I can’t believe it’s been a full year since I launched this podcast and I’m so grateful you’ve been part of this journey. To celebrate, I’m bringing you a powerful and inspiring episode that reminds us why we keep showing up for our health.

In this episode, I chat with Health Coach Joff, a rehabilitation nurse and primal health coach who shares his incredible transformation story. From metabolic syndrome, weight struggles, and burnout — to a 40kg weight loss, renewed energy, and purpose — Joff has truly turned his life around.

You’ll hear how traditional advice didn’t work for him, and how he found healing through low carb and carnivore nutrition, breathwork, cold exposure, and the mindset shift that saved his life. This is an honest, powerful, and deeply relatable episode — especially if you’ve ever felt stuck or hopeless in your health journey.

In this episode, we talk about:

🍽️ Joff’s diagnosis at 17 that changed everything

🧠 Mental health, sleep apnoea, and why he felt like giving up

💥 The moment that pushed him to try low carb (and eventually carnivore)

💪 How he lost 40kg without counting calories

🌿 What happened when he cut out sugar and processed carbs

🧊 Cold exposure, breathwork, and new lifestyle habits

👩‍⚕️ His new program helping nurses transform their metabolic health

Connect with Joff:

🌐 Website: healthcoachjoff.com.au

📸 Instagram: @healthcoachjoff

🎙️ Podcast: Steaks with Mates (coming soon to Spotify + Apple)

📘 Primal Nurse Initiative – a 12-week self-guided program for nurses (launching soon!)

Exciting News — My Book Is Coming!

You can now pre-order my new book:

📖 Prescribing Lifestyle: A Doctor’s Prescription for Lasting Weight Loss and Vibrant Health

This is a guide for anyone ready to take their health into their own hands — with practical tools around nutrition, breathwork, mindset and daily habits that work.

💫 Release Date: September 2025

🔗 Link to pre-order: https://mlcclinic.com.au/my-book/

📲 Stay connected:

Instagram: @dr_charlton_lifestyle_gp

Facebook: Dr Charlton Lifestyle GP

Podcast: Prescribing Lifestyle

Website: www.mlcclinic.com.au

In this episode, I sit down with Dr. Lena Stocks-Ramsay — osteopath, educator, and bio-emotional regulation practitioner based in Melbourne. I first met Lena at Being Well in Prahran and have been fascinated by her unique and powerful approach to mind-body healing ever since.

We dive into the link between stored emotions, physical tension, and chronic stress, and how our bodies often carry what our minds haven’t fully processed. From osteopathy to somatic healing, Lena shares how reconnecting with your body is key to long-term health and emotional resilience.

💡 Whether you’re dealing with burnout, fatigue, emotional eating, or recurring pain, this conversation is full of tools and insights to help you reconnect with your body and reset your nervous system.

🔑 Key Topics Covered:

– What is bio-emotional regulation, and how does it support healing?

– How the body stores unresolved stress, grief, and tension

– Why emotional “shutdown” often shows up as physical symptoms

– Breathwork as a gateway to nervous system regulation

– Tools to safely pause, feel, and release emotions in the body

– The impact of unprocessed emotions on energy, cravings, and chronic health

– Reframing emotional health as a daily lifestyle skill, not a weakness

📍 Want to connect with Lena?

Dr. Lena Stocks-Ramsay consults fortnightly at Being Well, Prahran.

🌐 Website: www.thriveosteopathy.com.au

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📘 Pre-order my book:

Prescribing Lifestyle: A Doctor’s Prescription for Lasting Weight Loss & Vibrant Health

Coming September 2025 — available now at www.mlcclinic.com.au

📲 Stay connected:

Instagram: @dr_charlton_lifestyle_gp

Facebook: Dr Charlton Lifestyle GP

Podcast: Prescribing Lifestyle

Website: www.mlcclinic.com.au

In this special episode, I was invited to join Steaks with Mates — a podcast that dives into all things health, mindset, and real conversations around food and lifestyle.

I share my personal journey from a busy, tired GP with two young kids… to discovering the power of low carb nutrition, metabolic health, and eventually founding Melbourne Low Carb Clinic.

We cover everything from navigating cultural food norms as an Asian Aussie, to how I lost weight, reclaimed my energy, and now help others do the same. We also talk about my work in functional breathwork, the inspiration behind the Prescribing Lifestyle movement, and how my new book is shaping up.

💡 Whether you’re a health professional, a patient, or just curious about low carb, this is a behind-the-scenes episode full of practical advice and personal insight.

