All low-carb guides

Are you new to eating low carb? Feeling confused or don’t know where to start? Or perhaps you are a low-carb veteran looking to deepen your knowledge or a healthcare professional who wants information on how to implement low carb in your practice?

Our expert writers have been putting together high-quality, well-referenced guides for many years now, and we hope that whoever you are, whatever your story and whatever your question, we have the guide for you. Please feel free to scroll through to find a guide that interests you. All the content linked to here is free, but a wealth of information awaits!

To make our content easier to find, we have grouped guides into seven groups plus an alphabetical list below.

 

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Basic low-carb guides

A low carb diet for beginners
Visual low carb guides
Low-carb foods
Low-carb side effects and how to handle them
How to lose weight on low carb
How low carb is low carb?
A keto diet for beginners
Top low-carb controversies
Low-carb questions & answers
Your complete guide to intermittent fasting

Get started

Get started keto challenge – sign up
Six steps down the carb mountain

Weight loss

How to lose weight on low carb
Top 10 tips to lose weight on low carb for women 40+
Why low carb can help you lose weight
How to lose weight with a low-carb diet
Weight, health and happiness: striking the right balance
Weight gain and menopause: 8 tips to win the battle of the middle-age bulge
Top 10 tips to break a low-carb or keto weight loss stall
How to lose weight fast: 5 easy evidence-based steps
The top 10 weight loss programs, according to science
How to manage hunger when trying to lose weight
Setting realistic expectations for weight loss
How to lose belly fat
Bariatric surgery for metabolic health and weight loss
Our top 8 weight loss meal plans & meal prep tips
The Atkins diet: a complete guide and helpful hints
The best high protein foods for weight loss
Benefits of higher protein
10 steps for a successful weight loss mindset
Intermittent fasting for healthy weight loss
How to measure healthy weight loss
The truth about "fat-burning foods"
What is healthy weight loss?
The 15 best healthy snacks for weight loss
The best vegetables for healthy weight loss
The best fruits for healthy weight loss
The best foods for healthy weight loss
Weight loss and resting metabolic rate

Practical guides

Top 10 ways to eat more fat
Dining out on low carb
Exogenous ketones – do they work?
A guide to low-carb cheating
Top 11 low-carb fast-food options
How to make low carb cheaper
How to gain weight on low carb
Living low carb in a high-carb world
How to stay low carb with no cooking
Do you need electrolyte supplementation on a low-carb or keto diet?
How to follow a healthy vegetarian keto diet
Low-carb kids – how to raise children on real low-carb food
Keto diet foods — top three mistakes at the grocery store
Ingredients to avoid on a low-carb diet
How to eat low carb when traveling
Alcohol and the keto diet: 7 things you need to know
Is low carb safe during pregnancy?
Eating low carb when breastfeeding
Healthy fats on a low-carb diet
Protein on a low-carb diet
How to shop for low-carb extras online
Should you count calories on a low-carb diet?
Six steps down the carb mountain
Six ways to stay environmentally friendly on a low carb or keto diet
The complete guide to sugar
The best way to test ketones in blood, breath or urine
Six ways to kick nasty leg cramps to the curb
Is a low-carb or keto diet right for you?
Top keto meal delivery services
Is the paleo diet right for you?
Sinking our teeth into the carnivore diet: what's known, what's not
The best ketone meter
How to break your fast
Fighting the 'freshman 15': Eating low carb in college
How to eat low carb as a vegan
What you need to know about OMAD
How to manage hunger when trying to lose weight
Carb cycling on a low-carb or keto diet: What you need to know
Setting realistic expectations for weight loss
How to lower LDL cholesterol on a low-carb diet
Learning to cook keto in the time of coronavirus
Cooking low carb during a coronavirus quarantine
How much fat should you eat on low carb or keto?
Dirty, lazy keto: Is it for you?
Low-carb events
21 high protein snacks, ranked
What is a CGM — and is it right for you?
How to get started on a high-protein diet
Plant protein vs. animal protein: Which one is healthier for you?
How to improve and measure your body composition
What's your carb tolerance?
Top 10 tasty ways to eat more protein and less fat
How and why to eat more protein
25 high protein breakfast ideas
A typical day of high-protein, higher-satiety eating
How to calculate net carbs
7 holiday situations — and how to navigate them
Alternate-day fasting: a beginner’s guide

