One Sentence Summary
The Complete Ketogenic Diet for Beginners: Your Essential Guide to Living the Keto Lifestyle by Amy Ramos is an easy-to-follow guidebook for beginner dieters to learn and adopt the ketogenic diet.
Book Genre
The book is a Non-Fiction diet and nutrition guide.
Main Topic of the Book
The main topic of the book is the ketogenic diet and its necessary steps, guidelines, and principles.
Key Ideas
- Health Benefits: the health benefits of the keto diet, such as weight loss, improved energy levels and better control of diabetes.
- Meal Plan Strategies: meal plan strategies that include step-by-step instructions, and simple-to-follow advice for tailoring meal plans to specific dietary needs and health goals.
- Tips & Tricks: tips and tricks to make the keto diet more enjoyable with tasty recipes and ideas for snacks.
- Helpful Hints and Resources: helpful hints and resources for staying on track and continuing to enjoy the health benefits of the keto diet.
Main Parts of the Book & Short Summary
- Part 1: Introduction:A quick overview of the ketogenic diet, including the benefits and the important steps required to get started.
- Part 2: Getting Started on the Keto Diet: Guidance on choosing the right food items, creating a successful shopping list, and becoming familiar with the basics of the ketogenic diet.
- Part 3: Meal Planning: A step-by-step guide to planning meals, using delicious recipes, and making meals more enjoyable with snacks, side dishes, and desserts.
- Part 4: Detailed Resources & Helpful Hints: A variety of helpful resources for shoring up weak spots in adherence to the ketogenic diet and optimizing health benefits.
Key Takeaways
The key takeaways from this book are:
- Understanding what the ketogenic diet is and how it works.
- Developing a successful grocery list to fit the keto lifestyle.
- Creating an easy-to-follow meal plan.
- Knowing how to stay on track and continue to enjoy the health benefits of the keto diet.
Author’s Background and Qualifications
Amy Ramos is a nutritionist and author of several books on health and nutrition, and has been a ketogenic dieter for over 10 years.
Target Audience
The target audience of this book are beginners or those who are new to the ketogenic diet, and anyone interested in learning about the diet and understanding how to embrace and enjoy it.
Publisher and First Publication Date
The book was first published in December 2016 by Rockridge Press.