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Plan links and on-line books
General Information Links
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Low Carb Luxury
Lora's pages are (I think) the best resource pages on the Web for Low-Carb dieters. I love this site, and visit regularly, to see if she has updated her sporadic journal! She has put stack loads of work into this site, and it has been inspirational to me, as I have based what my site looks like on her clean, clear layout! (She writes HTML better than me as well! But hey, she should do, she does it for a living!)
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Hold The Toast Press
Dana Carpender's site. Dana is the Author How I Gave Up My Low Fat Diet and Lost 40 Pounds!. This is a wonderful book, and she also edits and distributes a "Low-Carb-E'zine" that is filled with great info each week. Dana is a very smart (low-carb) cookie, so go and check out her site, and sign up for the e'zine!
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alt.support.diet.low-carb
USENET's low-carbohydrate diet newsgroup. Lots of support and information.
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Pam Ptyza's
Low Carb Pages
Pam's journey is both fun to read and smart! Also good if you are looking for Information on PCOS and the Low-Carb WOE.
- Flax Council of Canada
General information on Flaxseed (called Linseeds in the UK) which are fairly low in carbs, high in fibre and a good source of Omega 3 fatty acids.
- Low Carb Canada!
Good General information, and a BBS.
- Margaret's Low Carb Page for New Zealander's
Margaret has put together a website with low carb product info, dining out help, recipes and more to help others in New Zealand, where Low-carbing is still very new!
- Low Carb Success
Laura is just a.n.other successful low-carber. However, she is one of the "someone" that did "something" people. She wrote a book. A GOOD book, in the Ilk if Dana Carpenter's work... Check out her Site from this link, and her book is listed in the "diet books" section of the Amazon pages.
- Low Carb is Easy.com
Jackie has made a site dedicated to helping you get up to speed quickly on low carb science, which websites to visit and how to cope with
low carb life. Includes the unique Low Carb is Easy Interactive Cookbook -
view it online or print it out, change recipes, add new ones of your own,
watch carb counts retotal when substituting ingredients or changing serving
sizes and more! Most good. The layout is clear, and things are easy to find. The Chef's hat comet cursor on the front page annnoyed me though...
- SugarBane's Low Carb for Life Support Site
Nothing Tastes as Good as Thin Feels. SugarBane's Low Carb Lifestyle Support site includes a large Low Carb Resource Directory with 300+ links, Low Carb Recipes, Cookbooks, Supplements and Foods.
- Carbhealth.com
Tiffany has Fybromyalgia, and that made her a prime candidate for an LC Lifestyle. Get lots of good hints and tips here!
Vegetarian low carb?
- Vegetarian Lowcarb
Cyndi Norman gave up meat in 1982, two weeks before leaving home to go to college. When she discovered lowcarb in the summer of 1998 she knew she was going to have to find a way to incorporate her vegetarianism into this new way of eating. Here are her hints and tips.
- Mary's Low Carb Veggie pages
Another Vegetarian, making low-carb work for her!
- Hold the Toast - Vegetarian FAQ answer
Dana decided to tackle this question.. she does it well, as she does everything!
- Low Carb Vegetarian recipes!
Exactly what is says on the tin. Extremly user friendly as well.
- Information on Seitan
Seitan is a prepared form of Wheat Gluten. I have never seen it on sale over here, but this site give prep details for it. Be aware that Gluten is not a "Complete protein", whatever this website says...
- Negative Information about Soya
If you are a Vegetarian low-carber, using Soya as your main protein source, after reading this, you may well want to think again.
- Quorn UK
A Very good Vegetarian Protein Source. Not suitable for Vegans, It is bound together with a small amount of egg white. *sigh*
UK Shopping!!!!
This list has grown a whole bunch since I last looked!
I do not specifically endorse any of these shops, I am just a nice person that puts links in her pages!
- Davinci Fine Foods UK
Wholesale SF DaVinci Syrups! Ordering a Crate of Syrups is quite easy (Although, as they are *heavy*, make sure you can transport them if getting delivered to work!), and the last time I checked, it was £60 for 12 of the big bottles, with £7.50 carridge, or Free Carridge if you order over £100. Works out at £5.63 per bottle, nearly half price on the rest of the e-tail world. I spoke to Kirsten in the Sales department, and she is very helpful.
- Sugarlite
Chrissy runs a site aimed at Low-Carbers and diabetics,with a wide selection of goods
- Carblife.com
Joyce runs a site offering notably LC Chocolates and other general LC merchandise...
