List of evidence-based guides
All of our guides are meant to be evidence-based, meaning they are based on science. However, we’re now working to make this even more explicit, and to make sure our guides fully comply with our policy for evidence-based guides. This requires these guides to be medically reviewed and updated at least once per year.
Here are the guides that have been medically reviewed and updated so far, with the dates of their last review, and the latest updates first:
- Gout and low carb – August 9, 20221
- Should you count calories on a low-carb or keto diet? – August 9, 20222
- Weight, health and happiness: striking the right balance – August 8, 20223
- How to improve your bone health – August 8, 20224
- How to achieve metabolic health – August 5, 20225
- Healthy fats on a keto or low-carb diet – August 5, 20226
- Low-carb studies broken down by protein content – August 5, 2022
- Carbs, protein, and fat: What are the best macros for weight loss? – August 5, 20227
- Low-carb fats and sauces – the best and the worst – August 3, 20228
- Keto fats, sauces and oils – the good, the bad and the ugly – August 3, 20229
- Adjusting medications on a low-carb diet – August 3, 202210
- Plant protein vs. animal protein: Which one is healthier for you? – July 28, 202211
- Signs and symptoms of diabetes (type 1 and 2) – July 28, 202212
- 25 high-protein breakfast ideas – July 21, 202213
- How much protein should you eat? – July 19, 202214
- Too much protein? Potential concerns and side effects – July 18, 202215
- “Healthy” whole grains: What the evidence really shows – July 14, 202216
- Type 1 diabetes – how to control your blood sugar with fewer carbs – July 14, 202217
- How to get started on a high-protein diet – July 13, 202218
- How to normalize your blood pressure – July 13, 202219
- What you need to know about a low-carb diet and your kidneys – June 26, 202220
- Low-carb snacks – the best and the worst – June 26, 202221
- Starting a low-carb or keto diet with high blood pressure – June 26, 202222
- Vegetable oils: Are they healthy? – June 21, 2022
- How to lose weight – May 31, 202223
- Fatty liver disease and keto: 5 things to know – May 26, 202224
- How to lose weight with a low-carb diet – May 26, 202225
- Weight gain and menopause: 8 tips to win the battle of the middle-age bulge – May 26, 202226
- The best high-protein nuts – May 26, 202227
- The diabetes diet: the best foods to control diabetes – May 26, 2022 28
- Protein on a low-carb or keto diet – March 30, 202229
- Six ways to kick nasty leg cramps to the curb – March 29, 202230
- Why low carb can help you lose weight – March 23, 202231
- A user guide to saturated fat – March 22, 202232
- Carb cycling on a low-carb or keto diet: What you need to know — March 22, 202233
- Low-carb nuts – March 21, 202234
- What is normal blood pressure? – March 21, 202235
- How to treat insulin resistance – March 16, 202236
- The best high-protein dairy for weight loss – March 15, 202237
- What is a CGM — and is it right for you? – March 14, 202238
- The best high-protein vegetables for weight loss – March 11, 202239
- The best plant-based high-protein foods – March 11, 202240
- Get started keto challenge 2021 – March 11, 202141
- Our top 8 weight loss meal plans & meal prep tips – March 11, 202242
- Cholesterol and low-carb diets – March 11, 202243
- Top 17 low-carb & keto controversies – February 28, 202244
- Low-carb foods – February 28, 202245
- Dirty, lazy keto: Is it for you? – February 16, 202246
- A keto diet for beginners – February 16, 202247
- Can low carb help lung disease? – February 16, 202248
- 30-day keto plan and menu – February 10, 202249
- A low-carb diet for beginners – February 10, 202250
- The Diet Doctor food policy – February 10, 202251
- Type 2 diabetes – What happened and how we can fix it – February 9, 202252
- Ketogenic diet for mental health: Come for the weight loss, stay for the mental health benefits? – February 9, 202253
- Low carb and mental health: Getting started and managing medications – February 9, 202254
- Low carb and mental health: The food-mood connection – February 9, 202255
- How to reverse your type 2 diabetes – February 7, 202256
- How to lose belly fat – February 3, 202257
- Can a keto diet treat brain cancer? – February 3, 202258
