Ketogenic Diet for Beginners

By Emily Simmons

Ketogenic Diet for Beginners-Quick & Easy Cookbook that Make in no Time! is the book especially written keeping in mind the new followers of this diet plan. If you have been thinking about changing your lifestyle for long, Ketogenic diet is the first right step you can take. There are many myths about this concept which the author has tried to clear in the first section of this book. The first part deals with complete details about the intake of specific nutrients which should be taken in Ketogenic diet.

Keto focuses on consuming more fat and less carbohydrates. But, this does not mean that keto is meant to harm your weight loss regime. In fact, it focuses on making the body adapt to mobilize fats to provide energy rather than using carbohydrates. But, this takes a few days for your body to become habitual to adapt to a completely new diet. Thus, you can eat as much fat as you want without feeling guilty but the amount of carbs should be restricted. The cuisines mentioned in this book do not make you fat. But, the cheese and meat are used to cut down the fat you already have. Sounds strange…isn't' it? Open the book and you will get to know how it can happen. You will thank yourself for making the right choice. Do not forget to read the section 1 before jumping to recipes.

• Language: English
• Publisher: the heirs
• Release date: Oct 26, 2018
• ISBN: 9781386612599

Emily Simmons

Emily Simmons is a San Francisco Artist and Author of diet cookbooksthat make healthy eating a culinary delight.Her recipes are so unexpectedly tasty even the mostdiscriminating palettes will find them delicious.Many readers have expressed her cookbook recipes are so good,it's hard to believe they belong in a diet cookbook.While her main goal is to help people lose weight and maintain a healthy lifestyle;Emily also recognizes food is an experience to be savored and enjoyed.Readers will find they can naturally reach theirideal weight by following her cookbook guidelines and diet recipes.Her best selling cookbooks are available through Amazon

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What is the Ketogenic Diet?

The ketogenic diet is high in fats and moderate in proteins but low in carbohydrates. The diet is typically designed so that the body burns the fat in the food and not the carbohydrates. Hence, the carbohydrate is converted into forms of glucose. The glucose gets transported throughout the body and plays a very important role in the functioning of the brain. This metabolism is called ketosis.

Ketosis is a process that naturally benefits the body. The human body adapts itself to ketosis when food is not available. The same process is utilized in the modern world to lose weight naturally. Ketone bodies show improvement in diseases and thus we naturally stay immune. The diet is used to treat even extreme medical conditions like epilepsy, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, autism, cancer, etc.

However, it is highly advised that you do not blindly follow the ketogenic diet plan. There are many different ketogenic diet charts, but you can choose the one which is most suitable for you. The most famous ketogenic diet is the Atkins diet. The main concern of the ketogenic diet is the amount of carbohydrates to be consumed per day. The diet plan is based on the monitoring of the intake of carbohydrates in a day, which is ideally just 20-60 grams. The protein intake is moderate and depends upon how much exercise you do and what your gender and height are. The balance of calories is obtained from fats. Once you start the ketogenic diet, your objective should be to follow it for as long as possible.

The intake of nutrients in a ketogenic plan is as follows: 70-75% of the calories are obtained from fats, 20-25% from proteins and 5-10% from carbohydrates. The calories are unrestricted in such a diet. Your hunger reduces in this diet plan. Thus, it's up to you whether you count your calories or not.

Things to remember before following the ketogenic diet and why should you consume high fat with moderate levels of proteins?

Fats do not affect blood insulin and sugar levels. Proteins do affect insulin as well as blood sugar if consumed in large quantities. High levels of insulin can restrict the ability of the body to burn and release fatty acids that provide necessary elements required for ketosis. Some people might be affected by it more than others depending upon how much they exercise. Moreover, following a diet with high levels of lean protein and not enough fats might make you ill with a strange health condition called rabbit starvation. The concept to remember therefore for those who want to lose fat while maintaining blood sugar levels is that you should eat fat to lose more