🔑 Key Topics Covered:

– How one patient’s comment sparked a major lifestyle change

– The 8-week challenge that introduced me to low carb living

– Why exercise alone wasn’t enough — and what finally worked

– What I wish I’d learned in med school about nutrition and insulin

– Launching a lifestyle-first clinic and helping patients reverse chronic disease

– Using breathwork to regulate stress and build daily resilience

– Why I started Prescribing Lifestyle — and what the upcoming book is all about

– The difference between ketosis and ketoacidosis (and why it matters)

– Working with a health coach to create sustainable, supported change

📘 Pre-order my new book: Prescribing Lifestyle

→ www.mlcclinic.com.au

📱 Follow me for updates:

Instagram: @dr_charlton_lifestyle_gp

Facebook: Dr Charlton Lifestyle GP

YouTube: Dr Avi Charlton

Podcast: Prescribing Lifestyle

🎙️ Thanks again to Joff and the Steaks with Mates podcast for having me! Check out his youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@healthcoachjoff

Make sure to check out his show for more insightful conversations on health and mindset.

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📌 This episode is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice. Please consult your healthcare provider before making any changes to your routine.

In this episode, I sit down with Nayiri Mississian — an accredited Metabolic Health Practitioner and founder of Low Carb & Fasting. Diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at just 5 years old, Nayiri shares her powerful story of navigating life, culture, and medicine through decades of change.

We talk about her sugar-free childhood in Lebanon, the emotional toll of modern carb-counting advice, and how a return to real food and lifestyle medicine helped her reclaim her health. From vegetarianism to carnivore to a balanced omnivore approach, Nayiri’s journey offers deep insight for anyone living with diabetes or supporting someone who is.

💡 Whether you're exploring low carb, managing hormones, or curious about fasting, this episode is full of lived wisdom and practical strategies.

🔑 Key Topics Covered:

– Growing up with Type 1 Diabetes in the 1970s

– How her family’s food culture shaped her health journey

– Why modern carb-counting failed her — and what worked instead

– Navigating insulin, burnout, and perimenopause

– Transitioning from vegetarian to carnivore to omnivore

– The emotional side of chronic illness and medical gaslighting

– How Nayiri now coaches people with Type 1, Type 2, and insulin resistance

📱 Follow Nayiri and learn more:

Website: www.lowcarbandfasting.com

Instagram: @lowcarbandfasting

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🌐 Book a consultation or download free resources via www.mlcclinic.com.au

🩺 This podcast is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice. Please consult your GP before making changes to your health or lifestyle.

💚 Small, consistent changes lead to big results over time.

Don’t forget to subscribe, leave a review, and share this episode with someone who needs a reminder—it’s never too late to start.

In this episode of Prescribing Lifestyle, I’m sharing something very personal—I wrote a book!

I never set out to become an author, but after years of working as a Lifestyle GP and seeing how small, consistent changes transform lives, I felt the urge to put it all into a book. This episode takes you behind the scenes of that journey—from joining the Ultimate 48-Hour Author Retreat to pressing send on my final manuscript.

Whether you’re curious about writing, lifestyle medicine, or just love hearing a good behind-the-scenes story, this episode is for you.

What you'll learn in this episode:

→ Why I decided to write Prescribing Lifestyle: A Doctor’s Prescription for Lasting Weight Loss and Vibrant Health

→ How I planned, wrote, and submitted a full book while running a clinic

→ What mindset shifts helped me finish it (even when it felt awkward or overwhelming)

→ Why this book is an extension of my mission to empower patients

→ The surprising parallels between writing a book and making lifestyle changes

→ What to expect in the book—and why it’s not about perfection

📌 Mentioned in this episode:

• Prescribing Lifestyle is now available for pre-order via www.mlcclinic.com.au
• My first book: Low Carb Made Easy
• Ultimate 48-Hour Author Retreat
• The mantra that got me through: This is simple. This is easy. This is fun.

💬 Let’s Chat:

Have you ever wanted to write a book or take on a creative project that felt “too big”?

Send me a DM on Instagram or share your thoughts in the comments!

Connect with me:

Instagram → @dr_charlton_lifestyle_gp

Facebook → Dr Charlton Lifestyle GP

Website → www.mlcclinic.com.au

🩺 This podcast is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice. Please consult your GP before making changes to your health or lifestyle.

💚 Small, consistent changes lead to big results over time.

Don’t forget to subscribe, leave a review, and share this episode with someone who needs a reminder—it’s never too late to start.

In this episode of Prescribing Lifestyle, I sit down with Toni Morrow, creator of Navigating Lipoedema. Toni shares her deeply personal journey to being diagnosed with lipoedema—a misunderstood, underdiagnosed condition affecting connective tissue and fat distribution, especially in women.

From delayed diagnosis to discovering a path through lifestyle changes, Toni now advocates and supports others through her platform, offering resources, treatment tips, and community.

