Franziska Spritzler, RD, CDE

Franziska Spritzler is a registered dietitian, certified diabetes educator, and author who recommends a low-carb approach for diabetes, weight management, and overall health. She lives in South Florida and has been following a low-carb lifestyle since early 2011. Franziska is a former freelance writer whose articles have been published on Healthline and other health websites, as well as in diabetes journals and magazines.

Scientific publication

A low-carbohydrate, whole-foods approach to managing diabetes and prediabetes. Diabetes Spectrum 2012 November; 25(4): 238-243

Franziska Spritzler’s webpage: Low Carb Dietitian

Her book The Low Carb Dietitian’s Guide to Health & Beauty is available on Amazon.¹

You can also find her on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest and LinkedIn.

Articles

All your meal plans for weeks 1-10
I’ve even coached others on this way of eating. I’ll never go back!
“Low carb and keto is my life now.”
“I’ve since been healthy and had no recurring issues with eczema.”
“Now is the perfect time to start keto and change your life! It's the best thing I ever did."
“Use the recipes on Diet Doctor, there is always one for anything you want.”
“It’s never too late to change!”
"If you are having the wrong food, it robs you of your motivation, so it compounds the issues."
"I don't look like a sick person; I look like an athlete."
"I feel healthier and mentally more happy than ever."
"This is not a diet; it's a true lifestyle change."
3-day dairy-free keto meal plan
5-day menopause meal plan
7-day diabetes meal plan
The best high-satiety plant-based foods
High-satiety vegetables: the best options
Our new higher-satiety visual guides help you choose the best options
High-satiety seafood: the best options
17 tasty high-satiety snacks
High-satiety dairy: the best options
14-day higher satiety meal plan
High-satiety meat, poultry & eggs: the best options
What is prediabetes and how can you reverse it?
The best high-satiety foods
How to manage hunger when trying to lose weight
Healthy weight loss resources
Keto recipes intro
Diet Doctor receives investment to revolutionize healthy eating
Healthy aging with a high-protein diet
Intro 14-day keto diet meal plan
15 tips for breaking a weight loss plateau
Meal plans for intermittent fasting
Vegetarian meal plans
Family meal plans
Budget meal plans
20 healthy, cheap protein sources
The best fruits for healthy weight loss
The best vegetables for healthy weight loss
The 15 best healthy snacks for weight loss
Meal plans newsletter
The truth about "fat-burning foods"
Keto recipes - Intro
The best foods for healthy weight loss
High-protein recipe macro guidelines
14-day high protein meal plan
Top 10 tasty ways to eat more protein and less fat
The best high-protein nuts
High protein recipes
The best high protein vegetables for weight loss
The best plant-based high-protein foods
The best high-protein dairy for weight loss
The best high-protein meat, seafood & eggs
Mediterranean diet 101: a complete guide and meal plan
9 potential health benefits of turmeric and curcumin
The best high protein foods for weight loss
The Atkins diet: a complete guide and helpful hints
Our top 8 weight loss meal plans & meal prep tips
The top 10 weight loss programs, according to science
How to lose weight fast: 5 easy evidence-based steps
Eggs: 10 health benefits and nutrition facts
Broccoli 101: nutrition facts and tasty tips
Top 7 nutrition facts and health benefits of avocados
Meta-analysis finds keto diets are beneficial for type 2 diabetes
Is a keto diet helpful for migraines and cluster headaches?
15 high-fiber foods that are low in carbs
Top 10 high-protein foods
Apple cider vinegar: pros and cons
A lower-carb diet improves glycemic control in people with type 2 diabetes
Keto dairy: the best and the worst
Keto and low carb dairy: the best and the worst
The Irish Times touts the benefits of low carb for diabetes
Fatty liver disease and keto: 5 things to know
New study: Lower-calorie keto diet works for overweight women
Virta Health publishes new data on low-carb diet for type 2 diabetes
Diabetes Canada publishes paper endorsing a low-carb option
Evidence-basing our guides: providing trustworthy low-carb information
Deep Dive – Troubleshooting hormones
Deep Dive – Considering supplements
Deep Dive – Monitoring ketosis
Could eating a keto or LCHF diet harm bone health?
Study: Swedish nutrition students are consuming fewer carbs and more fat
