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 deaths) acc...

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 if you like.

We use this measurement...

 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 often lauded as special...

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 every packe...

What Is Maltodextrin? Understanding This Common Additive

Maltodextrin is a highly processed carbohydrate derived from starches such as corn, wheat, rice, or potato. Frequently found in processed foods, maltodextrin serves as a thickener, filler, and preservative in products like sauces, salad dress...

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...

It’s Dr Lucy here.

This week, I had the experience of being a patient. It wasn’t that much fun. 

I had pain…

I felt vulnerable

I needed an operation…

Don’t get me wrong, I was well-cared for. The procedure was successful and I am on the mend. I am grateful to live in Australia where I have a...

Want to lose weight? Find your "why" and find your people, then you will find your way

We all know, health is not something that happens in the doctor’s office three times a year. Health is the result of daily commitment and recommitment to healthy habits.

The thing about habits is, they are habit...

Hello Gorgeous 

Welcome to part 3 in our series, “What’s Stopping you Losing Weight” 

At Real Life Medicine, our philosophy is that long term weight loss is about addressing the biological causes of weight gain (hormones) and the psychological causes (mindset). 

In our recent blog post we d...

We all know what it feels like to be stressed.  It sucks! It is that horrid feeling of overwhelm, foreboding, or worry.

It is all too common in our society and it is very harmful to our health!

Did you know, that as well as making us unhappy, tired and overwhelmed, too much stress can also m...

Hello gorgeous girl.

Join us in a three-part series, we’re calling “What’s stopping you lose weight?”. 

There are three main mind blocks that people have around losing weight permanently. 

This is part 2. 

If you missed part one, head over to our blog  here 

Remember this series is all...