- Sugar Free UK
Sheena is the propriator here, offering mostly the sweet stuff. She also retails Low-carb Christmas goods at the right time of year
- Low Carb Megastore - UK
Joanne offers a wide range of general LC goods... You can go and visit the warehouse in Chesterfield if you are local, and don't want to pay P&P.
- AvidLite UK
Sarah appears to be offering a wide selection of LC and other goods... Even Tea and coffee!
- Low Carb Goodies
The First UK store run by a chap! Joe is offering all of the Keto range of products, and has the Sweet'n'Low range of Polyol sweetened Chocs and Candies (and these don't use Aspartame!) on board as well.
- Carbless
I believe the first proper 'Brick and Mortar' LC dedicated shop in the UK. Justin run the Shop, which is in Southhampton Town Centre. On-line sales are 'coming soon!' (May '04)
- Low Carb Guys
Mark and Jane have a Store-front in Swansea, and seem to be selling the usual wide range of LC targeted product.
EU Shopping
- LowCarb.dk
René Hjorth was another controlled carb dieter that got fed up of Import duty and lack of availability of product in Denmark, so, he developed his own range of Products!
US/Canadian sites that deliver to the UK
Not all US site will ship to the UK, but we have found these ones will do so.
These sites either quote shipping costs online, or they will email you
with a quote before you place the order. Providing you can wait, the
cheapest shipping is normally surface mail which is 4-6 weeks. Note that
orders over £18 sterling are liable for UK import duty and VAT when they reach
customs. This will not be quoted in the shipping cost, but you will have
to pay it to the Parcel delivery service that brings your package.
There is a way around this if the company you order from is friendly. Get them to mark the package as a gift, and send invoices seperatly. However, the Duty Limit on Gifts is £50.
- The Low Carb Dieters Page
I cannot Praise Brett and Wanda Highly enough! Their service is superb, they will ship marked as "Gift", and have a $9.00, 1kg Express bag Option (Airmail), which ships here ultra fast! (You have to request this on the order form I believe) They can get a whole box of Bars (without the box)in this bag! They also sell The Carbolite Carb free "Granulated" Sucralose sweetener, and a whole host of other yummy things that we cannot get over here!
- Low Carb Connoisseur
My American "Link-sake", so I have to give it a plug really... General LC Goods, Elaine and Lynn are also very helpful, and will ship as a "Gift".
- Global Drugs
A Canadian site, that stocks Splenda and other Sweeteners at about a dollar cheaper than I have seen on US sites! You can also Get cyclamate based Sugar Twin here. Very reasonable prices and Fast shipping.
Diet, food intake management, carb count and measurement conversion sites
None of these are specific low-carb, and are all American sites, so remember Fibre is INCLUDED in their Carb counts. The Dietary advice given is all Standard American low-cal, so, just ignore it... Hey, what can we say, "Low-fat" is a Faddy diet that America will get over soon... ;-)
- The USDA Nutrient Database for Standard Reference
The Main information Database used in the US. Remember, in the US, Fiber is INCLUDED in the carb count. In the EU , Fibre is EXCLUDED. This is why American counts are higher than UK counts. So, if you are using this database, you can legitimatly subtract the fiber figure from the Carb count.
- NutritionData
Sort of a cross between fitday and the USDA Nutrient database. Totally US site, based on the USDA data, so the same rules as above apply. However, it is easier to use than the USDA, and there is the ability to show a product's values per 100g, rather than an arbitrary "per serving". You can "make" your own foods, either by adding together foods already in the database, or imputting values from scratch. Also an Amino Acids profiler, very handy for vegetarian Low-carbers, trying to make their complete proteins!
- Fitday.com
An excellent site for inputting and monitoring food intake. Also set weight goals, check your nutritional needs are being met and you can keep a sharable journal.
- DietWatch.com
Another Input and Monitor site
- West Virginia Dietetic Association
Calculate your ideal calorie intake and body weight. Note - this is not a specific low carb site and you may be able to eat more calories a day than suggested on a low carb diet.
- NAT Tools for Good Health
To Quote from their site - "NAT is provided as a public service by the Food Science and Human Nutrition Department at the University of Illinois. The tool is intended to empower individuals to select a nutrient dense diet. It is not intended to replace the advice of a physician or health professional."
- Cuisine du Monde - Unit Converter
This is very very useful. Plug in how much you have in what unit, and it will give you all possible unit cooking conversions!
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Specific Reference Articles
Recipe sites
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