Deep Dive — Balancing electrolytes
Researchers reveal that nuts have fewer calories than previously thought
How to manage hunger when trying to lose weight
New study: low-carb diet reduces food cravings and improves eating control
New “real world” study confirms benefits of a self-selected low-carb lifestyle for type 2 diabetes
New review: very-low-calorie ketogenic diets are effective for weight loss
New study: low-carb education in a group setting for the win
Making lifestyle changes and achieving goals: what's your tendency?
How to eat low carb as a vegan
Meeting essential nutrient needs on a low-carb vegan diet
Weight, health and happiness: striking the right balance
Prescribing low-carb diets for type 2 diabetes: many approaches can work
Changes to the Diet Doctor soy policy
'FAT: a documentary' is released today
How to lose weight with a low-carb diet
Why low carb can help you lose weight
Potential health effects of a saturated fat tax are highly speculative
Researchers challenge WHO draft recommendations on saturated fat restriction
Guide for clinicians: How to adjust diabetes medication in low-carb patients
What is the “ideal” low-carb diet?
Can a cyclist with type 1 diabetes complete a 20-day ride while eating keto?
The diabetes diet: the best foods to control diabetes
Signs and symptoms of diabetes (type 1 and 2)
A comprehensive guide to salt
Low carb for diabetes: a slow but steady path to acceptance
Red meat and colon cancer: The evidence remains weak
New study: A low-carb breakfast could be ideal for diabetes control
Low-carb beats high-carb for people with type 1 diabetes
How much protein should you eat?
Do you need to eat fruits and vegetables?
“Healthy” whole grains: what the evidence really shows
The complete guide to sugar
All keto and low carb meal plans
Type 1 diabetes — how to control your blood sugar with fewer carbs
Guide to red meat: Is it healthy?
A user guide to saturated fat
Cholesterol and low-carb diets
Food for thought: Does the brain need carbs?
Greetings from a dietitian who loves low-carb living
Vegetable oils: Are they healthy?
Guide to observational vs. experimental studies
Psyllium husk guide
Should you count calories on a low-carb or keto diet?
Carbohydrates on a keto or low carb diet
Protein on a low-carb or keto diet
Healthy fats on a keto or low-carb diet
Recipes FAQ
Food policy
Appendix: The healthy vegetarian keto diet
How to follow a healthy vegetarian keto diet
Guide for low-carb dietitians
Losing 120 pounds with keto and the right mindset
Maintaining a loss of 100-plus pounds for 10 years with low carb and keto
Keto desserts
What is a keto diet, and other common questions
The low-carb diet: Maintaining a 100-pound weight loss for over a decade
Maintaining a loss of over 100 pounds on a low-carb diet for 17 years
The keto diet: Maintaining a 150-pound loss for 10 years
Keto bread recipes
Can keto or low carb diets improve acne?
Long-term weight loss on keto: Maintaining a 'no excuses' attitude
A low-carb diet: Maintaining a 70-pound weight loss for five years
How Melissa lost 100 pounds with a keto diet, and kept it off for 15 years
Do you need electrolyte supplementation on a low-carb or keto diet?
Keto recipes
Low carb and keto ground beef recipes
Best healthy low carb and keto chicken recipes
The best low carb and keto casseroles
What is ketosis?
Keto breakfasts
14-day keto diet meal plan with recipes and shopping lists
Top 20 keto and low carb salad recipes
Low-carb and keto pizza recipes
Low carb breakfasts
Low carb recipes

Medically reviewed evidence-based guides

The keto flu, other keto side effects, and how to cure them

Potential conflicts of interest

Updated June 29, 2021.

Franziska Spritzler has a full-time contract agreement with DietDoctor.com to write nutrition articles and guides and to review guides for nutritional accuracy. Like every coworker, she also gets the option to become a co-owner in the Diet Doctor company.

Spritzler receives money from sales of her self-published book, The Low Carb Dietitian’s Guide to Health and Beauty: How a Whole-Foods, Low-Carbohydrate Lifestyle Can Help You Look and Feel Better Than Ever.

She is the owner of Low Carb Dietitian, LLC, a consulting service that provides online and in-person nutrition coaching for people with diabetes or other conditions that may benefit from carbohydrate restriction.

Spritzler eats a low-carb diet.

 

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