8. Curing Sugar Addiction & Preparing for Pregnancy with Real Food - Dr Lucy Burns

In this episode Dr Lucy and Dr Max discuss sugar addiction, chronic disease, vegetarianism, preparing for pregnancy, insulin resistance, polycystic ovary syndrome and much more.

Dr Lucy Burns is GP from Melbourne, Australia. She runs Real Life Medicine, remote care diet and lifestyle program that uses low carbohydrate approach to help people lose and maintain weight loss.

TIMESTAMPS

00:00:32 Dr Lucy’s backstory

00:02:11 Failure of the low fat diet paradigm

00:05:21 Chronic disease and vested interests

00:08:48 Why people are addicted to refined foods

00:19:18 Differences in health approach between men and women

00:23:45 Malnutrition and micro-nutrient deficiency in women

00:29:45 Vegetarianism and pregnancy

00:31:31 Epigenetics and preparing for pregnancy

00:34:25 Gestational diabetes and epigentic imprinting

00:41:03 Blood tests for insulin resistance

00:45:18 Polycystic ovary syndrome

00:49:03 Heavy and irregular periods

00:52:13 Optimising health prior to pregnancy

00:53:55 Dr Lucy’s approach to diet

DR BURNS

Real Life Medicine - https://www.rlmedicine.com/ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/real_life_medicine/

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