January 19, 2023 – The American College of Lifestyle Medicine (ACLM) awarded George Guthrie, MD, the 2022 President’s Award for Outstanding Dedication to Lifestyle Medicine during the Conference the organization’s annual Lifestyle Medicine.
A pioneer in the growing specialty of lifestyle medicine, Dr. Guthrie is a board-certified family medicine physician and a member of the family medicine team at AdventHealth’s academic practice in Winter Park. His special interest is in managing the lifestyle of people with type 2 diabetes, hypertension, obesity and coronary heart disease.
In addition, he trains family medicine residents with an emphasis on lifestyle medicine and has been involved in the piloting and development of AdventHealth’s Comprehensive Health Improvement Project (CHIP), the Wellspring Diabetes Program, and the CREATIONLife program.
“The growth in lifestyle medicine research over the past 40 years and its acceptance by clinicians is encouraging,” said Dr. Guthrie. “As physicians become aware of the research and make it available to their patients, medicine is slowly changing for the better.”
For example, Dr. Guthrie said, the American Diabetes Association recently published an article on what criteria meet the status of type 2 diabetes in remission.
He added that while the medical community has known since the early 1990s that heart disease is reversible, heart disease reversal programs like Ornish and Pritikan are now paid for by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.
A founding member of ACLM, Dr. Guthrie previously served as secretary-treasurer and president. Under his leadership, the organization flourished, growing from a few hundred members to over 9,000 members today with a now generous budget that allows for innovative special projects.
“Dr. Guthrie recognized the potential of evidence-based lifestyle medicine to treat chronic disease early on and has worked tirelessly to put lifestyle medicine at the center of all health and medical care.” said former ACLM President Cate Collings, MD “His leadership at ACLM helped spark the transformation of what at the time was still a fledgling society of medical professionals into the dynamic organization it is today. We are grateful to Dr. Guthrie for their passion and service.”
“It was a pleasure to be honored along with Jack LaLane (now deceased and represented by his wife) and Dr. Kenneth Cooper for their work in lifestyle medicine,” said Dr. Guthrie. “I personally appreciate the support of AdventHealth throughout my years as a leader in this illustrious organization.”
Dr. Guthrie is the author of several books, including “Eat Plants Feel Whole” and its accompanying journal, as well as the cookbook of the same name, Plant Powered Recipes to Help You Feel Whole. He played a pivotal role in the development of the movie “PlantWise.”
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