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Today is World Heart Day
Cardiovascular Disease is the number one cause of death in the world.
In 2016 15.2 million deaths were attributed to Stroke and Heart Disease.
In Australia, Cardiovascular disease (CVD) was the underlying cause of death in 41,800 deaths in 2018 (26% of all...
Let’s talk about calories. The backbone of the dieting industry.
What is a calorie... exactly?
“A calorie is defined as “the energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 °C”
So a calorie is a measurement of energy. A unit of energy...
At Real Life Medicine, we advocate a Low Carb Real Food Diet. Part of this includes eating healthy, natural (delicious) fats. Not all fats are healthy. In this blog, we discuss how industrial seed oils are neither healthy nor natural.
Seed oils are everywhere! They lurk in virtually...
This week we are excited to introduce a guest article from Alison at Broth of Life. Alison is very passionate about consuming bone broth for good health and produces organic dehydrated bone broth that could not be more convenient or delicious!
Filled with vitamins and minerals as well...
Hi Lovely,
Dr Lucy here.
I recently went down the rabbit hole of food labelling. I did a presentation called The Doctor’s Guide to Reading Nutritional Labels”.
Do you know you what?
It is frightening to see the products out there. Everyday products that we are eating. Products...
Hello, Wonderful Humans
At Real Life Medicine, our mission is to empower you to make the changes necessary for good health so you can live a happy and fulfilled life.
Sounds simple right?
We know, like many things, it’s not that simple.
If it was, you would have already done it,...
Is fat free?
In some pockets of the low carb community, there is the message that we should be eating high fat all the time, no matter what; fat is free, fat is fine, you can’t overdo fat. It is true that fat does not stimulate your insulin. However, extra added fat is not a great idea if...
Dr Mary's Monday Musings...
Change is possible, change is beautiful, helping people change is what I live for.
A few years ago I was overweight and overwhelmed. I had badly controlled polycystic ovarian syndrome and was stuck in a hideous sugar addiction / carb craving / hyperinsulinaemic...
This is one of my favourite analogies. In my past life as a yo-yo dieter, I was like an out of control driver veering from one side of the road to the other. Driving steadfast to one side then spinning the steering wheel, overcorrecting and hurtling to the other side. Nearly crashing before...
3 Super Simple Tips For Healthy Eating While Sheltering At Home
Health is our greatest asset.
Recently, the Australian federal health minister Greg Hunt and AMA president Dr Tony Bartone told us that now, more than ever, we must focus on managing our chronic disease conditions. ...
Surely everyone wants you to lose weight and reclaim your health...Right?
Wrong!
There are people out there who have a vested interested in you failing and making the wrong choices.
Some of these groups are Big Food Companies.
Now the obvious ones are the junk food...
Do you Struggle with Sugar Addiction?
We were Overweight, Unhealthy, Sugar Addicted Doctors who changed.
We want to show you that we not only...
talk the talk, but also walk the walk.
Dr Lucy Burns
I don’t have a lot of photos of when I was overweight. I tried my best to avoid...
