The first time I LC'd was under my personal doctor's supervision. Since I was paying $52.00 a visit, I took his advice. This is what he said:

Don't buy any books on this subject.
Buy one good carbohydrate counter.
Take Vitamin C and Vitamin E, daily.
Drink 8 glasses of water a day.
Do not eat more than 15 grams of Carbs a day.
These carbs are mostly vegetable sources, nothing grown on vines, underground or on trees. The darker the green, the better.
Eat unlimited protein (meat, fish, eggs, poultry).
If a label reads less than 1 gram of carbs per seving, count it as 1 gram.

Ok, you owe me $52.00, see you in 2 weeks.

For what it's worth, it worked and I lost 100 pounds in less than a year. It was that simple.

I say commercialism in regards to selling us products that contain ingredients that are going to stall us out is taboo and should be considered fraud.