Exercise can be a miracle drug, doctor says

Dr. Tim Guthrie

Dr. Tim Guthrie

SEQUIM — Dr. Tim Guthrie will present a free WOW! Working on Wellness Forum on the benefits of exercise at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Guthrie will present “The ‘New’ Miracle Drug — Exercise For All Ages” at Trinity United Methodist Church, 100 S. Blake Ave., in Sequim.

Exercise is Guthrie’s “drug of choice” in treating or preventing diabetes, hypertension, depression, Alzheimer’s and a number of other chronic diseases.

“Side effects may include increased energy, improved sleep, weight loss and perhaps some muscle aching,” he said in a press release.

He will discuss various methods of approaching exercise, from a slow walk to interval/sprint training, and how to safely exercise at nearly any age and physical condition.

Guthrie, a Sequim doctor, is a board-certified family physician who trained at Loma Linda University School of Medicine in California. He said he has “embraced a healing model that focuses on finding the true underlying causes of disease, emphasizing lifestyle change, identifying and eliminating of sources of inflammation, treating with nutrition and leaving prescription medications as a last resort, unless emergently needed to buy time for the body to heal itself.”

WOW! Working on Wellness is a health education program of Dungeness Valley Health &Wellness Clinic — Sequim’s free clinic.

The clinic provides basic urgent care and chronic health care services to uninsured community members. The basic urgent care clinic is open to patients on Monday and Thursday evenings beginning at 5. Those interested in supporting the clinic can call 360-582-0218.

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