If you’ve ever experienced unexplained leg swelling, pain, or uneven fat distribution—or know someone who has—this episode is for you.

🔎 We talk about:

➡️ What lipoedema is and why it’s so often misdiagnosed

➡️ Toni’s 12-year journey to diagnosis

➡️ Why hormonal shifts can trigger or worsen symptoms

➡️ Lifestyle changes that made a difference

➡️ How diet, compression therapy, and shockwave therapy helped Toni

➡️ The importance of awareness, advocacy, and better data

➡️ What GPs and practitioners should know about this condition

➡️ How to build a lipoedema-aware treatment plan

➡️ Toni’s new clinician directory project

💬 Toni’s message is clear: You are not alone, and support is out there. With the right information, awareness, and lifestyle approach, you can take charge of your health.

📲 Connect with Toni:

🔗 Website: navigatinglipoedema.com

📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/navigate_lipoedema/

💚 If you’re a listener navigating your own symptoms or supporting someone who is, share this episode with them—it might just change their life.

🎧 Listen to Prescribing Lifestyle with Dr. Avi Charlton

📍 www.mlcclinic.com.au/podcast

📲 Instagram: @dr_charlton_lifestyle_gp

📘 Facebook: Dr Charlton Lifestyle GP

📌 This episode is not medical advice. Please see your own doctor or book in to see Dr. Avi at Melbourne Low Carb Clinic (in person or via Telehealth Australia-wide).

In this episode of Prescribing Lifestyle, I’m unpacking the truth about collagen.

You’ve seen it everywhere—from beauty products to protein powders—but does collagen really work? And is it worth adding to your daily routine?

In this solo episode, I’m breaking down the science, the real food sources, and what I actually recommend for skin, joint, and bone health based on evidence—not hype. This episode came from a request inside my Low Carb Pro membership, and I was surprised by what I found. So if you’ve been collagen-curious, this one’s for you.

What you'll learn in this episode:

→ What collagen is and what it actually does in your body

→ Why we lose collagen as we age—and what accelerates that loss

→ The 6 real food sources of collagen I recommend (yes, chicken skin is on the list!)

→ What studies say about collagen for skin, joints, and bone health

→ How much collagen you really need based on the research

→ Whether collagen creams work—or if you’re better off drinking it

→ My personal favourite collagen product and how I use it (hot choc collagen = yes please)

📌 Mentioned in this episode:

• [Chief Nutrition Collagen Protein – Dark Chocolate & Vanilla flavours]

  (Find a discount via www.mlcclinic.com.au)

• Low Carb Pro Membership: Fortnightly Zooms + health coaching

• 2021 systematic review of hydrolysed collagen & skin health

• Studies about collagen:

Effects of hydrolyzed collagen supplementation on skin aging: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Specific Collagen Peptides Improve Bone Mineral Density and Bone Markers in Postmenopausal Women-A Randomized Controlled Study

💬 Let’s Chat:

Do you take collagen? What’s your experience been like?

Send me a message or DM @dr_charlton_lifestyle_gp and let me know 💚

Connect with me:

Instagram → @dr_charlton_lifestyle_gp

Facebook → Dr Charlton Lifestyle GP

Website → www.mlcclinic.com.au

This podcast is for educational purposes only and is not medical advice. Please consult your GP before making changes to your health, diet, or supplements.

💚 Small, consistent changes lead to big results over time.

Don’t forget to subscribe, leave a review, and share with a friend who might find this helpful!

In this episode, Dr. Avi sits down with Dr. Torkil Færø — Norwegian GP, emergency physician, photographer, and author of The Pulse Cure. They dive into the world of Heart Rate Variability (HRV) and how this one powerful metric can transform the way you monitor stress, recovery, and overall health.

From wearables like Garmin and WHOOP to lifestyle shifts in sleep, food, and breathwork, Dr. Færø shares what your heart is trying to tell you — before symptoms even show up.

💡 Whether you’re curious about wearable data, want to improve your HRV, or are just starting to track your health, this episode is packed with science, stories, and strategies you’ll love.

🔑 Key Topics Covered:

– What HRV really tells us about our health

– Top causes of hidden stress (hint: food & alcohol)

– Devices that track HRV — pros & cons (Garmin, WHOOP, Oura)

– How breathwork, cold exposure, fasting & sun can improve recovery

– Why lifestyle data empowers patients more than ever before

– How Dr. Færø turned personal burnout into a new mission in medicine

📘 Learn more about The Pulse Cure (available on Audible and ebook)

📱 Follow Dr. Torkil on Instagram: @doc_torkil

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Instagram: @dr_charlton_lifestyle_gp

Facebook: Dr Charlton Lifestyle GP

🌐 Book a consultation or download free resources via www.mlcclinic.com.au