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The festive season is filled with celebration, laughter — and often, a few glasses of something bubbly. But if you’re following a low carb or real-food lifestyle, you might wonder: can you really enjoy alcohol without derailing your progress?
Good news — you absolutely can. With a little planning a...
Ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are everywhere – from breakfast cereals and snack bars to plant milks, sauces and “health” treats. Most people know they are loaded with sugar and vegetable oils, but far fewer realise how many additives are specifically engineered to make these foods hyper-palatable, ea...
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...
Are you aware that some pantry staples you consider healthy may be harming your health? Seed oils, such as canola, soybean, corn, rice bran, cottonseed, safflower, and sunflower oils, are present in most packaged and processed foods found in supermarkets. Despite being marketed as “heart-healthy,...
How to stay on track when drowning in Easter Eggs
Are you afraid you'll be pressured to eat the hot cross buns? Worried that the sugary easter eggs will be too tempting?
Easter is a time of year that brings joy and celebration and some very welcome time off work. However, it can...
Hello lovelies,
Dr Lucy here. Some people might be triggered by this post, so I wanted to give you a little bit of warning. It is not a post designed to blame and shame, but rather to highlight the importance of investing in yourself and your health.
You’ve all heard the saying “Health is Wealth”...
Halloween has slipped into Australian culture in the past 20 years. Every year there is more and more paraphernalia in the shops related to Halloween.
Halloween is a marketing juggernaut.
In 2019 Australians spent $159 million on chocolate and lollies for Halloween
On top of this, there is mon...
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?!
In weight loss circles ...
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 itself is a myth, but we’ll get to that...
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 need to get the most out of e...
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...
