Blog and Recipes

Why eat Low Carb? 

At Real Life Medicine, low carb nutrition is one of our pillars. It is an extremely safe and evidence-based way to improve insulin resistance and manage type 2 diabetes, PCOS, fatty liver disease and other metabolic health conditions. When we improve insulin resistance, weight lo...

Pesto is a super simple, tasty versatile condiment. Made from basil and olive oil, it is a staple in Mediterranean cuisine. Unfortunately, shop-bought pesto usually uses seed oils such as sunflower oil or canola oil. We recommend people reduce seed oils in their diet for 2 reasons. Firstly the proce...

This week on Cooking, Coaching & Conversations Dr Lucy Burns whips up an Easy Peasy Low Carb Spag Bol, showing how easy it can be to make a delicious and satisfying meal. She also chats about tips and tricks to make sure you always have helpful ingredients on hand.

"Make the helpful thing easy and t...

This week on Cooking, Coaching & Conversations Dr Lucy cooked a true winter warmer - chipotle cottage pie. This recipe is very quick to throw together for a hearty weeknight meal and the whole family will love it.

Ingredients

• butter or olive oil
• chopped onions, we used frozen
• 1kg beef mince
• 2
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Cooking, Coaching & Conversations with Dr Lucy Burns is live on Facebook at 6pm Tuesday nights. In this week's episode, Dr Lucy shows how to make a quick and easy low carb Mexican style lasagne - Tacosagne!

Ingredients

• olive oil
• chopped onions, we used frozen
• 1kg beef mince
• Mingle Seasoning '...

Cooking, Coaching & Conversations with Dr Lucy Burns is live on Facebook at 5.30pm Tuesday nights. In this weeks episode, Dr Lucy showed how to make a low carb lasagne.

Ingredients

• onions, chopped (we used frozen)
• 1 kg minced beef
• salt
• 1 bag of frozen mixed chopped veggies - zucchini, tomatoe
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This week on cooking, coaching & conversations, Dr Lucy Burns showed how to create a delicious family-friendly low carb dinner - spaghetti bolognese!

Ingredients

• olive oil
• onions, chopped
• 1kg grass-fed beef mince
• mushrooms, chopped
• capsicum, chopped
• baby spinach leaves
• Mingle Seasoning spa
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This week on cooking, coaching & conversations, Dr Lucy Burns showed how to create a delicious spinach & ricotta frittata as well as an easy chocolate mousse recipe.

SPINACH AND RICOTTA RECIPE

Ingredients

• olive oil or coconut oil
• onions, chopped
• 1 box of frozen chopped spinach
• mushrooms, cho
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