Tools and Resources – Adults
While this site provides you with a large amount of information, we feel it is important that our patients do as much research as possible. We have compiled a list of sites that we feel to be helpful tools to your weight loss journey, and understanding your options.
Generally Helpful Websites
MyFitnessPal – Our preferred food journal.
Dr. Jenny Seger – Dr. Jenny uses a comprehensive, evidence-based approach to provide both healthy weight management and long-term weight maintenance, in addition to optimizing overall health and wellness, helping patients live their best lives.
www.nusi.org – Newly founded non-profit organization (highly recommended) dedicated to reducing the economic and social burden of obesity and obesity-related chronic disease by improving the quality of science in nutrition and obesity research.
www.livinlavidalowcarb.com – Blog by long term low-carber, Jimmy Moore, who has dedicated his life to the education and promotion of health and nutrition, specifically as it pertains to carbohydrate restriction.
www.dietdoctor.com – Dr. Andreas Eenfeldt of Sweden who is leading the low carb movement in his country has a fantastic, informative, fact based blog/website.
www.eatingacademy.com – Dr. Peter Attia’s website/blog.
www.mindlesseating.org – Answers the question of why we eat what we eat.
www.fathead-movie.com – Tom Naughton’s website/blog: “You’ve been fed a lot of bologna.”
www.nmsociety.org – Nutrition and Metabolism Society –dedicated to fighting the misinformation about the effectiveness of using carbohydrate restriction to combat diabetes and obesity.
www.proteinpower.com – Great website full of scientific and practical information for low carb lifestyle.
www.lowcarbconversations.com – Compilation of interviews with experts in field of nutrition, fitness, health, and wellness.
FitCitySA – join the mayors council to keep SA healthy!
Recipe Websites
www.danacarpender.com – “HOLD THE TOAST” – Great website full of useful recipes, cooking tips, meal planning—all oriented toward carbohydrate restriction.
www.genaw.com – Linda’s Low Carb Menus & Recipes. Great Recipes, links, stories, menus, time saving tips, etc.
www.stellastyle.com – Chef George Stella transformed not only his life but his family’s by immersing himself into learning to prepare healthy, low carb meals that taste fantastic.
www.low-carb-diet-recipes.com
www.atkins.com,
www.ketocook.com
www.pinterest.com/bmioftexas – fantastic recipes, inspirational and motivation information
Advocacy and Professional Organizations
www.asbp.org – The American Society of Bariatric Physicians
www.obesityhelp.com – Support website for patients with obesity
www.obesityaction.org – Advocacy group dedicated to helping patients with obesity
www.obesity.org – The Obesity Society