Atkins, Dr Robert, - A trailblazer in the low carb field. Author of the book Dr Atkins' Diet Revolution and several other books
Bear, the - Pseudonym/nickname for Owsley Stanley.
Banting, William - Early populariser of low-carbohydrate diet. See link for details.
Bass, Dr Stanley - Nutritional researcher and experimenter. See link for his site, which is garish in format but worth exploring for all the articles and links.
Bernstein, Dr Richard - Diabetes specialist and author of Dr Bernstein's Diabetes Solution. I haven't read his book, as I'm not diabetic, but I note that at Amazon it has a remarkable 4.5 star rating (out of 5) from 81 reviewers, and the three negative reviews are nonsense.
Bowden, Jonny - Popular nutritionist and author of several books
Briffa, Dr John - British doctor and nutritionist and author of several books
Cordain, Loren - Researcher and academic. Author of The Paleo Diet. Somewhat on the outer with many LC people as he retains the conventional view of saturated fat as dangerous, largely based on his observation that wild meat is relatively low in fat.
Eades, Dr Michael - Prolific blogger. Author and co-author of several low-carb books, including Protein Power.
Groves, Barry - UK-based Mr Groves runs a very interesting and informative site called Second Opinions. Recommended.
Guyenet, Stephan - Runs the very informative Hard-Science blog Whole Health Source.
Hyperlipid - Peter at Hyperlipid takes a rigorous scientific approach, occasionally leavened with some humour.
Kendrick, Dr Malcolm - Noted Cholestero-skeptic. Author of The Great Cholesterol Con and member of THINCS.
Keys, Ancel - Founder of the 'Diet-Heart' hypothesis, which so many low-carbers reject. For some commentary and two very interesting videos, one uncritically positive and one scathingly negative, see the post here from Dr Mike Eades' always-intelligent blog.
Lutz, Dr Wolfgang - Original author of the book Life Without Bread (co-author along with Christian Allan of a later English-language version).
Masterjohn, Chris - Founder of website Cholesterol And Health and indefatigable debater in various forums.
Rosedale, Dr Ron - Author of The Rosedale Diet.
Stanley, Owsley - (aka Bear). Noted advocate (in a low-key way) of an entirely carnivorous diet for humans. His controversial bulletin board thread on the subject garnered over 3,700 posts and created many enthusiasts for his approach. The full thread is here, with shortened versions available as Best of the Bear (.doc file from Viking Dan), and as Bear's Words of Wisdom (at Magic Bus). See also Owsley's own essay at his site: Diet and Exercise.
Stefansson, Vilhjalmur - Polar explorer and anthropologist. Author of several books. Stefansson discovered while living with the Inuit that it was possible to live entirely on meat. He proved it in a year-long supervised trial in New York, which he recounts here.
Taubes, Gary - Journalist. Author of Good Calories, Bad Calories (titled The Diet Delusion outside the US).
