Behind the scenes: what does “making low carb simple” mean to you?
Our mission is to make low carb simple, but what does that mean? More specifically, what would it mean to you? Diet Doctor needs your help.
The reason Diet Doctor exists is to empower people everywhere to revolutionize their health. Our first mission on this journey is to make low carb simple.
This mission guides everything we do: what products we make, who we hire, how we spend money, and what we decide to do – this month, this week and today. How we define our mission is therefore massively important.
We are discussing this at the moment and now is the time for you to help shape our mission. What does making low carb simple mean to you? Please let us know in the comments below.
Making low carb painless and enjoyable
Amanda, Andreas and Bjarte have made a first draft of what making low carb simple could mean. The rest of the team hasn’t seen this draft so it could change a lot.
Here it is:
What making low carb simple could mean
It will possibly never be easy for a person to change from what they are eating today to a low-carb lifestyle. Change is hard – especially when the world is against you.
What can Diet Doctor do to help?
We can make the change way less painful for people. We can reduce cognitive strain, fear, doubt, hunger, cravings, effort, cost, shame, social rejection etc. Removing these things would make low carb way simpler.
But why stop there? We can do more.
We can make the change to low carb more enjoyable for people too. We can make low carb delicious, provide social recognition, connection, fun, beauty, personal growth, meaning and achievement. Doing this wouldn’t just make low carb way simpler – it could even make low carb awesome!
So, perhaps “making low carb simple” could mean: To make low carb as painless and enjoyable as possible.
Help shape our mission
We want your opinion. What does “making low carb simple” mean to you?
Please let us know in the comments below.
More behind the scenes
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Earlier behind the scenes posts:
Behind the Scenes: How to Make Low Carb Simpler Next Month
Behind the Scenes: Making Products You Love
Behind the Scenes at Diet Doctor: Our Two-Month Plan
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Otherwise, this site is incomparable for its value.
--- why CI/CO is bogus, and
--- why 'a calorie of soda is biochemically very different from a calorie of chard'.
I think that an animation to help people fully grasp this simple, but key concept, would be helpful for everyone from the Soweto residents recently highlighted on this site, to the soda drinking game programmers on the US West Coast, and anyone else.
I know from my teaching background (adults as well as kids) that many people simply don't have the reading skills necessary to comprehend the important ideas in Dr. Fung's excellent post. Other people may have the reading skills, but they won't take the time -- let's face it - if they are heavy gamers, then if it doesn't move, they don't think it matters 8^ p
Therefore, an animation that could illustrate the biology of how 'a calorie of chard' is biochemically different from 'a calorie of soda' could help a whole lot of people. Including kids and pediatricians ;^)
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2. For me, the recipe photos are extremely important, because I may be checking a recipe on my phone while at the shop -- glancing at the photos of the recipes makes it faster for me to find what I need. I greatly appreciate the simplicity and speed of many of the recipes on DietDoctor.com
Stress the fact of no need to use trackers as this is simple.
Keep showing the interviews with the expert's.
Hold a conference in uk please.
Love you all for changing my life..
Very well put Yanina. But you can't tell
them, because, if they have the diabesity
personality, you can't tell them. It becomes
a chicken or egg conundrum. It's amazing
whenever someone with the diabesity
personality actually can grasp the issue.
Theirs brain is completely addicted to sugar and opiates from grains.
They have lost control of what they eat to become slaves unable to get free from this addiction.
Frustratingly it's not hard to fall back into old habits - especially around holiday time and that's where I fall down. I don't know how you could help more than you do, because without LCHF being medically recognised, it is largely an unsupported 'fad' in real life according to those around us.
2. I know new people hear this occasionally in the U-tube videos but I think they think they can just eat half low carb and half high carb and it will work. To get across to someone that, if you are insulin resistant then you might have the bad luck of only being able to always be restricted to 30 grams or less of carbs or you will gain weight. This is a life style and not a diet.
