LIFESTYLE MEDICINE FINAL TEST
2026 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ U.
S. medical system.
Answer: Access to health care is important to your well-being and it is
important that you know how to use the health care system in a pro-active
way. The U.S. medical system offers some of the best-trained health
professionals and cutting-edge treatments in the world. Traditionally,
doctors and nurses are perceived as healers of the sick and injured. Why
would you see them when you are healthy?As discussed in other chapters of
this textbook, your attitudes and behaviors are important to your health care.
Being positive, knowledgeable, and pro-active about your health will not
only reduce your chance of getting sick or injured, but it will enhance other
areas of your life.
◍ Dr. Wayne
W. Dyer, an education counselor, writes,.
Answer: "Every human being's essential nature is perfect and faultless, but
after years of immersion in the world we easily forget our roots and take on
a counterfeit nature." Is it possible to shed this unwanted facade and truly be
the person you really are and really want to be? Yes—certainly you can
release yourself from the chains of the past and the excuses that have kept
you stuck.Dyer also absorbed the ideas from the work of Dr. Bruce Lipton, a
cell biologist whose research is challenging the whole concept of genetic
determinism. Lipton and others have discovered that genes are not
self-emergent; they cannot act for themselves. Genes are basically the
blueprint for our foundation. It takes some stimulus or energy in the form of
, chemicals, frequencies, thoughts, or other sources to make the genes
function. This means that our DNA does not completely control our destiny
but rather, for the most part, we do
◍ Positive thoughts.
Answer: In this chapter, we will look to living a healthy lifestyle as a
privilege and an opportunity, not a chore. It could be a challenge to think of
being physically active and eating well as drudgery or no fun. Those who
just love living these healthy lifestyle behaviors are fortunate folks. The
hard work most of us need to do is on our attitudes. If we can be positive
about doing what it takes to be healthy, we are well on our way to wellness.
◍ Free Yourself from Fatalistic Thinking.
Answer: Ridding ourselves of fatalistic- or deterministic-type thinking will
free us to put our excuses behind us, such as "I'm not good enough/athletic
enough/capable enough, I'm getting too old, I just don't have time, I was
born (or raised) this way, I can't change." As Dyer has written, "any thought
patterns that do not enhance and expand your joyous development are
excuses." We can become what we believe, even genetically, according to
Dyer and Lipton. Try this affirmation: "I am much more powerful today
than the old programs and mind viruses that I absorbed in my childhood."It
is time to eliminate blame from your life. You have the power to choose.
When you blame, you are denying that power; you are giving your power to
someone or something else (Figure 2). Be willing to give yourself
permission to express the power of your positive choices. As you rid
yourself of blame, you will rid yourself of much negativity. When you
believe in your power to choose, you will find that you are more
compassionate, more interested in being kind to others and respecting their
power to choose. Several of the health-related principles put forth by Dr.
Dyer to help us be rid of excuses include "be willing to allow health,
happiness and success to flow into your life, and live here and now in your
mind as well as in your body."-"I am much more powerful today than the
old programs and mind viruses that I absorbed in my childhood."-Make wise
choices, not lame excuses.
,◍ The Power of Being Aware.
Answer: It is amazing what awareness will do. Dyer discusses a study done
at Harvard University and reported in Psychological Science in 2007. The
study involved 84 women room attendants at seven hotels. Half of the
women were told that their work met their daily requirement for fitness and
the other half were not given that awareness. This was the only intervention
of the study; there was no change in the normal routines of any of the
women. In just 4 weeks, the researchers found that in the group whose
awareness was raised regarding their physical activity there was a
significant decrease in key parameters including body fat, BMI, blood
pressure, and weight. The researchers called their study "Mind-set Matters:
Exercise and the Placebo Effect."Dyer poses these questions that form the
essence of the Excuses Begone! paradigm. Think of an excuse you use and
take it through these questions.Is it true? (Probably not.)Where did the
excuse come from? (I allowed it.)What's the payoff? (I get to avoid risks and
stay the same.)What would my life look like if I couldn't use this excuse?
(I'd be free to be myself.)Can I create a rational reason to change?
(Easily.)Can I access universal cooperation in shedding old habits? (Yes, by
simply aligning with my source of being.)How can I continuously reinforce
this new way of being? (By being vigilant.)Take the excuse through these
questions and this thinking process as many times as necessary to set the
foundation for your willingness to eliminate that excuse.
