Dr Avi Charlton

Dr. Avi Charlton is a General Practitioner (GP) who prefers prescribing lifestyle and nutrition changes over traditional medications. She founded the Melbourne Low Carb Clinic in October 2022, offering patients the opportunity to have thorough consultations that address all aspects of their lifestyle. Dr. Charlton continues to work as a standard GP, emphasizing healthy lifestyle choices instead of pharmaceuticals. Dr. Charlton embarked on a personal weight loss journey, discovering that a low-carb diet significantly helped her lose weight, gain energy, and improve her overall well-being. She pursued additional education through the Nutrition Network and the Australasian College of Nutrition and Environmental Medicine, becoming an accredited Metabolic Health Practitioner. This extra learning enabled her to prescribe healthy nutrition to her patients, many of whom have successfully lost weight, reversed diabetes, and experienced significant health improvements, including better mental health, fertility, and conditions such as polycystic ovarian syndrome, arthritis, inflammation, and obesity. Dr. Charlton provides her patients with extended consultations, listening to their concerns and goals, leading to fantastic results in achieving their health objectives. In addition to her professional life, Dr. Charlton is a mother of two teenage boys and manages a busy household, coordinating their sporting activities and handling various housework tasks. Dr. Charlton has developed a special interest in functional breathing and is accredited as a coach with the Oxygen Advantage. She assesses and prescribes breathing exercises to improve her patients' breathing. At the Melbourne Low Carb Clinic, Dr. Charlton offers online courses and membership programs to educate people about a healthy lifestyle. Dr. Charlton prioritizes her own health through regular exercise. She is an avid runner, having completed two full marathons and walked the 100km Oxfam challenge in 2023. Additionally, she started a podcast called Prescribing Lifestyle to further share her expertise and insights on healthy living.