Real Health and Weight Loss Podcast

Join Dr Lucy Burns and Dr Mary Barson as they discuss the importance of protein for weight loss. They share tips on how to get more when you’re busy and how low crab real food can be super simple. Real Life Medicine https://www.rlmedicine.com/   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The answer is probably yes according to a recent study.  Dr Lucy Burns and Dr Mary Barson take a dive into this topic that is close to their hearts and remind you that guilt and shame have no place on any weight loss plan. REAL LIFE MEDICINE https://www.rlmedicine.com/   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Join Dr Lucy Burns as she chats with Dr Karen Dwyer about low carb and kidney health. Karen is renal physician and is the clinical director at Kidney Health Australia. She is a passionate low carb doctor and answers the curly question about high blood pressure and salt. Real Life Medicine https://www.rlmedicine.com/   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Join Dr Lucy Burns as she chats with health and weight loss coach Tanja Shaw. Dr Lucy and Tanja discuss that weight loss is not 80% diet and 20% exercise. It’s 5% knowledge and 95% mindset. Having good knowledge is one thing but knowing how to implement that knowledge is the missing link. Real Life Medicine https://www.rlmedicine.com/   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy informatio...

Join Dr Lucy Burns as she chats with one of her favourite humans Jordyn Evans. Jordyn, at the tender age of 25 noticed that the majority of herbs and spices in the food aisles at the supermarkets were filled with sugar, seed oils anti caking agents and preservatives. She wanted herbs and spices that were just what they say they are -real food. She then sold her car, moved back home and set about c...

Dr Lucy Burns and Dr Mary Barson examine some of the evidence surrounding red meat. Does red meat cause bowel cancer? The answer is not as clear as you might think. https://www.rlmedicine.com/   REVIEW Red meat and colorectal cancer: a critical summary of prospective epidemiologic studies: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20663065/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jess Turton is doing a PhD in low carb nutrition for type 1 diabetes. She discusses research and the biases involved in nutritional research. Sensationalised headlines do not mean quality research. She discusses how the Australian Dietary guidelines are not appropriate for any person with a chronic disease. Dr Lucy Burns discussed that the treatment of obesity is different to the prevention. https...

Jess is the founder of Ellipse health. Her passion is providing a platform for other dietitians wanting to practice low carb and works closely with gastroenterologist, Dr Pran Yoganathan. We discuss all things low carb, gut health and transitioning to a low carb real approach. Progress not perfection. https://www.rlmedicine.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jessica Turton is a low carb dietitian and discusses why she deviates from the current Australian dietary Guidelines. In this episode we dive into Jess’s story with body image and disordered eating. She tells a personal story on calories restriction and the dangers associated with and how she too has now achieved food freedom. https://www.rlmedicine.com/ See omnystudio.com/listener for priva...

Do you give too much power to the number on the scale? Weight loss is not a linear process and the scales are not your king. Weight loss is not maths, it is chemistry. Losing body fat is a biochemical and hormonal process that happens differently in every individual. A Low Carb Real Food diet will heal the metabolism, lower insulin, reduce hunger and allow your body to naturally burn its own fat....

Do you ever feel pressured into eating food you did not want to? Do you get peer-pressured into that extra glass of wine? Do you eat the cakes at a party because you don’t want to be awkward? There is an odd tendency in our society to shame people for their healthy food choices. “Food-shaming” is common and takes on many guises. Food shame can be a significant roadblock to health...

Do you know what a health coach is? Join Dr Lucy Burns as she chats with her good friend and colleague Tracey McBeath. Tracey lives a low carb lifestyle and is trained in health coaching. Tracey gives us a great summary on what health coaching is and what it isn’t. Tracey is also wonderful collaborator and we talk all about her latest project The Low Carb Lifestyle Long Weekend Women’s...

Dr Liz Fraser quietly goes around championing the low carb cause. Join Dr Lucy as she chats with the phenomenally humble Dr Liz Fraser who is a practising GP in Canberra. Dr Liz along with Tracey Kimberley is the cofounder of Low Carb Canberra. Her passion apart from gardening, reading and interpreting scientific articles is educating other doctors on the benefits of recommending low carb to their...

