Getting Started with Low Carb

If you are just starting out or would like more information about a low carb lifestyle, here is a list of links and reading materials for you to check out.  This is by no means all inclusive, but it's a great place to start!

E-books:

• Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution

• Eat Fat Get Thin by Barry Groves

Specifically for diabetics:

• Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution. A Complete Guide to Achieving Normal Blood Sugars.

(Recommended for all diabetics)

• Latest study from the University of Birmingham recommending a low carb diet for diabetics.

Recommended low carb books:

(Most are available on Amazon or half.com. Also be sure to check your local library to see if they are available for checkout)

• Why We Get Fat: And What to Do About It by Gary Taubes

• Good Calories Bad Calories by Gary Taubes

• Wheat Belly: Lose the Wheat, Lose the Weight, and Find Your Path Back To Health by Davis MD, William

• The New Atkins for a New You: The Ultimate Diet for Shedding Weight and Feeling Great

• Protein Power & Protein Power Life Plan by Drs. Mike & Mary Eades

• Grain Brain: The Surprising Truth about Wheat, Carbs, and Sugar-Your Brain's Silent Killers by David Perlmutter

• Eat Fat Get Thin by Barry Groves

• Natural Health & Weight Loss by Barry Groves

• Trick & Treat by Barry Groves

•The Diet Cure or The Mood Cure by Julia Ross

• Sugar Nation by Jeff O'Connell 

• Dr. Atkins New Diet Revolution (see above)*

Websites & Blogs:

• Atkins

• Dr. Bernstein Diabetes Solution

• Dr Briffa (Canadian Low Carb Doctor and Author)

• Sweden's Diet Doctor

• Protein Power author Dr Eades' blog

• Fat Head Blog  

• Glycemic Index blog

• Dr. Davis' Wheat Belly blog

• Wifezilla's Way

Great Recipe Sites:

• The Low Carb Dish! website

• Genaw (Linda Sue's recipes and recipe reviews)

• Modern Savage Living (Low carb and paleo recipes along with lifestyle articles)

• All Day Long I Dream About Food

Fantastic Facebook Groups:

• The Low Carb Dish! (Open public group for sharing recipes. Large membership. Very active. Tightly moderated to ensure good low carb information and the most success) 

• Hardcore Healthy Living (Closed group filled with self-professed nerds and geeks following low carb and/or paleo lifestyles. Warning: adult humor)

Movies and Lectures:

Fat Head Movie
Cereal Killers
Sugar: The Bitter Truth
Why We Get Fat
What if Fat Doesn't Make You Fat

*Note: The new Atkins plan allows wheat and other questionable ingredients. The new Atkins plan appears to be more about pushing their branded highly-processed, pre-packaged foods than great health. Stick to old school Atkins for best results.