Where To Get Help

Have a question? An area of confusion? A unique problem? There are lots of free internet resources for everything lowcarb!

The nice thing about lots of people having done this already, is that you have someone to go to for help, friendship, humor, and troubleshooting.

To keep them out-front, we have put all the "lists of links" on the main page (see each side of every page on this blog) for quick access. So use the links at the side. But as an intro, here's what we recommend:

Basic Lists of Links for Lowcarbers:

1. Books

Please, if you can, read at least one of the primary books about lowcarb. Richard Atkins's Dr. Atkins NEW Diet Revolution, or, the Drs. Eades's book The Protein Power Life Plan, those are basics. There are many others that are lowcarb, and some that are semi-lowcarb (we recommend trying REAL lowcarb to start with. Later on, after a month of seeing how this works for you, you can always increase/change things). If you are a science buff and a good reader, there are some really important books that may change your whole way of looking at food, such as Gary Taubes's Good Calories Bad Calories. If you are diabetic or highly insulin-resistant (note: if you are obese, you are probably insulin-resistant), there are some good books specific to that (the Eades's book, plus Dr. Richard K. Bernsteins' "Diabetes Solution" and Dr. Atkins' "Diabetes Revolution".)

2. Forums

If you want lots of people to talk to who will help you through confusion, error, trouble shooting, angst and encouragement, visit one of the several LowCarb Forums that are online. These are all privately owned, which means you should be polite while there to keep management smiling on you. :-) There are not only lots of people there, many with great success and long-term experience, but there are probably people there with almost exactly YOUR body weight, situation, etc.! Forums are a great resource.

3. Websites and Blogs of Lowcarb Medical Specialists and Science-Inclined

You might not be surprised to know that many of the more fervent lowcarb advocates are cardiologists, endocrinologists, etc. and several of them have websites or blogs where they talking about everything from lowcarb food, to supplements, to society, to science. There are also several sites/blogs from people who are laymen, but well educated about the science behind lowcarb, and who often are fabulous authors of science-related articles that even laymen can understand. If you want to know more about lowcarb or related issues, visit some of these sites for lots of info.

4. Websites and Blogs of Laymen Lowcarbers

There's lots of folks out there who eat lowcarb, who invent cool new recipes, who talk about their health improvement or their fat loss or "dealing with" both of the above. If you like finding new people to relate to, and reading about stuff related to lowcarb and health-gain or fat-loss, take a look at some of the many great blogs around the internet from folks who are in-the-groove already!

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Happy Lowcarbing,

PJ Age 42. She's lost 140 lbs (so far), as well as "lost" her asthma, allergies, acid reflux, acne, brain-fog, exhaustion, and helplessness thanks to Lowcarb eating! She has a blog called The Divine Low Carb.

Karen Age 49. She's lost 117 lbs (so far), and has gotten off of high blood pressure meds, cholesterol meds, 3 diabetes meds, and reversed the severe deterioration she had been suffering from diabetes, dropping her A1c from 12.5 to 5.2.

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