Real Health
Our Food
We promote a whole food, low carbohydrate way of eating. This has been scientifically proven to reduce weight, improve inflammation, and reverse many cases of diabetes. The food is delicious and we can guarantee, you won't be hungry! We also get into the guts of gut health, an emerging area that is clearly important to our health.
Our Mind
Weight loss psychology is so important! We empower you to harness your mind - the most powerful tool in the quest for good health. We get to the heart of emotional eating. Imagine if you no longer fell victim to emotional eating. We teach you how to change your mindset, your habits, and offer you the ultimate reward of food freedom!
Our Environment
In this fast-paced world of pressure and deadlines, our bodies and brains are suffering.
Sleep, sunshine and social connection all affect our health and wellbeing. We explain the science behind this, and help you reconnect to the things that are important to optimise your health. Understanding cortisol is the key to long term permanent weight loss.
Disaster Looming
There is a tsunami of chronic disease heading our way that threatens our health, our lives, and our community. We are experiencing record numbers of obesity, diabetes and chronic inflammation. We are flooded with depression, anxiety, stress and poor self-worth. We are tired, hungry and over-wrought. We are surviving but not thriving. This deluge of long term chronic health conditions will bankrupt our health system, but more importantly hurt us, our families and our friends. Something has to change!
Real Change is Possible
The exciting thing is that we have the ability to change our health path.
At Real Life Medicine, as holistic weight loss doctors, we are here to help guide you. We will help you to make the changes, that will empower you to reclaim your health and live your life on your terms.
We offer real solutions to tackle weight loss and chronic metabolic health conditions.
We address the physiological drive to eat using a real food low carbohydrate approach. Then we tackle the psychological drivers and get to the root cause of overwhelm. We do this with kindness, compassion and support. You can lose weight and reclaim your health!
About Us
Dr Mary Barson
Doctor, Biochemist, Mindset Coach, Hypnotherapist
Dr Mary Barson has an honours degree in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology in addition to being a doctor. She has extensive knowledge of body systems! She is also qualified in clinical hypnosis and has extensive experience in compassion-based therapy. Dr Mary also walks the walk, having addressed her own metabolic health following a diagnosis of PCOS, by adopting a low carbohydrate real food lifestyle.
Dr Lucy Burns
Doctor, Lifestyle Medicine Physician, Mindset Coach, Hypnotherapist
Dr Lucy Burns is passionate about helping women lose weight and reclaim their health. She was overweight and an "expert yo-yo dieter", until it all stopped "working". Addressing her mindset was the key to changing her lifestyle and making healthy habits permanent. She has extensive training in this area and her analogies are well known!
Free Resources
The Doctors' Guide to Permanent Weight Loss
Our free e-book is your first step on the path to stopping yo-yo dieting and achieving permanent weight loss. It explains why it's your metabolic hormones driving fat storage, what macronutrients are, what you need to eat to lose weight, and why food is medicine.
The Doctors' Healthy Food Recommendations
Low carb real food is one of the linchpins to long term sustainable weight loss. At Real Life Medicine, we eat using a Green Food List (you can eat anything on this list), a Red Food List (avoid eating anything on this list), and an Orange Food List (eat these foods sparingly).
An In-depth Lesson on The “Woodshed”
This video training will make you question everything you've ever been told about weight loss. It takes everything you thought you knew and flips it on its head. It is mind-blowing - an epiphany if you will. So watch with caution if you're not interested in seeing massive changes to your health!
The Real Health and Weight Loss Podcast
The Real Health and Weight Loss Podcast gives you real advice from real doctors to help you lose weight and revolutionise your health, not just now, but permanently.
Real health and weight loss is a journey and we, your hosts Dr Mary Barson and Dr Lucy Burns from Real Life Medicine, are here with you every step of the way.
We are here to bust through some myths and give you actionable advice.
You can change your future starting now!
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As Featured
Real Life Medicine has been featured on podcasts and spoken at medical conferences including:
➔ Keto Woman Podcast
➔ Low Carb Down Under
➔ Low Carb Lifestyle Summit
➔ ACNEM (Australasian College of Nutritional and Environmental Medicine)
➔ COMPASS
➔ Health Evolution Podcast
Cooking, Coaching & Conversations
Cooking, Coaching & Conversations with Dr Lucy Burns is live on Facebook each Tuesday night at 6pm (AET). Dr Lucy whips up quick and easy low carb food that the whole family will love. See Dr Lucy's latest creations below.
Moroccan Drumsticks
Dr Lucy showed us how to make a delicious low carb real food dinner in under 30 minutes - Moroccan chicken drumsticks.
Cauli-Sotto
Dr Lucy is throws together a delicious weeknight meal using cauliflower rice - cauli-sottto!
Lamb & Beef Stroganoff
Dr Lucy uses the ingredients she has in her fridge to prepare a delicious and easy lamb & beef stroganoff.