- The ketogenic diet for Alzheimer’s prevention and treatment: can it help? – January 26, 202259
- Exercise and health: A guide on what type of exercise is best for you – January 25, 202260
- Sinking our teeth into the carnivore diet: what’s known, what’s not – January 19, 202261
- Bariatric surgery for metabolic health and weight loss – January 18, 202262
- How to potentially reverse PCOS with low carb – January 13, 202263
- Can a ketogenic diet help kids with ADHD, autism and more? – January 7, 202264
- 15 tips for breaking a weight loss plateau – January 7, 2022
- Diet and cancer: What we know and what we don’t – January 4, 202265
- How to follow a healthy vegetarian keto diet – December 23, 202166
- Top 10 tips to lose weight on low carb or keto for women 40+ – December 22, 202167
- Does the brain need carbs? – December 21, 202168
- Setting realistic expectations – December 20, 202169
- Low-carb LDL hyper-responders – December 20, 2021
- How to lower LDL cholesterol on a low-carb diet – December 17, 202170
- Ketogenic diet foods – what to eat – December 16, 202171
- How to manage hunger when trying to lose weight – December 04, 202172
- Weight loss and resting metabolic rate – December 03, 2021
- Keto snacks – December 02, 202173
- Keto nuts – December 01, 202174
- 7 things you need to know about alcohol and the keto diet – December 01, 202175
- Keto alcohol – November 28, 202176
- How to calculate net carbs – November 19, 2021
- The 15 best healthy snacks for weight loss – November 15, 2021
- The best foods for healthy weight loss – November 10, 2021
- What happens when health markers and lab results do not improve on a low-carb diet? – November 9, 202177
- Keto fruits – November 8, 202178
- Understanding HbA1c — the long-term blood sugar – November 05, 2021
- What you need to know about blood sugar – November 04, 2021
- The best foods for healthy weight loss – October 27, 2021
- What is healthy weight loss? – October 27, 2021
- Do you need electrolyte supplementation on a keto diet? – October 20, 202179
- Patients with pre-existing health issues – October 20, 202180
- Is a keto diet helpful for migraines and cluster headaches? – October 19, 202181
- The complete guide to sugar – October 19, 2021
- Can keto or low-carb diets improve acne? – October 9, 202182
- Keto diet foods — top three mistakes at the grocery store – October 9, 202183
- The complete guide to ketosis – October 09, 202184
- What you need to know about nitrates and nitrites – October 5, 202185
- A typical day of high-protein eating – October 01, 2021
- Understanding body fat percentage – October 01, 2021
- The guide for doctors skeptical of low carb – September 29, 202186
- Intermittent fasting for healthy weight loss – September 27, 2021
- Low-carb and keto side effects & how to cure them – September 23, 202187
- The Diet Doctor policy for grading scientific evidence – September 20, 202188
- Is a low-carb or keto diet right for you? – September 17, 202189
- Do you need to eat fruits and vegetables? – September 14, 202190
- How to eat low carb as a vegan – September 14, 202191
- A comprehensive guide to salt – September 9, 202192
- Benefits of higher protein – September 13, 2021
- What’s your carb tolerance? – September 10, 2021
- The best high-protein foods for weight loss – September 8, 202193
- Apple cider vinegar: pros and cons – September 3, 202194
- Keto and low-carb dairy: the best and the worst – August 30, 202195
- Guide to red meat – is it healthy? – August 24, 202196
- High-protein recipe macro guidelines – August 20, 2021
- 7 things to know about gluten on a keto or low-carb diet – July 15, 202197
- 30-day high-protein meal plan – July 7, 2021
- How to improve and measure your body composition – July 6, 2021
- What you need to know about low blood pressure – June 15, 202198
- Low-carb alcohol – the best and the worst drinks – June 14, 202199
- Top 10 tasty ways to eat more protein and less fat – June 11, 2021
- High blood pressure – what you need to know – June 10, 2021100
- Heavy hips and legs – could you have lipedema? – May 31, 2021
- Top 20 questions about high-protein diets – May 19, 2021
- The best high-protein meat, seafood & eggs – May 14, 2021
- High-protein diet: What it is and how to do it – May 13, 2021
- Debunking keto myths about fat — May 10, 2021.
