Blog and Recipes
Ever feel like excess sugar is lurking around every corner, ready to trip us up? You’re not imagining it—between the endless soft drinks, sneaky breakfast cereals, and well-placed treats at every checkout, today’s world is set up to tempt us at every turn. We live in a truly obesogenic environment w...
As the winter chill settles in and the days grow shorter, there’s something comforting about curling up with a good book—or popping on an audiobook while you walk, cook, or relax. This season is a wonderful opportunity to nourish not just your body, but your mind as well. If you’re keen to learn mor...
As most of you know, we are all about health.
There is a fine line between toxic diet culture and changing behaviours to improve health.
At its heart, diet culture promotes weight loss at any cost. In other words, it doesn't matter how you get there as long as you lose weight. Subtext: “thin peopl...
This week, we want to talk about something that affects so many people, yet is so often misunderstood: ultra processed food addiction, sometimes called sugar addiction or carb addiction.
If you’ve ever felt stuck in a cycle with overeating foods like chocolate, chips, biscuits, takeaway pizza and e...
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. B...
When we talk about reducing sugar intake, it's essential to understand that sugar encompasses both simple sugars and starches. Simple sugars, such as glucose, fructose, and galactose, are found naturally in foods like fruits and milk, or they can be added to processed foods. Starches, on the other h...
Hands up if you like rum balls!
Traditional rum balls are a classic recipe that typically uses crushed biscuits and sweetened condensed milk, cocoa and coconut.
These sweet, sticky balls will likely remind you of childhood… But unfortunately, they are high in sugar.
We’ve created a low carb altern...
Mindset is all about beliefs.
Henry Ford famously said, “Whether you think you can, or you think can't- you're right.”
Many of us have beliefs that have gone unchallenged. They are thoughts (which, by the way, are just a group of neurones firing together) that we think over and over. These thought...
Christmas doesn't have to mean missing out. There are low carb options for nearly every festive food available.
These spicy, crisp cookies bring the warm flavours of Christmas to your low carb table without compromising on taste or health goals.
These are great to make with kids who love decorati...
Fast Food Doesn't Mean Fake Food.
A 20-Minute Mexican Marvel
In a world where drive-throughs beckon and takeaway apps tempt, it's refreshing to know that real, wholesome food can be just as quick. This Mexican mince recipe proves that fast food can be nutritious, delicious, and ready in less time...
When special occasions like birthdays or Christmas roll around, finding a dessert that's both indulgent and health-conscious doesn’t have to be challenging.
Our Low Carb Raspberry and White Chocolate Cheesecake offers a delicious solution, allowing you to enjoy a celebratory treat without compromis...
At Real Life Medicine, we firmly believe that real food is medicine. You can vastly improve your health by changing what you eat.
The best thing you can do for your health is to decrease your intake of ultra-processed food and increase your intake of real food, with a focus on protein and lots of ...
