Medical Doctors Recommending a Low-carb Or Ketogenic Diet

1. Èvelyne Bourdua-Roy, MD
2. Sean Bourke, MD
3. Mark Cucuzzella, MD
4. Georgia Ede, MD
5. Michael Fox, MD
6. Jason Fung, MD
7. Robert J. Kiltz, MD
8. Ian Lake, MD
9. Ali Irshad Al Lawati, MD
10. Robert Lustig, MD
11. Aseem Malhotra, MD
12. Joanne McCormack, MD
13. Keith Runyan, MD
14. Bret Scher, MD
15. Chris Stadtherr, MD
16. Christian Selig, MD
17. David Unwin, MD
18. Priyanka K. Wali, MD
19. V. Wade Weatherington, MD
20. Eric Westman, MD

Each month, more doctors are treating their patients with a low-carb or ketogenic diet and seeing measurable improvements between visits. The expanding low-carb medical community speaks to the power of the low-carb diet to deliver the kind of results that excite both doctors and patients, alike.

Read on to hear, in these physicians' own words, of the transformations they are seeing. And discover why many of them refer their patients to our site for recipes, guides, and other low-carb inspiration.

"I recommend low-carb and keto diets with and without intermittent fasting to all of my patients who have lifestyle-related chronic conditions, because of the science behind these approaches and their impressive clinical results. I also recommend they visit the Diet Doctor website to find trustworthy information and delicious recipes."

More about Èvelyne

"As a reproductive endocrinologist, I have been studying nutrition and fertility for over 15 years. I advise all my patients, both women and men, to adopt a low-carb ketogenic diet both prior to pregnancy to improve their fertility and during pregnancy to improve fetal and maternal health. This way of eating has been shown repeatedly in my practice to improve all measures of health for women and men. We refer all our patients to Diet Doctor which in our opinion is the best online resource for our patients to find all the information, recipes and meal plans they need to be successful."

Michael Fox, MD
Obstetrician/gynecologist
Subspecialty reproductive endocrinology
Medical Director
Jacksonville Center for Reproductive Medicine
Jacksonville Florida
Website: Jacksonville Center for Reproductive Medicine

More about Michael

"I recommend low-carbohydrate diets to all my patients because of their proven ability to help manage type 2 diabetes and obesity. DietDoctor.com is consistently the best resource available anywhere for reliable information on making low-carb simple."

Jason Fung, MD
Nephrologist
Medical Director and Founder
Intensive Dietary Management Program
Toronto, Canada
Website: The IDM Program

More about Jason

"I recommend a high-fat, low-protein, ultra-low to no-carbohydrate diet with intermittent fasting to my fertility patients. Immunologic dysfunction can contribute to recurrent pregnancy loss and infertility. One of the easiest ways to improve immunologic function is to reduce inflammation throughout the body. The keto diet does this. I use Diet Doctor myself and recommend it to patients as a valuable resource."

Robert J. Kiltz, MD
Obstetrician/Gynecologist
Subspecialty in reproductive endocrinology
Founder and Director of CNY Fertility
Website: CNY Fertility

"Real food - that is low-sugar, high-fiber - works for most of the population, but some patients may need a low-carb diet for best results. For those patients, I am totally for low-carb. I have certainly had many insulin-resistant patients who didn't get better until they went on a low-carb diet. I am not remotely concerned about negative effects of low-carb. I feel that, aside from patients with familial hypercholesterolemia and type 5 hyperlipidemia, a low-carb diet is entirely safe."

Robert Lustig, MD
Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Endocrinology
University of California, San Francisco
Website: Robert Lustig.com

If you are a licensed, practising physician who is recommending a low-carb or ketogenic diet to your patients or referring them to the Diet Doctor site and you would like to be listed here, please send your information and statement to anne.mullens@dietdoctor.com.