8 Simple Tips to Live a Healthier Life
1. Healthy diet — low inflammatory diet; focus on eating a lot of whole fruits and whole vegetables; avoid concentrated sugars or sugar substitutes. Avoid sodas and artificially sweetened juices.
2. Alcohol — limit alcohol. This may not be much fun, but it does help.
3. Exercise — daily exercise and living an active lifestyle is a key component to healthy living.
4. Avoiding Cancer — Screening and preventive measures to help prevent or find cancers early will help lead to healthier, longer living.
5. Focusing on cardiovascular health — controlling blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar are keys to optimizing cardiovascular health and preventing heart attacks and strokes.
6. Weight — trying to maintain or achieve an optimal weight is helpful to your cardiovascular, pulmonary, endocrine and musculoskeletal systems. And you feel better!
7. Sleep — optimizing sleep is key to both our emotional and physical health. Follow these tips to optimize your sleep hygiene: Sleep Hygiene: 8 Tips To Improve Sleep
8. Mental Health — focusing on your mental health and emotional well being is a key to happiness and good health.
If you’d like to address any of these issues/topics, please call our office at (707) 938-1255 to schedule an appointment with Dr. Guy.
MD, Board-Certified Internist, Concierge Medicine Physician
Dr. Guy Delorefice has been practicing in Sonoma County since 1999 as a board-certified internist. He earned a degree in Biology from St. Mary’s College of California, then completed his medical degree at Creighton University. While at Creighton, he launched medical clinics in third-world countries and became fluent in Spanish. His internship and internal medicine residency were completed at Providence St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Portland, Oregon. After finishing his training, he relocated to Sonoma County to be closer to home and family. Dr. Guy has built a reputation for exceptional patient care and has been voted by peers as a top physician in his specialty in consecutive years.
Outside medicine, he is deeply family-oriented — married to Rebecca, father to Lani and Capri, with a black lab named Hank. He’s passionate about the outdoors and spends time mountain biking, road biking, abalone diving, fishing, hunting, and skiing. He’s often seen biking around Sonoma with his family.