“Skills before pills” approach for diseases

“Skills before pills” approach for diseases

By Dr Attia Anwer “If the physician is able to treat with nutrients, not medication, then he has succeeded”— Al-Razi, 900 CE. Skills before pills is a term that was mainly used to learn coping skills and regulate emotions before using medicines or drugs. As lifestyle medicine advances and many chronic diseases are controlled or cured through lifestyle modification, its scope is widened. The use of specific tools to modify lifestyle and targeted …