Health guides

How to reverse type 2 diabetes on low carb
How to normalize your blood pressure on low carb
Type 1 diabetes and low carb
IBS and the keto diet
How to potentially reverse PCOS with low carb
Can keto or low carb diets improve acne?
How to potentially reduce migraine headaches with low carb
Can a keto diet help treat brain cancer?
The ketogenic diet for Alzheimer's prevention and treatment: Can it help?
Kids and keto: Could it help with ADHD, autism and more?
Low carb and mental health
Is your fasting blood glucose higher on low carb? Five things to know
Can low carb help with gestational diabetes in pregnancy?
Low carb and mental health: The food-mood connection
Signs and symptoms of diabetes (type 1 and 2)
Is elevated LDL cholesterol harmful?
Low carb and mental health: Getting started and managing medications
FAQ about low-carbohydrate diets and mental health
A low-carb diet and your kidneys
How to treat insulin resistance
What you need to know about high blood pressure
The diabetes diet: the best foods to control diabetes
What you need to know about diabetes
What is normal blood pressure?
Common side effects of fasting
What you need to know about blood sugar
Understanding HbA1c — the long-term blood sugar
What you need to know about insulin resistance
What you need to know about low blood pressure
What is ketosis?
Is a keto diet helpful for migraines and cluster headaches?
Coronavirus: are you at higher risk of complications?
Blood pressure drugs: the 8 major classes of medications
Fatty liver disease and keto: 5 things to know
Understanding the dawn effect — what we know and don’t know
Intermittent fasting side effects
What to do about constipation on a low-carb or keto diet
Diverticulitis and the low carb diet
How to lower LDL cholesterol on a low-carb diet
Low-carb LDL hyper-responders
Does intermittent fasting cause muscle loss?
Is elevated LDL cholesterol harmful?

Nutrition

Understanding absolute and relative risk
Vegetable oils
Guide to observational vs. experimental studies
Food for thought: Does the brain need carbs?
Cholesterol and low-carb diets
A user guide to saturated fat
Guide to red meat: Is it healthy?
“Healthy” whole grains: what the evidence really shows
Diet and cancer: What we know and what we don’t
Do you need to eat fruits and vegetables?
A comprehensive guide to salt
Gluten on a keto or low carb diet: what to know
How to improve your bone health
Keto and low carb dairy: the best and the worst
Apple cider vinegar: pros and cons
What you need to know about nitrates and nitrites
Top 7 nutrition facts and health benefits of avocados
How much protein should you eat?
Broccoli 101: nutrition facts and tasty tips
Eggs: 10 health benefits and nutrition facts
Carbohydrates on a keto or low carb diet
How to follow a healthy vegetarian keto diet
15 high-fiber foods that are low in carbs
The best high protein foods for weight loss
How to eat low carb as a vegan
Healthy fats on a low-carb diet
Protein on a low-carb diet
9 potential health benefits of turmeric and curcumin
Mediterranean diet 101: a complete guide and meal plan
Debunking keto myths about fat and weight loss
High protein diet: What it is and how to do it
Top 20 questions about high protein diets
The best high-protein meat, seafood & eggs
The best plant-based high-protein foods
The best high-protein dairy for weight loss
Too much protein? Potential concerns and side effects
High-protein recipe macro guidelines

For healthcare professionals

Low carb and keto for clinicians
Guide for low-carb dietitians
The science of low carb
Starting low carb or keto with diabetes medications
Starting low carb or keto with high blood pressure
The guide for doctors skeptical of low carb
The science and art of hopeful medicine
Can low carb help lung disease?
Low carb and lung disease: one doctor’s story

