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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 we feed our famil...

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, right?

We...

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 weight lo...

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 overcorr...

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.  

The last t...

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 companies and fast...

Real Food...

Low Carb, Real Food (LCRF)...

Is one of the linchpins to long term sustainable weight loss. 

Highly processed "diet foods and diet shakes" do not work. They hijack your satiety (fullness) and leave you hungry, tired and overweight. 

They wreak havoc on your body, leaving it inflamed...