Dr. Avi Charlton

About Us:

Dr Avi Charlton is a low carb doctor and keto doctor. She supports nutrition using real food approach.

She graduated in Medical school in Melbourne University in 2000. She trained at Box Hill Hospital as a junior doctor and has been a General Practitioner since 2003. Originally she was born in Hong Kong and speaks fluent Cantonese. 

She has been a doctor  for over 20 years, 15 of those practicing in Wantirna Mall Clinic. She has a special interest in obstetrics, women's health, paediatrics and recently nutrition and metabolic health.

Her children are now 13 and 10 years old. A few years ago, after her kids stopped being babies, she wanted to lose some weight. She joined the gym, going 3 times a week. After 3 months, no weight was lost. Subsequently, the gym did an 8 week transformation challenge and she successfully lost 4kg, 4% body fat, which was all she wanted to loose. She also took up running, doing C25K run app. Parkrun changed her life, made her fall in love with running and introduced lots of running friends and a community.

She progressed to endurance running and incorporating strength training. In the last few years, she progressed to running 2 full marathons using the low carbohydrate approach.

In the last 3-4 years, she has taken up special interests in nutrition and the treatment of obesity and metabolic syndrome. She has done extensive education with Low Carb Down Under and Nutrition Network. She is also affiliated with Diet Doctor, as a Diet Doctor Pro practitioner. She has done additional training with The Australasian College of Nutrition and Environmental Medicine (ACNEM). Currently, she is trying to accredit with The Society of Metabolic Health Practitioners.

She has treated many patients for weight management and helped them lose weight, improve nutrition and even reverse metabolic syndrome and diabetes. She has extensive knowledge using the low carbohydrate approach. She practices low carb nutrition herself.

She is extensively connected to the low carb community, with many low carb professionals and affiliated with many of them, including Low Carb Down Under, Defeat Diabetes, Real Life Medicine, Diet Doctor and Low Carb Practitioners. Tracey McBeath, The Health and Healing coach, founder of The Low Carb Lifestyle Hub, also invited her 3 times to present on The Low Carb Lifestyle Long Weekend. (You can watch on YouTube). Dr Charlton is also part of an admin group of Low Carb Melbourne Facebook support group.

Dr Charlton will listen to your concerns, discuss what nutritional need you have and individualise a treatment plan for you. She will work with your regular GP, to help you improve health, nutrition and lifestyle, using a real food approach. 

Health Coach and Nutritionist

Carla Veith-Carter

Carla is the founder of Keto By Design. She takes a very holistic view of health and loves educating people about the low carb lifestyle and how different foods affect the body, as well as focusing on other elements of lifestyle and the psychological and mindset aspects of dietary change.

Having studied nutrition and health psychology, Carla was perplexed as to why she suffered from a variety of health conditions, such as polycystic ovaries, obesity and fibromyalgia.

Once she discovered insulin resistance was at the root cause, she revolutionised her health.

Carla’s qualifications in psychology and nutrition, combined with her life altering personal experience and passion, allow her to motivate and inspire others to change what they eat, as well as how they think about ‘diet’.

Metabolic Makeover Low Carb Program

Dr. Avi's Qualifications

  • Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) - University of Melbourne 2000
  • Diploma of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Obstetrician and Gynaecology
  • Fellow of Royal Australian College of General Practitioners
  • Completion of Level 1 Fellowship Australasian College of Nutrition and Environmental Medicine (ACNEM)
  • Completed Professional Training in Low Carbohydrate High Fat/ Ketogenic Nutrition and Treatment with Nutrition Network
  • Accredited Member of The Society of Metabolic Health Practitioner (SMHP)
  • The Oxygen Advantage Functional Breathing coach
  • Breathless Academy Breathwork Facilitator

Dr. Avi's Memberships

Nutrition Network certificate for Dr. Avi Charlton.
Metabolic Health Practitioner certificate for Dr. Avi Charlton.
Oxygen Advantage Functional breathing instructor training certificate for Dr. Avi Charlton.

Affiliations

Full disclosure: I receive a small affiliate payment from Real Life Medicine for sign ups to their program.

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