What is Therapeutic Lifestyle Change?

Therapeutic lifestyle change (TLC) is a set of tools, diet information, ideas, and programming designed to help individuals lower elevated health risks. TLC programs help individuals reduce the risk for heart disease by helping them eat a health promoting diet and being active.  A TLC diet is low in saturated fat, trans fat, and dietary cholesterol.

An effective TLC program is more like a workshop or online course than a simple wellness challenge or brochure. A good TLC program is a in depth immersion into why and how a healthy lifestyle can reduce elevated health risks.

Here’s what some of the research shows about the impact of TLC. There is even evidence that a TLC program is helpful in the treatment of depression and diabetes. Employees who will decrease their saturated fat to less than 7% of total calories can reduce their LDL-cholesterol by 10%.  Here are the documented effects of therapeutic lifestyle change on blood cholesterol.