NEW LOW CARP APP LAUNCHED BY FRESHWELL GP SURGERY FREE TO DOWNLOAD

[Lovinglife]

Yesterday Freshwell GP surgery in the UK launched a wonderful Low Carb app.

Not for profit. Free to download. No ads, pop ups or premium membership. It should be available globally in the next day or so.

What an excellent resource especially for those new to low carb. Very well thought out. Extremely user friendly. Clear. Concise. 6 weekly educational modules should you want to go down that path. Lots of really helpful visuals. Sugar infographs. Ideas for food swaps. Meal planners. A progress section so weight, BMI, waist circumference can be tracked should you wish to. And so much more.

Here is the link. I feel it would be a great starting point for any newbies, moderators do you think it would be a good idea to pin this link Perhaps,?

https://lowcarbfreshwell.co.uk/app-2/

 

[Pumper_Sue]

Quite agree fish is low carb 🙂 Looks as if auto correct has been busy for you title (Low carp app) 🙂

 

[janw]

Sounds good, Autocorrect is on one today re carbs - saw cards earlier, now carp

 

[mikeyB]

In my opinion, it's about time GPs and their nurses learned a bit more about Type 1 rather than producing Apps that simply push low carb theories for T2s, which are ten a penny online.

 

[Docb]

I have not downloaded the app but have read much of the stuff on the web page you go to from the link.

My assessment for what it is worth is that it takes many pages to put forward the pretty well understood, and simple, notion that for many with T2, weight reduction will probably be beneficial and that reducing carb intake could help with achieving that objective. It does run into the danger of implying that a simple approach will fit all, something that we on the forum probably would not agree with. They talk about the "science" but it is at a pretty superficial level.

A bit like @mikeyB I wonder what a GP practice is doing producing apps putting out a message which is easily found elsewhere. Surely they have better things to do. On the positive side, it appears at least one GP practice is doing something other than giving a T2 diagnosis, auto prescribing metformin and sending the patient off to fend for themselves. They do seem to be taking obesity in their patients seriously and are trying to find ways to get them to act before the big problems arise from long-term obesity and that has got to be a good thing.