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Weight Loss is all about Balance mindset tips weight loss Dec 30, 2020

“Everything in moderation” is the catchcry of dieters and non-dieters alike. 

We would argue though that this is wrong. 

“Everything in balance” is what we at Real Life Medicine believe. 

The balance bit is sometimes hard and what we need to learn and...

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A Christmas Gift mindset tips weight loss Dec 24, 2020

Christmas time is the giving season. Gifts are in abundance. 

We often talk about giving ourselves a Christmas present. 

“I’m going to treat myself this Christmas…” 

And frankly, why not? 

We deserve it. We’ve worked hard all year.

But the one...

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Is too much sitting making you sick and fat? mindset tips weight loss Nov 24, 2020

Exercise is not the key to weight loss. However, it has an important supporting role and can sometimes be overlooked. 

We, humans, are designed to move. Our ancestors moved a lot. For the vast majority of our evolutionary history, we humans have had to exert ourselves, often quite...

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Not All Calories Are Equal dieting food company marketing tricks weight loss Nov 10, 2020

Following on from a previous blog post on how calorie counting forms the backbone of the diet industry, I wanted to talk about the quality of calories. 

 

As I mentioned, a calorie is a unit of energy. 

Why we use that as a measure of what we need to eat is beyond me?!

 

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Is Up & Go a healthy breakfast? food company marketing tricks low carb Nov 03, 2020

Is Sanitarium™ Up & Go™  a healthy brekky? 

Is Up and Go good for kids? 

We get asked this question all-the-time!

 

This product is marketed to the busy person who not only doesn’t have time to make breakfast, but they don't have time to eat it!

This in...

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Is Milo Good for Kids? food company marketing tricks ultra processed food Oct 27, 2020

It grinds our gears when processed foods are dressed up as health foods and marketed to kids. 

Each week, we are going expose one of these and break down some of the marketing hype.

This week it’s Milo’s turn. 

"Since 1934, MILO® has been giving active kids what they...

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How to stop comfort eating low carb mindset tips weight loss Oct 13, 2020

Let's talk about comfort eating... 

Emotional eating is the number one reason women fall off the wagon...

and our favourite roadblock to conquer!

You know what though?

Emotional Eating is NOT your fault

Eating is a comfort. It is known physiologically that eating causes the release of...

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Self love and whippets mindset tips weight loss Oct 07, 2020

I want you to imagine a beautiful dog, maybe he’s your dog. Anyway, this beautiful dog has developed sore knees. He can’t jump up on the couch. He’s not as active anymore. His coat is rough, his skin is dry. You love this dog, so you take him to the vet and the vet,...

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Today is World Heart Day! low carb weight loss Sep 29, 2020

Today is World Heart Day

Cardiovascular Disease is the number one cause of death in the world. 

In 2016 15.2 million deaths were attributed to Stroke and Heart Disease. 

In Australia, Cardiovascular disease (CVD) was the underlying cause of death in 41,800 deaths in 2018 (26% of all...

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Why Calorie Counting Doesn't Work dieting weight loss Sep 24, 2020

Let’s talk about calories. The backbone of the dieting industry. 

What is a calorie... exactly?

 

“A calorie is defined as “the energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 gram of water by 1 °C”

 

So a calorie is a measurement of energy. A unit of energy...

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The importance of sleep for weight loss - Sleep yourself thin! weight loss Aug 25, 2020

 We need between 7 and 8 hours of sleep per night for our body to thrive. Anything less is sleep deprivation.

 

Our society does not value sleep. Currently, most of us view sleep as something we fit in at the end of the day. In fact, people who “survive’ on little sleep are...

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Good Fats Bad Fats low carb weight loss Aug 18, 2020

At Real Life Medicine, we advocate a Low Carb Real Food Diet. Part of this includes eating healthy, natural (delicious) fats. Not all fats are healthy. In this blog, we discuss how industrial seed oils are neither healthy nor natural. 

 

Seed oils are everywhere! They lurk in virtually...

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