Ketogenic Diet Recipes

By HowExpert

Book Description
This book is a practical how-to guide for getting started on the ketogenic diet. It explains what it is, the basics of how it works, who it can help, what to eat, and what to expect as you begin. It includes a detailed explanation of which foods are included, and 23 recipes to get you started. It also includes an additional resources section, with websites and organizations that provide information about the ketogenic diet, eating plans and recipes, connections to doctors and nutritionists, and more.

About the Expert
Evelyn Reilly is a freelance writer focused on food, health, culture, and religion. She has written several other books on the ketogenic diet, as well as books on the relationship between grains and brain function, the history of food in the Bible, and medicinal herbs. She has a degree in Food Systems from the University of Minnesota – Twin Cities. Evelyn is based in Tangier, Morocco.

• Language: English
• Publisher: HowExpert
• Release date: Oct 3, 2016
• ISBN: 9781370986446

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Ketogenic Diet Recipes

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1 What is the Ketogenic Diet?

Chapter 2 How to Decide if the Ketogenic Diet is Right for You

Chapter 3 How to Eat on the Ketogenic Diet

Chapter 4 How to Cook for the Ketogenic Diet: Recipes

Chapter 5 How to Supplement the Ketogenic Diet

Chapter 6 How to Get Started

About the Expert

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Chapter 1 What is the Ketogenic Diet?

‘Ketogenic’ is one of the buzzwords in nutrition and advanced medicine today. The ketogenic diet, an extremely low-carb eating plan, has been used to cause fast weight loss, stop tumor growth, treat drug resistant epilepsy, and improve the symptoms of neurodegenerative diseases like multiple sclerosis and Alzheimer’s. The standard version entails getting 85-90 percent of your calories from fat, 7-10 percent from protein, and 3-5 percent from carbohydrates. In order to follow it, one must eliminate grains, legumes, potatoes, starchy roots and vegetables, sugar, fruit and alcohol. The diet focuses on fish, meat, dairy fat, oils, nuts, and leafy greens. Some segments of the population may benefit from the standard ketogenic diet to manage certain metabolic disorders, such as drug-resistant epilepsy. But for the majority of the population, a more moderate approach is better.

The modified diet includes 60-70 percent fat, 20-30 percent protein, and 10-15 percent carbohydrates. It is much easier to follow, and still effective for weight loss. It follows the same basic guidelines as the standard ketogenic diet, but there is more flexibility. For example, you can include more protein from meat, fish, and poultry, tofu and soy milk, a slightly broader variety of vegetables, and even the occasional piece of bread.

Why is this diet, which seems to go against all the advice we’ve been hearing, so effective in achieving weight loss and treating serious diseases? It has to do with the biochemistry of digestion. Normally, breakdown products from carbohydrates enter a series of reactions that produce ATP, the main energy molecule