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Who is the Low Carb Program for?
Get tailored education, resources, meal plans and coaching to improve your metabolic health.
Ideal for people with:
- Overweight or obesity (BMI above 30)
- Prediabetes
- Type 2 diabetes
- Polycystic ovarian syndrome
- Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
What could I achieve?
People who have completed the program have shown significant health improvements at 1-year.
Weight loss
People lose an average of 7% of their body weight
Reduced medication
1 in 2 people reduce or eliminate diabetes medications
Lower blood glucose
People improve blood glucose and reduce their HbA1c by an average of 1.2% or 13mmol/mol
Weight loss
1 in 4 people achieve Type 2 Diabetes remission in 12 weeks
Make meal times inspiring again
Start and sustain your low carb lifestyle with personalised meal plans, food swaps and recipes tried and tested by our very own nutrition team.
- Explore a library of over 1,300 recipes tailored to your dietary preferences and allergies.
- Food database with over 5,000,000 foods from supermarkets and grocery stores worldwide
- Create your own meal plans, or grab one of our pre-made meal plans, suitable for meat-eaters, vegetarians and vegans.
- Built-in barcode scanner makes it simple to log exactly the product you ate, how much and when.
Keep connected with our virtual meetups
Join weekly virtual meetups and stay connected with coaches and friends from around the globe.
100%were satisfied with the meetups they attended
100%would recommend the meetups to others
100%of meetup attendees felt motivated to continue low carb
- Start with a one-to-one initial check-in Start your Low Carb Program journey with a one-to-one check-in with your mentor. Complete your baseline profile and start in a way to visualise your success.
- Pre-Meetup private check-ins If you want a little more accountability, join your mentor for a private one-to-one check-in before the Virtual Meetup starts to track your progress.
- Kick start your weight loss and health goals The first part of our Virtual Meetup covers a theme to help you reconfirm what you’re learning
- Stay connected with friends and mentors Stay connected with low carb friends and mentors to keep you accountable.
Stay on top with the handy app
"After a long time using Low Carb Program, I have placed type 2 diabetes into remission. Unbelievable! This app does work!"
Rob Offer, App User
Award-winning education
NHS-approved education created with international experts and tailored to your health and preferences.
Endless recipes and meal plans
Over 1,300 tried-and-tested recipes and 250 meal plans to make this way of eating stick - includes vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free and more.
Coaching
Speak to Behaviour Change Coaches to keep you on-track and motivated.
Stay on track
Daily fresh content, news, Q&As and more.
Community support
Over 420,000 people with similar goals, together every step of the day.
On-demand workouts
Personal Trainer led activity workouts to help you keep active wherever you are.
Health tracking
Keep track of what's important without over-thinking it. Log weight, HbA1c, mood and much more.
Sync with devices you use
Share data seamlessly from your FitBit, Apple Health, Samsung Health, Google Fit and Garmin.
The stories speak for themselves
From astounding weight loss to eliminating medications and achieving type 2 diabetes remission (reversal) - our members have done it all.
"I'm in type 2 diabetes remission after 3 years. I lost 25kg and have never felt better!"
Maria
Member since 2017
"I'm in type 2 diabetes remission after [being diagnosed for] 5 years. I've come off all my diabetes medication!"
Vivian, 72 years old
Member since 2018
"I lost over 20kg and am in prediabetes remission"
Dave
Member since 2018
"I had gestational diabetes, and after pregnancy I lost 54kg"
Suzanne
Member since 2018
"Since joining I’ve completely come off my metformin and lost 5 stone"
Alan
Member since 2019
"I'm the happiest I've been in years"
Yvonne
Member since 2018
"I've lost 12.7kg (2), my blood sugars are normal, my cholesterol has reduced and I've halved my statins. I've also come off metformin - I gave it back to the pharmacy!"
John
Member since 2018
"My HbA1c has dropped from 102mmol/mol (11.5%) to a happy 39mmol/mol (5.7%)"
Tom
Member since 2017
"I dropped 4 dress sizes with the Low Carb Program!"
