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These are the favorite
sites that users have told us about.
They vary in nature from
shopping to journaling to general info. Check them out, they'll
become your favorites too!
- atkinscenter.com
- This link takes you to the official
Atkins website, where you can: learn about the Atkins
plan, read articles and information on low carb, set up
a free account and monitor your progress and log your
food and exercise, and purchase Atkins products,
services, and supplements.
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Active
Low Carber Forum
- This link takes you to the Active
Low-Carber Forums. These forums have lots of
members to provide support and ideas for your low carb
lifestyle.
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Atkins by the Book
- This link takes you to the Atkins by
the Book site, where you can read success stories, visit
their forum and chat sections, and browse through the
low carb recipes.
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CalorieKing.com
- This link takes you to a comprehensive
website, where you can look up the nutrition information for
foods, search their recipes, keep a diet diary, shop, and
more.
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Linda's Low Carb Menu's & Recipes
- This link takes you to a very well
organized site, with sections for tips, articles, and a
low carb shopping list. The recipes are divided into
categories by meal category (appetizer, dessert, etc).
Recipes suitable for the "induction" phase of Atkins are
noted with an asterisk *.
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Low Carb Advisor
- This link takes you to the Low Carb
Advisor site, where you can get advice, as well as purchase
low carb products, and find recipes from experienced
(Atkins) low carbers.
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LowCarbFriends
- This link takes you to a lively
website, where you can find free recipes, chat with other
low carbers, and check out product reviews.
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Low Carb Transformation forum
- This is a fantastic forum where you can
find everything from Avocado smoothie recipes to why you
might want to try taking Zinc. The forum is active,
the members are friendly (and funny), and the recipes are
terrific!
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Netrition
- This link takes you to the Netrition
site. They sell a huge variety of low carb (and other) foods
and products, have great prices and service, and good
shipping policies and rates.
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Nutridiary
- The Nutridiary site allows you to journal
your food and exercise for the day, and see how well you're
doing. You can enter your meals for the day, and
create custom foods, to personalize this free service.
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TrulyLowCarb.com
- This popular site has much to offer the
low carber-- support, advice, humor recipes, live chats, and
even e-cards! It's easy to navigate, and a great resource.
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USDA Food Database
- This link takes you to the search page
for the USDA Food Nutrient database. Simply enter the
keyword (the name of the food) or an ingredient, or search
through the food groups, and you will find all the data
available for calories, carbs, fat, and essential vitamins
and minerals, for a given quantity of the food.
- Also available for download to use on a
PC, and as programs to run on a palm-top pc (compatible with
Palm OS is available for now) as well. Click
here for that download page.
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Vitacost
- The Vitacost site offers a wide variety
of vitamins and other products for the low carb lifestyle:
bars, shakes, foods, beverages, the list goes on and on.
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