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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...
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...
So, this blog aims to answer a question we often get asked. Doctor, what about my cholesterol?
Now a disclaimer, this is not individual medical advice. Please discuss anything you hear or read from Real Life Medicine with your treating medical practitioner.
Let’s start with the...
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....
“Everything in moderation” is the catchcry of dieters and non-dieters alike.
We would argue though that this is wrong.
“Everything in balance” is what we at Real Life Medicine believe.
The balance bit is sometimes hard and what we need to learn and...
Following on from a previous blog post on how calorie counting forms the backbone of the diet industry, I wanted to talk about the quality of calories.
As I mentioned, a calorie is a unit of energy.
Why we use that as a measure of what we need to eat is beyond me?!
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Is Sanitarium™ Up & Go™ a healthy brekky?
Is Up and Go good for kids?
We get asked this question all-the-time!
This product is marketed to the busy person who not only doesn’t have time to make breakfast, but they don't have time to eat it!
This in...
Let's talk about comfort eating...
Emotional eating is the number one reason women fall off the wagon...
and our favourite roadblock to conquer!
You know what though?
Emotional Eating is NOT your fault
Eating is a comfort. It is known physiologically that eating causes the release of...
