Blog and Recipes

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...

So we need sun exposure for vitamin D, but isn’t sun exposure dangerous?

We have all been told that sun exposure is dangerous, that it causes skin cancer, and that it should be avoided. However, we have also been told that sun exposure allows vitamin D production, and that is very beneficial to our...

Cooking, Coaching & Conversations with Dr Lucy Burns is live on Facebook at 5.30pm Tuesday nights. In this weeks episode, Dr Lucy showed how to make an easy low carb meal - lamb and salad!

Ingredients

• lamb backstrap
• oil
• Mingle Seasoning 'All Purpose' seasoning mix
• baby spinach or mixed greens
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Cooking, Coaching & Conversations with Dr Lucy Burns is live on Facebook at 5.30pm Tuesday nights. In this weeks episode, Dr Lucy showed how to make low carb salmon patties.

Ingredients

• 1 large tin of salmon, drained
• 1/2 onion, chopped
• 1 avocado, flesh only
• salt
• Mingle Seasoning 'Dill & Garl
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We receive lots of emails with this question or ones like it including these

Is there a vitamin to me lose weight faster?

Can supplements boost metabolism?

What vitamins are good for losing belly fat?

Which vitamins help with weight loss for females?

Which is the best multivitamin for weight...

Even in low carb world, there is no shortage of dietary options out there. Ketogenic diet, lazy keto, clean keto, dirty keto, low carb, low carb high fat, zero carb, Atkins, modified-Akins, eco-Atkins, carb-cycling, South Beach…. the list goes on.

Knowing what diet is best can be confusing.

Althou...

Cooking, Coaching & Conversations with Dr Lucy Burns is live on Facebook at 5.30pm Tuesday nights. In this weeks episode, Dr Lucy showed how to make a low carb lasagne.

Ingredients

• onions, chopped (we used frozen)
• 1 kg minced beef
• salt
• 1 bag of frozen mixed chopped veggies - zucchini, tomatoe
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This week in Cooking, Coaching & Conversations Dr Lucy Burns cooks a delicious week night meal, barramundi with a lemon butter sauce.

Ingredients

• barramundi fillets
• lemon, sliced
• salt flakes
• green veggies - beans, broccoli etc
• cauliflower
• butter
• lemon
• pinch of guar gum

Instructions

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So, this blog aims to answer a question we often get asked. Doctor, what about my cholesterol? 

Now a disclaimer, this is not individual medical advice. Please discuss anything you hear or read from Real Life Medicine with your treating medical practitioner. 

Let’s start with the terminology. 

A ...

This week on Cooking, Coaching & Conversations Dr Lucy made low carb stuffed capsicums. A delicious and easy low carb family dinner.

Ingredients

• beef mince
• onions, chopped
• mushrooms, chopped
• frozen peas
• Mingle Seasonings 'Spag Bol' spice mix sachet
• passata
• capsicums
• cream cheese, cubed
• g
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This week on Cooking, Coaching & Conversations with Dr Lucy Burns, Dr Lucy cooked a delicious low carb stuffed eggplant. Give this one a go this week!

Ingredients

• chopped onions, we used frozen
• 500g beef mince
• 1 large eggplant
• red capsicum, chopped
• Mingle Seasoning sachet -  'Spag Bol'
• toma
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This week on Cooking, Coaching & Conversations Dr Lucy Burns is experimenting with a brand new dish - spinach and cheese gozleme.

Ingredients

• 400g shredded mozzarella cheese
• 125g cream cheese, cubed
• 100g LSA
• 100g hemp seed protein powder
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp gelatin
• salt
• 2 eggs
• baby
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