Is your liver sick? Up to 30% of Australian adults have non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Many people with this illness do know that they have fatty liver. Although non-alcoholic fatty liver disease can have dire consequences to our health, it can also be easily improved with the right dietary advice. Medical doctors, Dr Lucy and Dr Mary, show you how to love your liver back to health with a low-...

Robyn Devon is a member of the Real Life Momentum Inner Circle. She has struggled her whole life with yoyo dieting. She’s done every diet under the sun and in 2017 underwent a gastric sleeve. She lost 35kg but the weight came back on.  She now found her way. She follows a Low Carb Real Food approach, is free from diet mentality and the weight is falling off.  She shares with you he...

Dr Lucy chats with one of the Real Life Momentum inner circle members, Elane, about her low-carb journey and how changing what she eats has revolutionised her running. Elane is a long-distance runner has always used exercise to manage her weight. She followed the standard advice of carb loading pre-run and was fuelled by gels in her run. Her runs were hard yakka, both physically and emotionally. S...

Feeding the family can be stressful. This is especially true when you are on a healthy eating plan. But it does not need to be! Most children do not need to eat a low carbohydrate diet, however, all children will benefit from eating a real food diet. Dr Mary and Dr Lucy share their simple strategies for feeding their children real food. It is all about focussing on real food and reducing processed...

We can’t be perfect! Slip-ups are a natural part of life. Dr Mary shares her ice-cream-related stumble and shares her tips for getting back on track. She ate some sugary ice cream but did not let this lapse derail her healthy eating lifestyle.  Let Dr Mary and Dr Lucy introduce you to Fluffy. Fluffy is a metaphor for your inner sugar and carb cravings.  Fluffy lives in your brain a...

Have you ever struggled with your weight?  Has the standard weight loss advice let you down?  Medical doctors, Dr Lucy and Dr Mary, explain why the old advice of “just burn more calories than you eat” is wrong.  The treatment of obesity is not the same as the prevention. People who are overweight or obese generally have insulin resistance and high insulin.  As insul...

Are you drawn to the fridge when you are feeling down? Do you use food to suppress or soothe stress and negative feelings?  You are not alone!  Emotional eating is a very common problem, so often infused with guilt and shame. Emotional eating is not your fault, it a conditioned response. Just as Dr Lucy once soothed her daughter’s grief (when her pet chook died) with a milkshake, w...

Self-kindness is the secret weapon in weight loss. Self-kindness is proven to help us stay track with healthy behaviour change, and yet many of us find self-kindness very hard to do. Have you ever felt like giving up your weight loss efforts after slipping and eating just one piece of cake?  Have you ever felt that if you eat one little bit of chocolate, you might as well just scoff the whole...

Are you one of those people who seems to have tried everything to lose weight? You’ve been on so many different diets and nothing has worked. Perhaps you now feel that diets just don’t work for you. But wait! You don’t have to be a victim of diet culture. In this episode Dr Mary Barson and Dr Lucy Burns help you transform from diet culture victim to weight loss victor. It’s...

Are you confused about what to eat? You are not alone. Join medical doctors, Dr Mary Barson and Dr Lucy Burns, as they cut through the dogma and get down to the basics of healing your metabolism and losing weight using real food.  For years, the food industry and other vested interests have muddied the water and sent out confusing and contradictory messaging.  One day eggs are bad, the n...

Heal your gut with these simple and powerful strategies. Medical doctors, Dr Mary Barson and Dr Lucy Burns continue their discussion on the 4R Framework for healing your gut. This podcast focuses on the role of fermented foods, probiotics, and how finding balance in our lives also rebalances our gut health, helping us achieve and maintain good health lifelong.  Gut function is inextricably li...

Take action today to heal your gut. Come along with medical doctors, Dr Mary and Dr Lucy as they talk through the first two steps of their four-step process for improving gut health. Our gut health is of major importance. Gut function is inextricably linked to our overall health and wellbeing. Modern Lifestyle (processed food, antibiotics, stress, and poor sleep) can damage our gut lining and disr...