- Mediterranean diet 101: a complete guide and meal plan — April 22, 2021.
- What you need to know about insulin resistance – April 20, 2021101
- Low-carb sweeteners, the best and the worst – April 15, 2021102
- Healthy weight loss: A how-to guide – April 6, 2021
- 9 potential health benefits of turmeric and curcumin – April 6, 2021
- How to lower triglycerides – March 28, 2021
- Blood pressure drugs: the 8 major classes of medications – March 18, 2021103
- Starting low carb or keto with diabetes medications – March 16, 2021104
- Ketogenic diet food list – March 16, 2021105
- 21 high-protein snacks, ranked – March 11, 2021
- How low carb is keto? – March 5, 2021106
- How low carb is low carb? – March 4, 2021107
- The Atkins diet: a complete guide and helpful hints – March 1, 2021
- How sugar may damage the brain – February 2, 2021108
- Boosting your immune system to fight the coronavirus: what you need to know – January 29, 2021109
- Is low carb and keto safe during pregnancy? – January 25, 2021110
- Can low carb or keto help with gestational diabetes in pregnancy? – January 22, 2021111
- Guide for low-carb dietitians – January 18, 2021112
- Long-term weight loss success – January 15, 2021
- Low-carb fruits – December 25, 2020113
- The top 10 weight loss programs, according to science – December 23, 2020
- What you need to know about OMAD – December 23, 2020114
- Troubleshooting a weight-loss stall with our tips and guides – December 23, 2020115
- Is the paleo diet right for you? – December 22, 2020
- 30-day low-carb diet plan – December 19, 2020116
- Harnessing hunger with a low-carb lifestyle – December 19, 2020 117
- How to lose weight fast: 5 easy evidence-based steps – December 16, 2020
- What to do about constipation on a low-carb or keto diet – December 8, 2020
- Eggs: 10 health benefits and nutrition facts – November 27, 2020
- Keto vegetables – November 23, 2020118
- Keto drinks – the best and the worst – November 23, 2020119
- Aiming to understand the dawn effect – November 23, 2020
- Broccoli 101: nutrition facts and tasty tips – November 16, 2020
- Intermittent fasting side effects – November 10, 2020
- Top 7 nutrition facts and health benefits of avocado – November 9, 2020
- Top 10 high-protein foods – October 21, 2020
- 15 high-fiber foods that are low in carbs – October 20, 2020
- Low carb & keto for clinicians – October 20, 2020120
- How to gain weight on low carb or keto – August 17, 2020
- Blood tests for patients on low carb – August 11, 2020
- The science of low carb and keto – July 10, 2020121
- What you need to know about a low-carb diet and your kidneys – July 3, 2020122
- How to treat insulin resistance – June 30, 2020123
- Carbohydrates on a keto or low-carb diet – June 24, 2020
- Keto sweeteners – the best and the worst – June 15, 2020124
- 30-day ketogenic diet plan and menu – June 2, 2020125
- Trying to conceive? Try the better baby diet of beef, butter & bacon – June 1, 2020
- What is a keto diet, and other common questions – May 29, 2020
- How much food is 20 or 50 grams of carbs? – May 29, 2020
- Low-carb drinks – the best and the worst – May 20, 2020
- Diet Doctor’s policy on eating meat – May 19, 2020
- Eating low carb or keto when breastfeeding – April 21, 2020
- The keto flu, other keto side effects, and how to cure them – April 14, 2020
- Time-restricted eating – a detailed intermittent fasting guide – April 10, 2020
- FAQ about low-carbohydrate diets and mental health – April 4, 2020
- Type 2 diabetes – April 3, 2020
- IBS and the keto diet – April 2, 2020
- Intermittent fasting for beginners – January 24, 2020126
- Low-carb vegetables – January 21, 2020127
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