3. You will frequently hit plateau's but even if you don't see the scale move you measurements may be changing. Don't get discouraged. You're not hungry and thats a huge plus.
4. You will have less time with food, so don't get bored and seek out your "old friends".
5. Weight (fat) comes off your body in unusual ways.
6. When you are truly in Ketosis, a low blood sugar means not much. I have recorded blood sugars of 2.1 but no symptoms, thats because I am in Ketosis. Fuel (Ketones) are in my brain so the blood sugar of 2.1 is not a big deal.
"Keeping it simple" to me means focusing less on perfection and more on improvement. There are people who need a LC diet but won't go for grass-fed beef or macadamia nuts. They might go for a low-carb burger at Hardee's or grilled fish with mayonnaise and cole slaw when they go out.
I also agree with above comments that pictures of foodgroups and their low carb choices are extremely valuable. Picture.... Thousand words..... :). Especially for the many people who are not from english speaking countries. I like it when I don't have to Google translate every turnip.( I can recognise a Dutch knolraap from a picture)
If you hover your mouse over the symbol for "Strict/Moderate/Liberal Low Carb" on the pictures for all our recipes then you will get the nutritional facts.
The amount of displayed carbs is net carbs (Total amount of carbs - fiber).
For example, are there any hotels out there that support or even focus on low carb so that you don't have to worry about processed foods and hidden sugars at the breakfast buffet?
Keep up the fantastic work!
I agree with some other commenters that there could be an intro page for beginners or just curious people, summing up some of the benefits and busting some common myths. It would be great to be able to refer people to this.
Maybe a part of the site for members to start their own discussions - to discuss their experiences with medical professionals for example.
The recipes could have a section for any useful hints and tips. People sometimes give tips in the comments about how they managed the recipe, but instead of having to scroll through the most useful ones could be attached to the recipe.
On iphone 6, iOS 10, Safari and Opera browsers, the hover on recipes doesn't show. Since most folks use their phones when shopping, the full nutrition info is essentially unseeable.
- A holiday (US) survival guide would be great. That could include dishes to take to holiday parties, LCHF recipes for Thanksgiving, holiday cocktails and beverages that are lchf. A lot of these are already on your site, but being compiled in one, would be helpful. Also it could include your tips video on how to handle holiday parties, office food fest parties and survival of non believer family get together.
- Mission statements are always hard to come up with. They can be super lengthy and no one reads them or short and to the point. My personal mission statement is "Eat, live. breathe the LCHF lifestyle and enjoying foods I love on my path to a healthier, happier and mentally stronger me."
Good luck on your journey!
BUT, if people are able to stick with LCHF long enough to lose some weight, for example, they will be much more likely to stick with this diet FOR LIFE - to realize that they can indeed change what they eat permanently... and still not be miserable!! That is my goal.
By the way, I think your website is good and does NOT need more social media connectivity!! You have quite a few followers "of a certain age, " too!
The "WATCHED" flag on your videos is helpful but a visual map with checkable/uncheckable capability to find our way about could be the bee's knee's.
Try tapping on the symbol for "Strict/Moderate/Liberal Low Carb" instead.
NOT meaning an animation with smiley's in the bloodstream, taking viewers for infantiles, nor only figures or dry scientific stuf, nor a one hour movie. Just short clear info to show to friends who are not going to study the subject but I would like to get interested in the facts.
By far the hardest part of lchf is being out, getting hungry and every cafe/eatery serving sandwiches , fries, cakes, granola bars and trying to find something to eat. (It's all about the prep) the videos are great BTW.
I started LCHF 3month ago and l enjoy it l found it very easy to do l would like more sweet things because some times l need a sugar fix l need the sugar fix at the end of the day not every day but some times it has changed my life l have lost weight because of it but you have to help your self as well l would like to join but l come from Australia l would like some of your videos l find it easy to eat out l just have a salad with chicken and water thank you for your help plus l do a lot of walking as well which helps