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/ DR MAX Twitter - https://www.twitter.com/maxgulhaneMD Send us Fan Mail 🧡 HARDBLOCK Australia's Longest Running Bitcoin-only (₿) Exchange Use code REGENPOD for AUD 10 of bitcoin post account verification Support the show