◍ What did Hippocrates say about food and medicine?.
Answer: Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.
◍ What did Plato state about activity and health?.
Answer: Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being,
while movement and methodical physical exercise save it and preserve it.
◍ Intervention.
Answer: procedure or treatment designed to expand knowledge & relieve
suffering.
◍ Placebo effect.
, Answer: An improvement in one's health or life that is due to an
unidentifiable medication or treatment.
◍ According to the World Health Organization, what will two-thirds of global
disease be attributed to by 2020?.
Answer: Lifestyle behaviors such as poor diet, a physically inactive lifestyle,
and high stress levels.
◍ Dyer poses these questions that form the essence of the Excuses Begone!
paradigm. Think of an excuse you use and take it through these questions..
Answer: Is it true? (Probably not.)Where did the excuse come from? (I
allowed it.)What's the payoff? (I get to avoid risks and stay the same.)What
would my life look like if I couldn't use this excuse? (I'd be free to be
myself.)Can I create a rational reason to change? (Easily.)Can I access
universal cooperation in shedding old habits? (Yes, by simply aligning with
my source of being.)How can I continuously reinforce this new way of
being? (By being vigilant.)Take the excuse through these questions and this
thinking process as many times as necessary to set the foundation for your
willingness to eliminate that excuse.
◍ Placebo effect.
Answer: Placebo is Latin for "I shall please." The placebo effect is
evidenced when a person does get better when there was no apparent
intervention. A placebo is defined as a dummy medicine or substitute for the
real thing. As in the study of the 84 hotel room attendants, there was no
intervention other than telling the women that their physical activity met
daily requirements. In other studies, a patient is told that a medication will
make them better and, although it is nothing more than a sugar pill, they get
better.The Nocebo effect is just the opposite. A patient is told that this
treatment may not work or may work against them, and they tend to get
worse. People who have studied the placebo effect have discovered
mechanisms of the power of beliefs. There are measurable changes in the
release of endorphins and cortisol, among other neurochemical changes,
which in turn reduce the negative effects of stress.Dr. Walter Brown,
2026 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT
ANSWERS GRADED A+
◍ U.
S. medical system.
Answer: Access to health care is important to your well-being and it is
important that you know how to use the health care system in a pro-active
way. The U.S. medical system offers some of the best-trained health
professionals and cutting-edge treatments in the world. Traditionally,
doctors and nurses are perceived as healers of the sick and injured. Why
would you see them when you are healthy?As discussed in other chapters of
this textbook, your attitudes and behaviors are important to your health care.
Being positive, knowledgeable, and pro-active about your health will not
only reduce your chance of getting sick or injured, but it will enhance other
areas of your life.
◍ Dr. Wayne
W. Dyer, an education counselor, writes,.
Answer: "Every human being's essential nature is perfect and faultless, but
after years of immersion in the world we easily forget our roots and take on
a counterfeit nature." Is it possible to shed this unwanted facade and truly be
the person you really are and really want to be? Yes—certainly you can
release yourself from the chains of the past and the excuses that have kept
you stuck.Dyer also absorbed the ideas from the work of Dr. Bruce Lipton, a
cell biologist whose research is challenging the whole concept of genetic
determinism. Lipton and others have discovered that genes are not
self-emergent; they cannot act for themselves. Genes are basically the
blueprint for our foundation. It takes some stimulus or energy in the form of
, chemicals, frequencies, thoughts, or other sources to make the genes
function. This means that our DNA does not completely control our destiny
but rather, for the most part, we do
◍ Positive thoughts.
Answer: In this chapter, we will look to living a healthy lifestyle as a
privilege and an opportunity, not a chore. It could be a challenge to think of
being physically active and eating well as drudgery or no fun. Those who
just love living these healthy lifestyle behaviors are fortunate folks. The
hard work most of us need to do is on our attitudes. If we can be positive
about doing what it takes to be healthy, we are well on our way to wellness.
◍ Free Yourself from Fatalistic Thinking.
