"Faith and Family Medicine"
Hope United Methodist Church July 21, 2012
A.
Introduction
of Presenter: Pat Jonas, MD
B.
Review:
a.
What is Family Medicine?
b.
How does
a Christian Family Physician mix faith with patient care?
c.
What is the Human Centered Health Home?
d.
What is
the 5-5-5?
e.
How might prayer affect coronary arteries and
heart function?
C.
Overview:
a.
Family Medicine
b.
Honoring God’s Creation, Validating Human Worth
and Uniqueness, Sharing Uncertainty, Celebrating Successes
c.
Respecting, Protecting, Connecting, Inspecting,
Detecting, Correcting, Reflecting
d.
The 5-5-5
i. Eat
5 colors of food daily (M & M’s don’t count)
ii. Eat
at least five servings of fruits and vegetables daily
iii. Practice
five health behaviors
1.
Exercise (aka, Movement) e.g. “TV Toning Ball”
2.
Control Blood Pressure
3.
Control Weight (Body Mass Index)
4.
Control Cholesterol
5.
Control Stress
e.
Whole-Hearted Prayer balances the autonomic
nervous system
i. Decreases
traditional “sympathetic over-drive”
ii. Increases
parasympathetic nervous system tone
iii. Increases
DHEA
iv. Decreases
cortisol, blood pressure, weight, glucose, cholesterol, triglycerides
v. Decreases
plaque buildup, timing of heart attacks and strokes
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