Mona SharmaCelebrity nutritionist and wellness advocate

Integrative Healthcare | The Future of Health

20 Nov 2025 · 0 min

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In this brief exchange from the YouTube video "Integrative Healthcare | The Future of Health," Mona Sharma and Speaker B discuss the concept of integrative healthcare that includes prescribing mind‑body practices such as yoga, meditation, Pilates, qigong, or tai chi. Sharma asks whether people would actually follow such prescriptions if they knew it could be life‑changing, highlighting the potential impact of making these modalities a standard part of medical care. Speaker B emphasizes the importance of simply offering the option, acknowledging a common skepticism that patients might refuse. The dialogue captures a hopeful vision of a future where holistic, lifestyle‑based interventions are routinely integrated into treatment plans.

If there's that integration and people are leaving with things like yoga and meditation or Pilates or qigong or tai chi, if that was prescribed to you, I wonder, would you do it knowing it could change your life? That's integrative healthcare and that's the future that I really dream for.
Yeah. I think it's just, number one, just even having the option.
Yeah.
Right. Just giving. Because, of course, there is a perspective of, well, people aren't going to do it anyways.
Yeah.
Studies show contrary, you know, and some really sophisticated studies have been done on type 2 diabetes and the adherence to lifestyle interventions with patients getting coaching and support exceedingly outperform. As far as their results, prevention of the onset of diabetes.