Diane
Member since 2019
"I'm a vegetarian and lost 13kg (2st) and am in Type 2 Diabetes Remission"
Liz
Member since 2019
"My start weight was 16st 8 lbs and now I weigh 12st 9 lbs. I’ve had to buy a new wardrobe!"
Chrissy
Member since 2019
Choose your membership
Pay for access to the Low Carb Program monthly or annually.
Pay Monthly
£14.99/month
- One-to-one coaching with a mentor
- FREE 102-page Low Carb Kickstarter Guide
- Award-winning expert structured education
- Behaviour change coaching
- Exclusive support forum
- Health tracking
- Connect with Fitbit, HealthKit and more
- Daily articles, personalised for you
- Over 150 resources and guides
- Template letters to your doctor
- Daily meal plans
- Library of over 1,300 recipes, tailored to you
- Integrated food diary with barcode scanner
- Virtual weekly meetups
- Live and on-demand workout, relaxation and yoga classes
Pay Annually Best Value - Save 61%
£69.99/year
- One-to-one coaching with a mentor
- FREE 102-page Low Carb Kickstarter Guide
- Award-winning expert structured education
- Behaviour change coaching
- Exclusive support forum
- Health tracking
- Connect with Fitbit, HealthKit and more
- Daily articles, personalised for you
- Over 150 resources and guides
- Template letters to your doctor
- Daily meal plans
- Library of over 1,300 recipes, tailored to you
- Integrated food diary with barcode scanner
- Virtual weekly meetups
- Live and on-demand workout, relaxation and yoga classes
Trusted by the NHS
Empowering NHS patients and healthcare professionals with sustainable behaviour change.
Frequently asked questions
Here's the most common questions people have about the Low Carb Program
Low Carb Program is a multi-award-winning, evidence-based structured education and behaviour change platform to help you sustainably reduce the amount of processed foods, added sugar and carbohydrates in your diet. The focus is on real food.
You’ll get a 16-week education program tailored to your goal, and personalised resources, support and coaching along the way. You have a peer support community of 439,208 members and Behaviour Change Coaches to keep you on your journey.
Low Carb Program is available on the web, iOS, Android, Apple and Android watch, and Amazon Alexa. Low Carb Program is an elected Fellow to the NHS National Innovation Accelerator, DigitalHealth London Accelerator and Royal College of GP’s Innovation Programme. Low Carb Program is a MHRA-regulated Class I Medical Device, with QISMET approval for all self-management program streams and NHS Apps Library approved.
Once you register, you can tailor your Low Carb Program experience so you receive goal-focused, structured education alongside useful resources and access to Behaviour Change Mentors.
Low Carb Program was developed by Diabetes Digital Media (DDM) and co-designed with 20,000 people with diabetes and prediabetes, Dr David Unwin (NHS Innovator of the Year 2016, RCGP Clinical Expert in Type 2 Diabetes) and a team of medical experts including Dr Ian Lake, Dr Jen Unwin and Tara Kelly.
A lower-carbohydrate lifestyle has been demonstrated to improve blood glucose control, blood pressure, lipid profiles, facilitate sustainable weight loss and achieve type 2 diabetes remission.
Peer-reviewed, published outcomes published in 2018 demonstrate that people with type 2 diabetes who complete the Low Carb Program lose an average of 7% of their body weight and reduce HbA1c by 13mmol/mol at 1-year.
In addition, 40% of participants eliminate at least one diabetes medication from their treatment and 1 in 4 people is in type 2 diabetes remission.
People with prediabetes who complete the Low Carb Program lose an average of 8kg at 1-year.
People with obesity lose an average of 4kg at 1-year.
Currently we don't offer a free trial. However, you can use our postcode checker to see if you may be eligible for access via the NHS.
The Low Carb Program is intended for people with type 2 diabetes, prediabetes and obesity. It is not intended for people with Type 1 Diabetes.
If you are an NHS patient in the United Kingdom, please speak to your healthcare professional about commissioning the Low Carb Program.
To learn more about commissioning the Low Carb Program and how it can improve the health of your patients, please visit this page.
The Low Carb Program is provided to employer organisations to improve the health and wellness of entire workforces. Speak to us about your requirements by contacting us here.
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