The fat for fuel cookbook : recipes and ketogenic keys to health from a world-class doctor and chef

Food is medicine. Hippocrates himself, 16 centuries ago, understood this essential truth about healing. Today, natural-health expert Dr. Joseph Mercola and superstar Australian chef Pete Evans share the firm belief that food can be a powerful tool to reshape our health. In this new volume—a companion to Dr. Mercola’s best-selling Fat for Fuel—they’ve joined forces to put this tool in your hands. Dr. Mercola is renowned for his visionary work in natural medicine; Pete Evans is acclaimed as an award-winning restaurateur, cookbook author, and TV chef, host of PBS’s Moveable Feast with Fine Cooking. Drawing on their combined expertise, The Fat for Fuel Ketogenic Cookbook is an impeccably researched, beautifully illustrated, comprehensive guide to eating the ketogenic way—in true epicurean style. In its pages, you’ll find: • A clear explanation of what ketogenic eating is and how it can help transform your health • An in-depth discussion of key health topics, including metabolism, digestion, gut health, diabetes, and more • Practical guidance for following a ketogenic eating plan• Cooking techniques to ensure you get the maximum benefit from your food • Nearly 100 delicious recipes from Pete’s kitchen, aligned with both ketogenic and Paleo principles From basics like Beef Bone Broth, to showstopper entrées like Crispy Duck Confit, to irresistible treats like a Chocolate Fat Bomb, these dishes offer exquisite eating at every meal. And all are illustrated with gorgeous full-color photographs shot in Pete Evans’s own studio. Hippocrates himself wrote that food is medicine. Today, natural-health expert Dr. Joseph Mercola and top Australian chef Pete Evans share the firm belief that food can be a tool to reshape our health. Now they’ve joined forces to put this tool in readers’ hands in an illustrated guide to eating the ketogenic way. Drawing on Dr. Mercola’s expertise and visionary work in natural medicine, and Evans’s experience as an award-winning restaurateur, cookbook author, and TV chef, this book offers: • A “Health 101” course that covers metabolism, digestion, gut health, diabetes, and more • Guidance for a healthy lifestyle, from fitness, sleep, and stress relief to stocking a ketogenic kitchen • 100 delicious, nutritious recipes aligned with both ketogenic and Paleo principles Nutritional ketosis can help with: - Losing weight - Lowering inflammation, through eliminating sugar - Reducing risk of cancer and treating existing cancer - Increasing muscle mass - Normalizing appetite - Lowering insulin levels - Improving mental clarity - Taming junk food cravings Juices, soups, salads, meals, and snacks —all the recipes include complete nutrition facts, and all are illustrated with gorgeous full-color photographs shot in Pete Evans’s own studio. "Hippocrates himself wrote that food is medicine. Today, natural-health expert Dr. Joseph Mercola and top Australian chef Pete Evans share the firm belief that food can be a tool to reshape our health. Now they've joined forces to put this tool in readers' hands in an illustrated guide to eating the ketogenic way. Drawing on Dr. Mercola's expertise and visionary work in natural medicine, and Evans's experience as an award-winning restaurateur, cookbook author, and TV chef, this book offers: a "Health 101" course that covers metabolism, digestion, gut health, diabetes, and more guidance for a healthy lifestyle, from fitness, sleep, and stress relief to stocking a ketogenic kitchen 100 delicious recipes aligned with both ketogenic and Paleo principlesJuices, soups, salads, meals, and snacks--all the recipes include complete nutrition facts, and all are illustrated with gorgeous full-color photographs shot in Pete Evans's own studio"-- Provided by publisher