Here at Ditch The Carbs, our mission is to be transparent, independent and trustworthy.

We refuse company sponsorship, we refuse sponsored posts, we refuse paid articles to endorse company products.

The amazing team here at Ditch The Carbs is our worldwide family of like-minded people who want to bring health and low-carb nutrition to the world.


Company Values & Mission Statement: To be extremely helpful, supportive, positive, non-judgmental, and to use humour and kindness.

  • To help readers worldwide live their best life with the help of low-carb and ketogenic wholefood nutrition.
  • To help families transform their eating habits to whole foods, and to support families who want to get their kids off junk food and sugar.
  • To help support readers to live their healthiest and happiest life.
  • To teach the benefits of low-carb and ketogenic nutrition with the emphasis on whole foods.

Integrity: Our entire team works closely together to maintain and uphold transparency, honesty, warmth and kindness to keep the trust of our readers and members.

Team Values & Philosophy: Our team is more like a close-knit family. We have old fashioned family values. Honesty. Integrity. Helpful. Trustworthy. Professional. Family-friendly.

We look out for one another. We support one another. And our primary value is “family first”. Nothing, not even looming deadlines get in the way of our health, families and children. We have fun, we laugh (a lot) and are proof that we can work hard but also maintain a happy healthy family work-life balance.


Website Content

As Ditch The Carbs has continued to grow, so has our amazing small but mighty global team who help produce, create, manage and share content.

All our recipes are first and foremost based on whole foods that are also low-carb, sugar-free, gluten-free, grain-free, seed-oil free, soy-free, and many are keto, dairy-free, Paleo, Primal, Carnivore, and egg-free.

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Christine Jerry – blog manager. USA. Aloha, everyone! I’m born and raised on the island of O’ahu, my husband and I moved to Arizona in 2004. I love helping entrepreneurs develop their sites and support teams. It’s been an amazing journey to work with business owners, who want to focus on areas of their businesses they truly are passionate about.
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Rachel Groff – video production. USA. I have been creating recipes for keto and low-carb for over 5 years. As a busy mom of four, I am passionate about making nutritious meals, using whole ingredients that are simple to find and cost-efficient. I pride myself on creating recipes that work.
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Health Coaches

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Sigrid Christiansen is a Certified Health Coach who loves to support her clients with concerns around exercise, diabetes, mental wellbeing, weight loss, and more. She loves to help clients find a fun and rewarding relationship with exercise. Sigrid’s background is in public health, research, and is the director of TeamYou Health.

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Katherine Froggatt-Ong is a Certified Health Coach, she facilitates a diabetes program, she’s currently training to become a mental health coach, and also owns and operates Coriander Lime Kitchen cooking school. Katherine is a breast cancer survivor, diagnosed in 2016, and is fortunate to be in complete remission.

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Science & Medical Review Team

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Our medical review team ensures that content is of the highest standard, they provide a medical review as stated in individual articles. Our medical review team is not paid for their reviews so they may remain independent and unbiased.

If you are suitably qualified and would like to volunteer to be part of our medical review team, please email support@ditchthecarbs.com


Dr. Catherine Crofts has more than 20 years experience as a clinical pharmacist. She recently completed her Ph.D. in the early diagnosis of metabolic disease. She lectures in Pharmacology at Auckland University of Technology. Catherine is undeniably the world’s expert on insulin resistance.
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Professor Grant Schofield is the Director of The Centre for Human Potential at AUT University and former Chief Scientific Advisor to the Ministry of Education in New Zealand. He is the author of four best-selling books and one of the co-founders of Prekure, training Health Coaches and practitioners in the science of lifestyle change.
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Dr Louise Schofield has a PhD in Public Health and 15 years’ experience in the corporate wellbeing industry. She is also the co-founder of PreKure and her mission is to change medicine to focus more on prevention before the cure is needed.
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Raphael Sirtoli has an MSc in Molecular Biology and is currently pursuing a PhD in Health Sciences. His day job, however, is neuroscience research at the Behavioral n’ Molecular Lab.
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Guest Experts

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Dr. Joanne McCormack, GP in 2016 won an award from the Royal College of General Practitioners for her low-carb approach and her “Food As Medicine” course for health professionals and patients alike. She is a founder member of the Public Health Collaboration in the UK and teaches people to change their behaviour (when they are ready) via small groups, via Zoom and Whatsapp.
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Raphael Sirtoli has an MSc in Molecular Biology and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Health Sciences. His day job, however, is neuroscience research at the Behavioral n’ Molecular Lab.