Alphabetical list

Acne – can keto or low-carb diets cure it?
Alcohol and the keto diet: 7 things you need to know
Alzheimer’s prevention and treatment – can a keto diet help?
Apple cider vinegar: pros and cons
The Atkins diet: a complete guide and helpful hints
Avocado – top 7 nutrition facts and benefits
Bariatric surgery for metabolic health and weight loss
Belly fat – how to to lose belly fat
Blood pressure – how to potentially normalize it on low carb
Blood pressure – what is normal blood pressure?
Blood pressure – low blood pressure
Blood pressure – what you need to know about high blood pressure
Blood pressure drugs: the eight major classes of medications
Blood sugar – what you need to know
Blood sugar – the dawn effect
Body composition – how to measure and improve
Body fat percentage – how to measure
Bone health – are low-carb and keto diets good?
Brain – does it need carbs?
Brain – how sugar may damage the brain
Brain cancer – can a keto diet treat it?
Breastfeeding and low carb
Broccoli 101: nutrition facts and tasty tips
Calories on a low-carb diet – should you count them?
Cancer and diet: What we know and what we don’t
Carb cycling on a low-carb or keto diet
Carb tolerance – what is yours?
Carbohydrates on a keto or low-carb diet
Carnivore: what’s known, what’s not
Cheap keto – how to do it
Cheating on keto: a guide
CGM — is it right for you?
Cholesterol and low-carb diets
Cholesterol – how to lower LDL on low carb
Cholesterol – Low-carb LDL hyper-responders
Cholesterol – is elevated LDL cholesterol harmful?
Constipation – what to do
Controversies about low carb
Coronavirus – boosting your immune system
Dairy – best keto and low carb
Diabetes medications and starting low carb or keto
Diabetes – the best foods
Diabetes type 1 and keto
Diabetes – symptoms
Diabetes type 2 – how to reverse it on keto
Diabetes – understanding HbA1c
Diabetes – what you need to know
Diabetes – symptoms
Dietitians guide to low carb
Dining out on low carb
Dirty, lazy keto: Is it for you?
Diverticulitis and the low-carb diet
Doctors guide to low carb and keto
Doctors skeptical of low carb
Doctors – the science and art of hopeful medicine
Eggs: 10 health benefits and nutrition facts
Electrolyte supplementation on a keto diet – do you need it?
Environmentally friendly keto or low-carb diet – six ways how to do it
Events about keto and low carb
Exogenous ketones – do they work?
Fasting – how to break your fast
Intermittent fasting side effects
Fast-food options on keto – top-11 list
Fasting – how to break your fast
Fasting blood glucose – is it higher for you on keto? Five things to know
Fat – debunking keto myths
Fat – how much fat should you eat on low carb or keto?
Fat – top 10 ways to eat more of it
Fats on a keto diet – everything you need to know
Fatty liver disease and keto: 5 things to know
15 high-fiber foods that are low in carbs
Fat-burning foods – the truth about
Find a low-carb doctor
Foods to eat on keto
Fruits and vegetables
Gaining weight on low carb – how to do it
Gestational diabetes in pregnancy – can low carb help?
Get started keto challenge 2019 – sign up
Gluten on a keto or low-carb diet – 7 things to know
Grocery store guide – top 3 mistakes when buying keto diet foods
High blood pressure and starting low carb or keto
High-protein – the best high-protein meat, seafood & eggs
High-protein dairy – the best for weight loss
High-protein diet: How to get started on a high-protein diet
High-protein diets – top 20 questions
High-protein diet: What it is and how to do it
High-protein eating – a typical day
High-protein plant-based foods – the best
High-protein recipe macro guidelines
7 holiday situations — and how to navigate them
How low carb is low carb?
How to eat low carb in college
How to stay low carb with no cooking
Hunger on a low-carb lifestyle
IBS and the keto diet
Ingredients to avoid on a low-carb diet
Insulin resistance
Insulin resistance – treating
Intermittent fasting for beginners
Intermittent fasting – does it cause muscle loss?
Fasting – a beginner’s guide to alternate-day fasting
Fasting – what you need to know about OMAD
Keto diet for beginners
Ketosis – what is it?
Ketone meters – which one is the best?
Ketone testing three ways
Kidneys – a low-carb diet and your kidneys
Kids – how to raise them on real low-carb food
Kids and keto: could it help with ADHD, autism and more?
Leg cramps – six ways to kick leg cramps
Living low carb in a high-carb world
How to lose weight fast
Losing weight on low carb for women 40+: top 10 tips
Losing weight on low carb: a guide
Losing weight on low-carb – a guide on how to
Losing weight – a guide on why low carb can help
Low carb for beginners
Is a low-carb or keto diet right for you?
Lung disease – can low carb help?
Lung disease and low carb: one doctor’s story
Meal delivery service – top keto services
Meat – is red meat healthy?
Mediterranean diet 101:
a complete guide and meal plan

Mental health and low carb
Mental health and low carb: Getting started
Mental health – FAQ
Migraine headaches – how to reduce them with low carb
Migraines – is a keto diet helpful?
Net carbs – how to calculate net carbs
Nitrates and nitrites – what you need to know
Observational vs. experimental studies: a guide
Paleo – is the paleo diet right for you?
PCOS – how to reverse it with low carb
Plant protein vs. animal protein: Which one is healthier for you?
Pregnancy and low carb – is it safe?
Protein – how and why to eat more protein
Protein – top 10 high-protein foods
21 high-protein snacks, ranked
Protein on a low-carb diet
Realistic expectations
Resting metabolic rate and weight loss
Questions & answers about low carb
Saturated fat
Salt – a comprehensive guide
Science of low carb
Shopping for low-carb extras online: a guide
Side effects of fasting
Side effects of low carb
Six steps down the carb mountain
Sugar – the complete guide
Too much protein? Potential concerns and side effects
Traveling – how to do it on low carb
Turmeric and curcumin: 9 potential health benefits
Understanding absolute and relative risk
Vegan low carb
Vegetable oils
Vegetarian keto diet – how to do it
Visual low-carb guides
Weight gain and menopause: 8 tips to win the battle of the middle-age bulge
Weight, health and happiness: striking the right balance
Weight loss – intermittent fasting for healthy weight loss
Weight loss – how to measure healthy weight loss
Weight loss – 10 steps for a successful weight loss mindset
Weight loss – our top 8 weight loss meal plans & meal prep tips
Weight loss – The top 10 weight loss programs, according to science
Weight loss – the 15 best healthy snacks
Weight loss – the 15 best healthy snacks
Weight loss – the best high-protein foods
Weight loss – the best foods for healthy weight loss
Weight loss – the best fruits for healthy weight loss
Weight loss – the best high-protein foods
Weight-loss stall – troubleshooting with our tips and guides
What is healthy
weight loss?

Whole grains: What the evidence really shows