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Christmas time is the giving season. Gifts are in abundance.
We often talk about giving ourselves a Christmas present.
“I’m going to treat myself this Christmas…”
And frankly, why not?
We deserve it. We’ve worked hard all year.
But the one thing that this...
Change is possible!
When we change our behaviours, we can change our actual physical selves.
The food we eat, the thoughts we think, our sleep, and our social connectedness, all fundamentally change us right down at the cellular and molecular level.
Polycystic ovarian syndrome is a potent...
Halloween has slipped into Australian culture in the past 20 years. Every year there is more and more paraphernalia in the shops related to Halloween.
Halloween is a marketing juggernaut.
In 2019 Australians spent $159 million on chocolate and lollies for Halloween
On top of...
We receive lots of emails with this question or ones like it including these
Is there a vitamin to me lose weight faster?
Can supplements boost metabolism?
What vitamins are good for losing belly fat?
Which vitamins help with weight loss for females?
Which is the best multivitamin for...
Even in low carb world, there is no shortage of dietary options out there. Ketogenic diet, lazy keto, clean keto, dirty keto, low carb, low carb high fat, zero carb, Atkins, modified-Akins, eco-Atkins, carb-cycling, South Beach…. the list goes on.
Knowing what diet is best can be...
Let’s talk mindset. Mindset is not willpower. I know we think it is, but it’s not. When people hear the word mindset, they think, “Oh, yeah, willpower and discipline. It's all of those things that I just don't have at the moment”, or “I just wish I had more...
As medical doctors who specialise in lifestyle medicine, we have extensive knowledge and experience in helping people restore their health using both a low carb lifestyle and /or a ketogenic diet.
The majority of health issues facing our society are related to metabolic health. There is a tsunami...
At Real Life Medicine, we love, love, love talking about insulin. The two things that we love talking about, insulin and how to lower it so you can burn your own fat. Then the second thing is mindset . Mindset is not just willpower. Mindset is about managing your thoughts so that you can actually...
There are 3 ways to lower insulin.
- A Low Carb Lifestyle.
Reducing the amount of carbohydrate your pancreas has to process is a wonderful way off giving it a rest.
2. Add it in with intermittent fasting.
Fasting, if you have high insulin, is really hard because you literally...
At Real Life Medicine we help everybody, but in particular, our passion is women who have tried everything, who have done every diet known to (wo)man, who are almost ready to give up on themselves. They're our people. They're our tribe, and we help them by understanding the physiology and the...
The cause of obesity is multifactorial and still poorly understood. It is not a simple as an excess of calories. It would be so easy if it was.
Calories in, Calories out-the backbone of the diet industry does not work.
Obesity is a disease of deranged metabolic hormones....
Today I'm talking to you about insulin resistance. It is one of the cornerstones of our practice as weight loss doctors in helping people lose weight, reverse metabolic disease, and really preventing future health problems along the way.
And sometimes as doctors we forget that not everyone...
