What membership feature do people want as a member of Diet Doctor?

April 22 by , medical review by in Surveys

What did people expect to get as a Diet Doctor member when they signed up? We asked our members and received close to 4,000 replies.

Most of the members had signed up for recipes and meal plans, information and videos, weight loss advice, and a lot of them signed up to support our mission — making low carb simple, and being part of the low-carb community.

We love hearing from our members. What would you like to get from a membership? Please let us know in the comments below!

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Cereal Killers
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22 comments

1
Nicole
April 22 1
I know it's probably not possible, but a coach would be nice. I have priced Dr. Fung's associated coaches and I can't possibly afford them. Or a coaching app?

Reply: #13
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Anais
April 22
Hello, I would love to be able to filter the recipes by my food restriction and be able to combine them (no eggs, no dairy, no almonds...)
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Sergio
April 22 3
I was searching for information. Like many on this site, after being diagnosticated with T2D in 2016 and trying for almost 2 years to get my blood markers and my weight to a healthy state, the only way to go for me was to have a by-pass surgery. Not accepting the idea, I've got the DD site information at my disposal and after 6 months being in ketogenic state, loosing more than 25 kilo's, I stopped taking metformine, statines and losartan completely in September 2018. In March 2019 I was declared in complete remission and my specialist told me not to come back anymore!!!
I will continue supporting the site to make possible to many more to get to this point!!!!
Thank you all!!!!

Sergio
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sue foreman
April 22 1
I value updates on research and analysis of reported results of research, written transcripts of audio visual presentations and news about the spread of low carb being understood as healthy and awfully helpful to those with diabetes.
And I love the recipies meal plans and facility to collect favourites.
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Betty
April 22
I got everything I expected and much more! Thank you for everything you do! Your site is spectacular.
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Jimmy
April 22 2
I was told that a members forum was possibly coming in the future but have yet to see it. Facebook and twitter etc just don't cut it for that as you can't scroll down thru all the BS posts that happen so I opted out of those. With a members forum at least you can decide what you want to become involved in and help out a few people. I used to be involved in the atkins forums but those are sooooo nutritionally biased against sound metabolic practice and trolls used to hammer those constantly as those forums were free, but with DD I don't see trolls or misinformation being a problem as folks here are paying to be here.

Reply: #14
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Ann
April 22
I mainly joined to get the latest information on LCHF, Keto and fasting. And I love the recipes too. I have about 10 or 15 pounds that I would like to lose and Diet Doctor gives me the tools to get there. I also find the science behind everything fascinating. Love learning everything about it! Thank you!
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Shawheen
April 22
I joined 3 years ago to have access to the different scientific aspects of LCHF & Ketogenic diets, and to help my n=1 experiment. I've stayed to support everyone else to achieve the same results as I did.
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Sarah Wright
April 22
The amazing work you and your team are doing is inspiring, and we are really pleased to be able to support you in this by being members. The amount of information you provide on the free part of the site is very generous of you, but access to the incredible amount of additional information on the members section is why we joined and why everyone should join. Thank you Andreas and the DD team!
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Sharon
April 22
What I expected and what I got were two different things. This site is one of the best sites I have been on. There is so much information and all the meals I have tried are quite simple and tasty. The videos are fantastic and we get a huge amount of information. Keep doing what you are doing it’s amazing and affordable for so many people.
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Tharon
April 22
For people who enjoy structure it would be great to offer some simple 1-2 page tools people could use to identify outcomes they’re seeking, measurement that would help them define success, and strategies to get there. This could be done in collaboration with medical and nutrition professionals and offered as an extra feature with coaching provided by Diet Doctor. I’ve been thinking about this for some time and have experience developing these tools so am confident it could be done.
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ltfrombc
April 23 1
I would love to be able to ask questions in a forum where I could get “expert” answers on not the generic “google style” answers.

Reply: #15
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Kristin Parker Team Diet Doctor
April 23

I know it's probably not possible, but a coach would be nice. I have priced Dr. Fung's associated coaches and I can't possibly afford them. Or a coaching app?

We do have a Facebook group for members. It's not coaching, but a community of support. If you would like to join, please send an email to support@dietdoctor.com
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Reply to comment #6 by Jimmy
Kristin Parker Team Diet Doctor
April 23

I was told that a members forum was possibly coming in the future but have yet to see it. Facebook and twitter etc just don't cut it for that as you can't scroll down thru all the BS posts that happen so I opted out of those. With a members forum at least you can decide what you want to become involved in and help out a few people. I used to be involved in the atkins forums but those are sooooo nutritionally biased against sound metabolic practice and trolls used to hammer those constantly as those forums were free, but with DD I don't see trolls or misinformation being a problem as folks here are paying to be here.

A members' community is still in the works!
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Reply to comment #12 by ltfrombc
Kristin Parker Team Diet Doctor
April 23

I would love to be able to ask questions in a forum where I could get “expert” answers on not the generic “google style” answers.

While we don't have the Experts available, we do have a Facebook group for Diet Doctor members where we can offer information and support. If you would like to join us, please send an email to support@dietdoctor.com
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William
April 23
It pleases me that you are expanding into other languages. A members community would be nice.

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Carolyn
April 23
It would be nice to have a tracker in the app.
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carol motsinger
April 23
I love the recipes and glad that they are available free for people just starting. I joined for the expert videos and meal planning. I also would love to see a forum Facebook format is very hard for finding things. Forums with different categories make it easy to Target your discussion.
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Reply to comment #16 by William
Kristin Parker Team Diet Doctor
April 24

It pleases me that you are expanding into other languages. A members community would be nice.

We do have a Facebook group for members and are working on additional ideas to build community all the time. If you'd like to join the Facebook group, please send an email to support@dietdoctor.com
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Kristin Parker Team Diet Doctor
April 24

I love the recipes and glad that they are available free for people just starting. I joined for the expert videos and meal planning. I also would love to see a forum Facebook format is very hard for finding things. Forums with different categories make it easy to Target your discussion.

We do have a Facebook group for members and are working on additional ideas to build community all the time. If you'd like to join the Facebook group, please send an email to support@dietdoctor.com
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Robert
April 25
I joined as I was slowly ( and surely ) drifting toward pre-diabetes, and following a friend’s advice registered to DD. 8 months later, I lost 20 kilos, my wife 15. Believe me, having the pleasure to do it in a couple sure helps to starts and get through the first few weeks, after that, it is very easy. I would like to see 2 things:

- Get some sort of help in answering questions in ways to pique the curiosity and break the harden dogma that is still plaguing the common thinking. I have given up trying to convince up front, but I’d like to be equipped ( you have fantastic information ) in better ways to answer questions/surprised when they see the change ( loosing 20 kilos is visible ). It is HARD to break the dogma without breaking friendship, I am torn between knowing and feeling not able to help others.

- The possibility to play your videos on mobile iOS or Android through ChromeCast, it would make watching with my wife so much easier and possibly to help pique the curiosity enough to get them to subscribe.

Thanks a lot and keep up the good work!
Robert ( Montreal )
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Yvonne
May 6
A. Android app please.