There are a lot of fad diets floating around in the weight loss market and they can range from weird to expensive. But one diet has been around for 90 years and has been proven to significantly reduce body fat while keeping you healthy. This is called the Ketogenic Diet.

The Ketogenic Diet is basically a low-carb diet wherein carbohydrate consumption is drastically reduced and is often used for the treatment of diabetes and obesity. This eating pattern recommends that foods that contain easily digestible or simple carbohydrates (e.g. sugar, white bread, white pasta) be limited or substitute with foods that contain a high percentage of protein and fats. Examples are meat, fish, poultry, eggs, shellfish, nuts, cheese, and seeds. Most vegetables are also allowed while fruits are limited because of their high sugar content.

The carbohydrate-fat-protein ratio in the Ketogenic Diet is sufficient to cause ketosis, which is the mechanism behind this eating pattern and has been proven to improve the conditions of epileptic children.

This is also evident when the Paleolithic lifestyles are compared to modern day hunter-gatherers. Because of the greater availability of animal meat and the scarcity of food crops, their diets are composed of a lower amount of carbohydrates (around 22 to 40 percent). And in areas where plant availability dominates, the consumption of carbohydrates remains relatively low because wild plants contain much lower carbohydrate and higher fiber content than crops that are grown domestically. If human beings have been living like that for tens of thousands of years, our bodies are more adapted to consuming more fats and protein than carbohydrates.

Some medical experts have warned against what may be the adverse effects of going through the Ketogenic Diet program in long term partly because of the consumption of fat and high amounts of protein. Concerns ranging from
cardiovascular diseases to abnormal metabolism and kidney problems have come up because of the popularity of the Ketogenic Diet system. Surprisingly though, after some medical research studies, results show that there is no significant difference between the health status of those who undergo the Ketogenic Diet program as compared to those who follow the USDA.

Low carb diets like the Ketogenic Diet, on the other hand, is based on the theory that if you limit your consumption of carbohydrates, your body will look for another source for fuel and will turn to your body fat and burn it for energy. In effect, it converts your body from a carb dependent to a fat and protein burning machine.

This process leads to dramatic weight and fat reduction as what millions have proven. Basically, you can lose up to 10 pounds of excess weight in a week during the first two weeks of the Ketogenic Diet.

The Ketogenic Diet is a low-carbohydrate eating system. It aims to reduce the amount of carbohydrates you consume while you increase consumption of both fat and protein. To put it simply, this low-carbohydrate diet allows you to eat a cheese- burger, but only if you discard the bun.

The Ketogenic Diet also promises the following:
-Results are achieved quickly. There are instances of significant weight loss in just a matter of days.
-The system is designed to require you to eat every 2 or 3 hours so you never get hungry.
-You can lose weight using the Ketogenic Diet system even without exercise.
Exercise is optional if you need to for other reasons, but it's not a requirement.
-Because the foods included in the Ketogenic Diet system are delicious and satisfying, it's easier to stick to it. It can be a lifetime system.
Thank you for choosing to read this book I believe it will be informative to you in knowing how to prepare the different kinds of Ketogenic recipes.