Living healthy and happily is a goal that surely every human being strives for. As a physician that has been working in various medical fields, I always felt that there is a very crucial part missing. Is our healthcare system really as good as it can get? Are we really good enough in changing people’s lives for the better in the long-term?

The answer struck me like lightning when I realized what dramatic impact lifestyle-modifications can have for health and well-being. So, only after having finished medical school I discovered that there is a vastly neglected, yet profoundly evidence-based field that opened up a completely new perspective for me.

Today, nutritional and lifestyle-medicine is probably one of the fastest growing fields of medical expertise globally. It has been understood that only a wholistic approach – that especially considers our environment according to the concept of a comprehensive planetary health – can lead to sustainable health change.

I made it my mission to be part of that movement. I really think we have the responsibility to create a system that reinstates the patient’s autonomy and respects the long-term health and quality of life of everyone involved.