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Real Health and Weight Loss Podcast

by Real Life Medicine

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  • 331 How Does Night Shift Affect Your Health? (And What You Can Do About It)

    October 26, 2026 · 31 min

    Does working night shift harm your metabolic health, and what can you do about it? Dr Lucy and Dr Mary unpack how night shift pulls the body out of step with its circadian rhythm, and why that matters for blood sugar, insulin resistance…

  • 330 Why Weight Loss Gets So Much Harder in Your 50s and 60s

    October 19, 2026 · 28 min

    If your body feels different after menopause, even though you’re eating well and moving more, you are not broken. In this episode, Dr Lucy and Dr Mary explore why midlife metabolic health can change, why weight may settle around the…

  • 329 What is the Best Diet for Metabolic Health

    October 12, 2026 · 27 min

    Could low carbohydrate eating support metabolic health beyond weight loss alone? In this episode, Dr Lucy and Dr Mary unpack two recent studies exploring low carb eating, pre-diabetes, fatty liver, weight regain, genetics, and the…

  • 328 How to Make Healthy Eating Automatic

    October 5, 2026 · 27 min

    What if healthier choices did not have to rely on willpower? In this episode, Dr Lucy and Dr Mary explore how habits, friction, and your everyday environment can make supportive choices feel easier, even when life is busy and you are…

  • 327 I Eat Pretty Well… So Why Am I Still Gaining Weight?

    September 28, 2026 · 29 min

    Ever feel as though you’re doing all the “right” things, yet your weight or metabolic health still isn’t shifting? You’re eating porridge, yoghurt and berries, salads, and going for walks, but you’re still hungry, tired, gaining weight, or…

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  • 326 How to Stop People-pleasing and Say No

    September 21, 2026 · 27 min

    Are you so used to looking after everyone else that your own needs barely make the list? If people-pleasing, caregiving, and the pressure to keep everyone happy are leaving you stretched thin, this episode is for you.  Dr Lucy and Dr Mary…

  • 325 How to Stay Consistent When Life Gets Messy

    September 14, 2026 · 24 min

    If one tough day has you thinking you’ve ruined everything, this episode is for you. Dr Lucy and Dr Mary unpack consistency, perfectionism, and the all-or-nothing thinking that can make healthy habits feel impossible to sustain.  When…

  • 324 From Food Noise to Food Freedom: Why Mindset Matters

    September 7, 2026 · 39 min

    What if the missing piece isn’t another diet, but learning how to work with your brain when food feels loud? In this honest conversation, Dr Lucy speaks with Louise Govier, a 59-year-old woman from England, about moving from years of…

  • 323 Stuck in a Negative Spiral? Start Here

    August 31, 2026 · 24 min

    What if your brain is filtering your life for evidence that you’re failing, without you even realising it? In this episode, Dr Lucy and Dr Mary explore the reticular activating system, or RAS, and how this powerful brain filter can shape…

  • 322 Post-Menopause: The Glory Years

    August 24, 2026 · 26 min

    Is getting older something to fear, or something worth embracing? In this episode, Dr Lucy and Dr Mary have an honest, warm conversation about what post-menopausal life actually looks like, and why it does not have to be the doom and gloom…

  • 321 Have You Heard of the Estrobolome?

    August 17, 2026 · 30 min

    Ever wondered why some women sail through perimenopause while others feel like everything's fallen apart? In this episode, Dr Lucy is joined by pharmacist and nutritionist Sarah Gray, author of It's Not You, It's Perimenopause, to explore…

  • 320 What Do Sore Feet Have to Do with Menopause?

    August 10, 2026 · 22 min

    Ever wondered why random aches and pains, a frozen shoulder or stubborn hip pain seem to show up out of nowhere in midlife? In this episode, Dr Lucy chats with physiotherapist Katherine Tsebelis, founder of Physio Moves and creator of the…

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About the show

Welcome to the Real Health and Weight Loss Podcast where you get Real advice from Real Doctors to help you lose weight and revolutionise your health not just now but permanently. You can change your future, starting now.  Imagine if everything you had been told about weight loss was wrong.  We are here to bust through some myths and give you actionable advice. Real health and weight loss is a journey and we, your hosts Dr Mary Barson and Dr Lucy Burns from Real Life Medicine, are here with you every step of the way.