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Q: WHERE CAN I GET ONGOING SUPPORT?

A. We have been blessed with the most passionate, enthusiastic, and loyal readers in this world...and the most supportive as well...willing to share their challenges, triumphs, and strategies for success with others.

In the past, we had focused our energies on offering support to the ten thousand members of our CASupport group. Six hours a day of answering questions kept us pretty busy but the joy-filled reports of success and thanks we received and were more than worth it!

In time, as the demand for information became greater than we could ever hope to supply, when thousands of readers each day were being told that our support group was filled to capacity, independent support groups, blogs, forums, and chat rooms sprang up. Facebook and Twitter pages soon followed.

Some social networking sites offered excellent support and advice; others were from from accurate or dependable.

Today, there are millions of support groups, blogs, chats, Facebook and Twitter pages, other social venues that offer support to carbohydrate addicts!

Over 250.000 men and women visit this, our official website, each year. Most are seeking additional information on our books and our programs. In addition, many are hoping to find the support and encouragement that online forums, blogs, and other social networking sites can provide.

While we wish we could offer help to every visitor to this website, the sheer number of requests to which we would need to respond, does not make that possible. In the same way, the seemingly limitless number of social network venues for discussing our books, our programs, and low-carb or low-frequency-of-carb dieting, makes it impossible for us to offer recommendations regarding the "best" support group, blog, forum, or other social networking site.

Even the best Internet support venue, can change over time. The accuracy of its content can be degraded and new hidden agendas may influence its posts. In addition, we have found that what is best for one carb addict is not necessarily the most appropriate for another. Recommendations of Internet support venues, therefore, are not possible.

We can offer, instead, some of our best strategies for finding the ideal Internet support sites to meet your individual (and changing) needs. As always, we caution you to check with your physician before changing your eating, exercise, or medication regimen.

STRATEGIES FOR FINDING THE RIGHT

INTERNET SUPPORT SITES FOR YOU

SUPPORT GROUPS:

Using Google.com, keeping quotes as indicated below, search for:

“support group” “carb addict” (6,500 choices)

To focus on the most appropriate support group for you,

add search terms that apply to you in quotes:

For example:

“support group” “carb addict” “vegetarian” (3,700 choices)

To further hone in on the right support group for you, click on

the Tools menu at the top of the Google page to choose the date

range that you prefer.

For example: You may choose posting from the last year only.

FORUMS, CHATS, AND OTHER SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES:

Follow the same search strategies as those offered above for

support groups, substituting “forum,” “chat,” or your desired

venue for “support group.” (Remember to keep all terms or

phrases in quotes.)

GOOGLE + :

In the Google+ search bar, type in the same searches as indicated

above. You will discover a whole new world of choices.

FACEBOOK:

Search on Facebook.com for “carb addict” “support” or

phrases that described the Facebook pages you are seeking.

Alternatively, search on Google.com for “Facebook” and the

search terms as detailed in the “Support Group” search

section above.

TWITTER: You’ll find a plethora of Twitter pages at:

INSTAGRAM:

A quick search on Google.com (keywords: instagram carb

addict) will yield lots of hits. For easy, fast viewing of

Instagrams, after your search yields results, click on the Image

pull-down menu at the top of your Google.com page.

NOTICE: As always, when accessing information or interacting with any Internet website, use your own common sense. Be aware of the hidden agendas that any website, support group, chat rooms, and other social networking site may have.

In all cases, be sure to get the okay from your physician before changing your eating, exercise, or medication regimen.