Kelly Pounds RN, Low Carb Diabetes Educator. Kelley is a registered nurse, certified diabetes educator, and certified insulin pump trainer that conducts a very successful diabetes education program in her community, specifically working with patients that have been unable to achieve their blood glucose and A1c goals with standard advice (Type 1 and Type 2).
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Michael Joseph, founder of Nutrition Advance. Michael works as a nutrition educator and holds a Master’s degree in Nutrition Education.
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Brittanie Volk, Ph.D., RD is a registered dietitian and low-carb researcher on the Clinical Education Team at Virta Health. Brittanie remains dedicated to patient education and engagement for the translation of the science of low-carb nutrition into real-world application to help people achieve and sustain better health.
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Apps We Partner With

Ditch The Carbs Science and Medical Review team. Expertise, accuracy, honesty, integrity, trustworthy, and ethical.

Here at Ditch The Carbs, we partner with selected apps to bring technology and recipes together, allowing the easiest way to support behavioural and dietary changes.

Real Plans: Ditch The Carbs and the team at Real Plans bring together the simplicity of my easy low-carb recipes, with their incredible technology and customer service. Real Plans allow automatic meal planning, automatic shopping list generation or fully customisable meal plans according to your dietary requirements AND family preference. Kids don’t like Brussels sprouts? No problem, they never need to appear in your weekly meal plans.


Financial Declaration

Here at Ditch The Carbs we refuse company sponsorship, we refuse sponsored posts, and we refuse paid articles to endorse company products.

We receive funding from advertising, eBooks, a paid membership site, and affiliate marketing such as Amazon. This funding allows the websites to continue and grow, allows us to give away almost all our content free, and funds video production, staffing costs, and ever-escalating technical and support systems as we continue to expand.

Advertising only appears on Ditch The Carbs.com.

Ditch The Carbs PRO.com and Low-Carb Practitoners.com are free of any paid advertising.

The advertising content is controlled by Mediavine. I have no contact with advertisers, and they have no say as to the content that we produce and publish on these sites whatsoever. Companies never influence what we write and publish and do not interfere with our editorial integrity.

All opinions are our own and are not influenced at all by any outside company. This is to ensure integrity and trust. Anything I endorse or promote on Ditch The Carbs.com is a product such as an eBook promotion) or service (such as meal planning services and macro trackers) that I thoroughly endorse and use personally myself.

I am a participant in Amazon Services, LLC. Associates Program, is an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon properties. There is no additional cost to you.


Medical Declaration

We do not and will not give medical advice.

Nothing written on the sites indicated here can be taken as medical advice. Before undertaking a new lifestyle change, you must seek medical advice. The opinions on the sites indicated here are not intended as medical advice and should not be taken as medical advice.

Any lifestyle change may affect your health. Please ensure you are under appropriate medical care. Ensure your medication and blood results are reviewed regularly. Dietary changes may change your biological markers such as blood pressure, lipid profile, blood glucose control, inflammation, weight and need for medication. This website is not meant for individual advice as you need to be seen by your doctor or dietician for this on a regular basis.

The website is to inspire and help those who choose to eat this way and help you with practical ideas. It is not meant as a substitute for medical advice or medical treatment.

All nutritional panels are calculated using cronometer.com. Nutritional values may vary depending on which brand of food you buy. For accuracy, please calculate your own nutritional values. They are indicative ONLY.

I/we disclaim any and all liability of any kind with respect to any act or omission wholly or in part in reliance on anything contained in this website. 

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