The Ketogenic Diet: A Complete Guide for the Dieter & the Practitioner

Folks who are pro-low-carbohydrate diets tend to present them as the quick and easy solution to everything including obesity. Easy weight loss without hunger or calorie counting is promised but never seems to pan out as well as we might hope.

At the other extreme are the anti-low-carbohydrate folks who tend to present low-carbohydrate diets as nothing short of a nutritional disaster being perpetrated by a bunch of con men.

The truth, of course lies somewhere in the middle. While low-carbohydrate diets aren't for everyone and have their pros and cons, the research is clear: they have major benefits under certain circumstances and can be as healthy (and sometimes healthier) than 'standard' carbohydrate based dieting.

The Ketogenic Diet is the first and only book to objectively examine in-depth the scientific evidence regarding low-carbohydrate/ketogenic diets. It is meant to be a reference manual for low-carbohydrate diets; it is unlike any other book on low-carbohydrate diets that you have ever read or seen.

Covering every topic in extreme detail, The Ketogenic Diet addresses everything from the basic physiology of how the body adapts to a low-carbohydrate intake, the details of human fuel utilization, the impact of low-carbohydrate diets on body composition and many, many more.

Of course, none of the above is useful without practical application guidelines. Details on how to optimize low-carbohydrate diets for different goals (such as fat loss, bodybuilding and endurance performance) are discussed along with three distinct types of low-carbohydrate diets. In addition, the book includes a complete discussion of resistance, aerobic and anaerobic exercise physiology along with specific training programs for different goals and different levels of trainee

At 325 pages and containing over 600 scientific references, this will be your complete reference for ketogenic diets.

Please note: this book does not include information on the ketogenic diet for adolescent epilepsy (the topic is discussed briefly). I highly suggest The Ketogenic Diet: A Treatment for Epilepsy, 3rd Edition (Paperback) by Freeman, Freeman and Kelly (link will take you to Amazon.com page).

Table of contents

Section I: Introduction

1. Introduction to the ketogenic diet

2. History of the ketogenic diet

Section II: The physiology of ketosis

3. Fuel utilization

4. Basic ketone body physiology

5. Adaptations to ketosis

6. Changes in body composition

7. Other effects of the ketogenic diet

Section III: The diets

8. Setting calorie levels

9. The standard ketogenic diet (SKD)

10. Carbs and the ketogenic diet

11. The targeted ketogenic diet (TKD)

12. The cyclical ketogenic diet (CKD)

Section IV: Other topics for the ketogenic diet

13. Breaking fat loss plateaus

14. Ending a ketogenic diet

15. Tools for the ketogenic diet

16. Final considerations

Section V: Exercise physiology

17. Muscular physiology and energy production

18. Aerobic exercise

19. Interval training

20. Weight training

21. The effect of exercise on ketosis

22. Exercise and fat loss

Section VI: Exercise guidelines

23. General exercise guidelines

24. Aerobic exercise

25. Interval training

26. Weight training

Section VII: Exercise programs

27. Beginner programs

28. Intermediate programs

29. The advanced CKD workout

30. Fat loss for pre-competition bodybuilders

Section VIII: Supplements

31. Supplements

Index