Your low-carb physician search begins here
I've been working on an ambitious project lately that I've been wanting to do for a very long time. It's been a lot more work than I thought it would be and it is not as easy as it might seem. But this is too important a resource to not try to get out there sooner rather than later.
Over the past few months, more and more readers have been contacting me to help them in their search to find a low-carb doctor in their area. Here are just a few of these e-mails:
Jimmy,
Your site is fantastic. Would you know how to find any low-carb doctors in Southern California? I live in Orange County, but L.A. would be OK.
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Hey Jimmy,
Thank you for continuing to share the low carb lifestyle. I lived the life for a while and it did such wonders for me that I need to get back in action.
Jimmy, do you know how a person can find a doctor who's pro-low carb? Just thought I'd ask you as you're a man of vast information. They have searchable doctors for everything else but pro-low carb that I can find.
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I can't find any doctors here who are low-carb friendly. The most I can hope for is that they won't be totally antagonistic.
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Jimmy:
Do you happen to know if there are any listings of doctors who are friendly with
the low-carb theory? My personal doctor is nearing retirement and I'd like to
replace him with someone who accepts the low-carb theories already or is at
least open-minded about it.
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Jimmy,
I have a question that I hope you can help with. Naturally, some of the people I've known for a long time, and especially if they haven't seen me for awhile, ask about how they can do what I did. I'm sure you get the same thing.
I refer them to Protein Power, Jonny Bowden's book (which I loved, especially for the way he addressed low-carb myths), etc. But I would love to be able to refer them to a doctor who does low-carb (in the Los Angeles area). This is especially important for those who are very overweight and/or are already diagnosed with
diabetes.
I know what an uphill battle it will be for them otherwise with just about any doctor they do see, including their primary care physician or diabetes specialist (how crazy is that ADA stuff for Type 2 especially, notwithstanding their recent small movement!!?). It's hard enough to resist family and friends, but it takes a special person to do battle with their own doctor telling them they'll have a heart attack from eating that Atkins bacon and butter stuff.
Do you know of any resource to find low-carb friendly doctors? Have you found any resources to find doctors?
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Hello Jimmy,
I am having one heck of a time finding a local doctor who can support my decision to go low-carb. I was thinking that having a thread or some sort of resource where people can recommend doctors would be fantastic. Do you know of any list that already exists?
Up until now, no such web site existed that lists low-carb physicians all in one place. That was unacceptable to me, so I decided to create it myself. It's still a work in progress, but it's finally here!
LIST OF LOW-CARB DOCTORS
If you want to see if there is a low-carb doctor in your area, then keep checking this blog early and often. I am still doing research, adding new doctors all the time, and I welcome your suggestions, too. E-mail me the name and address of any low-carb doctors in YOUR area that I can add to this list.
I hope this becomes an invaluable resource for people in their quest for a doctor who understands the importance of livin' la vida low-carb. Feel free to post your comments about any of the doctors listed that you already know about. Scroll along the right-hand side of the page to see if there is a low-carb physician in your state. They are listed in alphabetical order by state.
THANK YOU to everyone who has written to me asking about a low-carb doctor list. Ask and you shall receive. :D Don't lose hope that you CAN find a low-carb friendly face in the medical community who can help you lose weight and improve your health with a controlled-carbohydrate nutritional approach. YOU CAN DO THIS!!!
Thank you, thank you, thank you! More lives will be saved.
ReplyDeleteWow, that is ambitious. Great job and thank you. I wish I still had the name of the doctor who first mentioned insulin resistance and scolded me for being vegetarian ages ago. He was with kaiser too. I'll go through my papers and see if I can find it.
ReplyDeleteHoly crap. This is huge. Not meaning the list (though I'm sure it will be), but your undertaking. I know you've been up to more than just a blog for a while now, but this puts you in a whole other ball park--in a while other league. Like quoit. said, it's (very) ambitious.
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THANKS anonymous! I have been wanting to do this a LONG time, but it was so meticulous trying to figure out how best to do it and get the information out there. My intention was to try to put the list together in its entirety or fairly close, but the problem was it was like picking needles out of a football field haystack.
ReplyDeleteI think putting it out there and allowing it to grow as people share the doctors in their area will be the way this becomes the resource I want it to be. I'm hoping for over 100 doctors by the end of the summer and to have this thing with just about all of the doctors out there who adhere to low-carb principles by the end of 2009.
It will take lots of ongoing work, but I'm willing to put in the effort for the tremendous payoff in the end. THANKS for your support!
Jimmy: A couple of years ago, I spoke to Dr. Bernstein (Diabetes Solution) on the phone and he said there was a physician -- perhaps an endocrin? -- at Vanderbilt who was interested in his work. I don't remember the physician's name, but perhaps if you contact Dr. Bernstein, he may be able to put you in touch with a Nashville physician willing to be put on the list.
ReplyDeleteLee in Nashville
THANKS Lee! I'm sure once some of these doctors find out about my new list of low-carb physicians, I'll be hearing from them and adding them to the list. THANK YOU for the tip! :)
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of doctors, I started lo carbing at the beginning of March, and I have been sick with a cold almost ever since. I went to my doctor, and he presecribed steroids, which I finished taking, but I am still sick! This has been going on for over two months now, ever since I started lo carbing. The good news is, I have lost about 32 lbs. since then. The bad news is, I am congested all the time. My question is - is this common? Does lo carb weaken your resistance to colds? I tried googling it and I couldn't find any info on it. Any advice would be appreciated.
ReplyDeleteI doubt it's the low-carb diet that's been the reason for your cold, anonymous. But I'm happy to ask some of my low-carb medical professionals for their feedback. :)
ReplyDeleteDr. Eric Westman said the following:
ReplyDeleteThis is very unusual. He should get checked out for other causes.
FYI, anonymous! :)
Here's what Jackie Eberstein had to say about having a cold for so long since you started low-carb:
ReplyDeleteWe all know that doing low carb does not weaken the immune system. Many report less infections than before.
He should be evaluated for allergies. “Colds” don’t last months but congestion can. He may be getting regular exposure to a food or foods he rarely ate before in such frequency and/or amount. One common offender is cheese. There can be others.
Hope this helps you out, anonymous!