include intake forms, monitoring forms, turnkey electronic presentations, educational materials, and patient collateral that is fully customizable with your practice information
• Certification and online training programs that will teach you and your staff how to incorporate TLC into your practice.

The Bottom Line: TLC Works

Many national health organizations, including the National Institutes of Health, recognize the benefits of TLC and recommend it as a primary treatment protocol for managing many chronic conditions—before other popular approaches are applied. Adopting therapeutic lifestyle changes can also help preserve good health and delay the onset of age-related infirmities.³

Changing poor lifestyle habits can delay the onset of illness in old age and increase the years of good health.

References

1. Holman H. Chronic disease—the need for a new clinical education. JAMA. 2004;292(9):
        1057-1059.
2. Roberts CK, Barnard RJ. Effects of exercise and diet on chronic disease. J Appl Physiol.  2005;98(1):3-30.
3. Fries JF. Aging, natural death, and the comparison of morbidity. N Engl J Med. 1980;303(3):130-35.