Answer: Ridding ourselves of fatalistic- or deterministic-type thinking will
free us to put our excuses behind us, such as "I'm not good enough/athletic
enough/capable enough, I'm getting too old, I just don't have time, I was
born (or raised) this way, I can't change." As Dyer has written, "any thought
patterns that do not enhance and expand your joyous development are
excuses." We can become what we believe, even genetically, according to
Dyer and Lipton. Try this affirmation: "I am much more powerful today
than the old programs and mind viruses that I absorbed in my childhood."It
is time to eliminate blame from your life. You have the power to choose.
When you blame, you are denying that power; you are giving your power to
someone or something else (Figure 2). Be willing to give yourself
permission to express the power of your positive choices. As you rid
yourself of blame, you will rid yourself of much negativity. When you
believe in your power to choose, you will find that you are more
compassionate, more interested in being kind to others and respecting their
power to choose. Several of the health-related principles put forth by Dr.
Dyer to help us be rid of excuses include "be willing to allow health,
happiness and success to flow into your life, and live here and now in your
mind as well as in your body."-"I am much more powerful today than the
old programs and mind viruses that I absorbed in my childhood."-Make wise
choices, not lame excuses.
,◍ The Power of Being Aware.
Answer: It is amazing what awareness will do. Dyer discusses a study done
at Harvard University and reported in Psychological Science in 2007. The
study involved 84 women room attendants at seven hotels. Half of the
women were told that their work met their daily requirement for fitness and
the other half were not given that awareness. This was the only intervention
of the study; there was no change in the normal routines of any of the
women. In just 4 weeks, the researchers found that in the group whose
awareness was raised regarding their physical activity there was a
significant decrease in key parameters including body fat, BMI, blood
pressure, and weight. The researchers called their study "Mind-set Matters:
Exercise and the Placebo Effect."Dyer poses these questions that form the
essence of the Excuses Begone! paradigm. Think of an excuse you use and
take it through these questions.Is it true? (Probably not.)Where did the
excuse come from? (I allowed it.)What's the payoff? (I get to avoid risks and
stay the same.)What would my life look like if I couldn't use this excuse?
(I'd be free to be myself.)Can I create a rational reason to change?
(Easily.)Can I access universal cooperation in shedding old habits? (Yes, by
simply aligning with my source of being.)How can I continuously reinforce
this new way of being? (By being vigilant.)Take the excuse through these
questions and this thinking process as many times as necessary to set the
foundation for your willingness to eliminate that excuse.
◍ What did Hippocrates say about food and medicine?.
Answer: Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.
◍ What did Plato state about activity and health?.
Answer: Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being,
while movement and methodical physical exercise save it and preserve it.
◍ Intervention.
Answer: procedure or treatment designed to expand knowledge & relieve
suffering.
◍ Placebo effect.
, Answer: An improvement in one's health or life that is due to an
unidentifiable medication or treatment.
◍ According to the World Health Organization, what will two-thirds of global
disease be attributed to by 2020?.
Answer: Lifestyle behaviors such as poor diet, a physically inactive lifestyle,
and high stress levels.
◍ Dyer poses these questions that form the essence of the Excuses Begone!
paradigm. Think of an excuse you use and take it through these questions..
Answer: Is it true? (Probably not.)Where did the excuse come from? (I
allowed it.)What's the payoff? (I get to avoid risks and stay the same.)What
would my life look like if I couldn't use this excuse? (I'd be free to be
myself.)Can I create a rational reason to change? (Easily.)Can I access
universal cooperation in shedding old habits? (Yes, by simply aligning with
my source of being.)How can I continuously reinforce this new way of
being? (By being vigilant.)Take the excuse through these questions and this
thinking process as many times as necessary to set the foundation for your
willingness to eliminate that excuse.
◍ Placebo effect.
Answer: Placebo is Latin for "I shall please." The placebo effect is
evidenced when a person does get better when there was no apparent
intervention. A placebo is defined as a dummy medicine or substitute for the
real thing. As in the study of the 84 hotel room attendants, there was no
intervention other than telling the women that their physical activity met
daily requirements. In other studies, a patient is told that a medication will
make them better and, although it is nothing more than a sugar pill, they get
better.The Nocebo effect is just the opposite. A patient is told that this
treatment may not work or may work against them, and they tend to get
worse. People who have studied the placebo effect have discovered
mechanisms of the power of beliefs. There are measurable changes in the
release of endorphins and cortisol, among other neurochemical changes,
which in turn reduce the negative effects of stress.Dr. Walter Brown,
