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Low Carb Pizza - Cooking, Coaching & Conversations with Dr Lucy Burns recipes Mar 09, 2022

Cooking, Coaching & Conversations with Dr Lucy Burns is live on Facebook at 6pm Tuesday nights. In this week's episode, Dr Lucy shows how to make a quick and easy low carb chicken crust pizza.

Ingredients

  • 500g chicken mince
  • 1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese
  • garlic & herb seasoning
  • 1...
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Japanese Pancake - Cooking, Coaching & Conversations with Dr Lucy Burns recipes Mar 03, 2022

Cooking, Coaching & Conversations with Dr Lucy Burns is live on Facebook at 6pm Tuesday nights. In this week's episode, Dr Lucy shows how to make a quick and easy low carb Japanese pancake.

Ingredients

  • 400g bacon, chopped
  • 400g cabbage, chopped
  • big knob of butter
  • 8 eggs
  • cream
  • Mingle...
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Does alcohol interfere with weight loss? weight loss Mar 02, 2022

Does alcohol interfere with weight loss?

We commonly get asked, “Can alcohol fit into a low carb lifestyle?”

Yes! It can, there are lots of low carb alcohol options that will not increase your insulin (our fat storage hormone) and can fit in with a low carb lifestyle. We list some...

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Quick salad and mayo- Cooking, Coaching & Conversations with Dr Lucy Burns recipes Feb 23, 2022

Cooking, Coaching & Conversations with Dr Lucy Burns is live on Facebook at 6pm Tuesday nights. In this week's episode, Dr Lucy shows how to make a quick and easy mayonnaise and salad at home.

Ingredients

  • spinach or mixed salad leaves
  • cucumber, chopped
  • goats cheese, crumbled
  • raspberries
  • ...
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How to make homemade mayo - Cooking, Coaching & Conversations with Dr Lucy Burns recipes Feb 02, 2022

Cooking, Coaching & Conversations with Dr Lucy Burns is live on Facebook at 6pm Tuesday nights. In this weeks episode, Dr Lucy shows how to make a quick and easy mayonnaise at home.

Ingredients

  • 1 egg
  • 1/4 cup lemon juice
  • 1 cup of oil (avocado, macadamia, light flavoured olive oil)
  • mustard...
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Two quick low carb chicken meals - Cooking, Coaching & Conversations with Dr Lucy Burns recipes Jan 27, 2022

Cooking, Coaching & Conversations with Dr Lucy Burns is live on Facebook at 6pm Tuesday nights. In this weeks episode, Dr Lucy showed how to whip up two quick and easy low carb dinners that the whole family will love - fancy chicken salad & Thai chicken curry.

POACHED CHICKEN SALAD &...

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12 Weeks to Real Health and Permanent Weight Loss Jan 19, 2022

We are two passionate medical doctors, Dr Lucy Burns and Mary Barson. We met by chance at a Medical Low Carb conference in 2019, and straight away discovered we had an awful lot in common. 

We are both passionate about the benefits of Low Carb Nutrition for long-term health and weight loss....

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Low carb satay beef - Cooking, Coaching & Conversations with Dr Lucy Burns recipes Jan 19, 2022

Cooking, Coaching & Conversations with Dr Lucy Burns is live on Facebook at 6pm Tuesday nights. In this weeks episode, Dr Lucy showed how to whip up a quick and easy low carb dinner that the whole family will love - low carb beef satay.

Ingredients

  • coconut oil
  • onions, chopped (we used...
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Permanent Weight Loss Requires More than a Meal Plan behaviour change weight loss Jan 12, 2022

Most of us have all done the yo-yo dieting. You can lose weight and then it comes back. You end right back where you started and have often put on more weight.

Long term calorie restriction will do this.

You will lose weight in the short term by cutting calories, but science tells us that long...

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Shake off the stigma! behaviour change Jan 05, 2022

Stigma is horrible, yet it is all too common in our society.

Anyone who does not fit the ideal “norm”, including those who are overweight, frequently suffer stigma.

Any of you who are or have been overweight, will have undoubtedly suffered stigma at some time with the common and...

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What should I eat at Christmas? low carb real food Dec 22, 2021

We get this question all the time, “Doctor, what should I eat at Christmas?”.

Most people are expecting us to give them a food list or a meal plan, but here’s the thing - there is no one plan that suits everyone. 

There is no one size fits all. 

The key is to really...

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Reduce those carbohydrate cravings and get them under control! fluffy low carb real food Dec 22, 2021

I love analogies.

I just love them. They make complicated things easy.

One of my favourites is Fluffy.

Low carbohydrate diet (low in starches and sugars) is a very powerful lifestyle tool to lose weight permanently and regain fabulous health.

However, craving carbohydrates can make starting...

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