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Last week, we talked about the dangers of eating too much sugar. Sugar can cause weight gain, increase your chances of type 2 diabetes, and hurt your brain, liver, and heart. But even though we know sugar is bad, cutting back can still feel really hard.
The problem isn’t about needing more discipli...
As medical doctors, we have seen so many people whose quality of life is impacted by chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, strokes, arthritis, osteoporosis, and dementia. They experience pain, reduced mobility and reduced function. They enter retirement having worked hard...
Insulin Resistance is on the rise and is one of the leading causes of chronic disease as we age.
And most people have never heard of it!
Insulin is a hormone made by our pancreas and it has several jobs. Its main job is to help move glucose from our blood into our cells where the mighty mitochondr...
In our journey toward healthier living, understanding the impact of our dietary choices on our body's insulin levels is crucial. Embracing a low carb diet not only aids in managing insulin resistance but also significantly improves overall health. Our Cauliflower Flatbread recipe embodies this phil...
Tempting isn’t it?
Many of us would love to have our low carb cake and eat it too, to be able to enjoy all the sweet foods our brain desires while still losing weight on a low carb diet. Artificial sweeteners seem to promise that we can have the cake and still heal our metabolism and lose weight. ...
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 this, there is mon...
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 do ...
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 run out of f...
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 psycho...
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 knows w...
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 photos, feeli...
