Space exploration and lifestyle medicine: a narrative review of its implications for astronaut health and remote Earth-based environments.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Space exploration, especially long-duration missions such as those to Mars, presents unique and significant challenges to astronaut health. Space medicine, which focuses on maintaining health in extreme environments without access to definitive medical care, emphasizes preventive measures. Lifestyle medicine (LM), grounded in six pillars such as healthy nutrition, regular physical activity, restorative sleep, stress management, positive social connections, and avoidance of risky substances, has proven effective for disease prevention on Earth. However, its application to spaceflight and remote Earth environments remains underexplored. This raises the question of how LM framework can sustain astronaut health and inform preventive and primary care strategies for remote Ear

SUBMITTER: Giguere R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12834740 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature