Keto Diet For Beginnings Meal Prep Edition: Keto Diet For Beginnings Meal Prep Edition

By James Bailey

On the ketogenic diet, a little preparation and prepping goes a long way toward success. With tips, lists, and instructions for planning your meals ahead of time, Keto Meal Prep will help you make balanced, homemade keto meals a daily part of your routine.

• Language: English
• Publisher: James Bailey
• Release date: Apr 4, 2021
• ISBN: 9781393577188

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KETO DIET FOR BEGINNINGS MEAL PREP EDITION

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION 3

CHAPTER ONE 4

The Keto Diet & You 4

Going Keto 7

Is Your Keto Diet Clean or Dirty? 10

Why is the keto diet good for you? 11

CHAPTER TWO 15

Understanding Ketosis and Ketones 15

Alpha Keto-Glutarate 17

Keto meal prep recipes 20

CONCLUSION 27

INTRODUCTION

The most successful diets for attain rapid, ultra-low body fat quantities with full muscle retention are Ketogenic Diets (more precisely, Cyclic Ketogenic Diets). There are, of course, circumstantial exceptions to this general argument. However, when performed correctly - which they rarely are - the fat loss achieved on a ketogenic diet is nothing short of incredible! And, contrary to common opinion, you will have an enormous amount of energy and a general sense of well-being.

Despite these claims, more bodybuilders/shapers have recorded negative outcomes, Unbearable hunger, Severe muscle loss, Chronic lethargy, and a Massive decrease in gym performance.

Ketogenic diets must be carried out correctly! It's important to remember that they're a completely different metabolic modality that doesn't follow any of the previously accepted dieting 'laws.' And there's no middle ground: 50 grams of carbohydrates a day paired with a high protein intake isn't ketogenic!

Simply put, either glucose or ketones can be used to power our bodies, organs, muscles, and brain. The liver and pancreas are in charge of regulating the fuel supply (primarily), and they have a clear preference for glucose. Glucose is the 'preferred' fuel since it comes from the diet in large amounts and is readily available from liver and muscle stores.

The truth is that most people, particularly weightlifters, have been consuming glucose on a regular basis for at least a couple of decades. Although the liver is capable of generating ketones, the highly efficient gluconeogenic