Lifestyle is Medicine™

Hi, I am Dr. Polina Sayess.

I am Dr. Polina Sayess, a Family Medicine and Lifestyle Medicine Board Certified physician. I offer private telehealth consultations for patients in Connecticut, New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts and Vermont specializing in acute and preventive care, managing chronic medical conditions, and lifestyle medicine.

I have successfully integrated lifestyle medicine principles into my patient care, and I'm confident I can do the same for you. Let me show you how lifestyle prescriptions can transform your health.

Lifestyle Medicine

We have had remarkable advances in the care we can provide as medical professionals, but the best medicine is prevention via a healthy lifestyle.

Studies have shown that those who eat healthily and move regularly have better sleep patterns, less anxiety and depression, more energy, and less risk for chronic disease.

Lifestyle medicine is the key to unlocking a healthier and more fulfilling life —it starts with the seven pillars of lifestyle medicine.

What Patients Are Saying

I went to Dr. Sayess for nutrition advice to manage my type 2 diabetes. It is no exaggeration to say Dr. Sayess saved my life.

I lost 55 pounds in seven months and am now free of all my diabetes medications. I used to be on insulin, plus Metformin.

My latest A1C reading was 5.0 when previously it was over 8.0. I can never thank Dr. Sayess enough!

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Could lifestyle be an antidote to modern disease?

I believe that in a world of modern disease caused by chronic stress and lifestyle choices, prevention is often the best medicine. I teach my patients how to make small changes that lead to wholesome gains over time.

Lifestyle medicine incorporates evidence-based approaches to healthy living to prevent, treat and achieve remission or reversal of medical conditions, for instance, diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease.