Keto: A Woman's Guide and Cookbook: The Groundbreaking Program for Effective Fat-Burning, Weight Loss & Hormonal Balance

by Tasha Metcalf

Overview

Women are biologically different from men, so why follow the same dieting advice? This expanded, full-color edition of Keto: A Woman’s Guide and Cookbook—now including 35 recipes, 25 photos, and additional diagrams—presents in-depth insight into how the keto diet works with the female body, with easy-to-follow, realistic, and customizable strategies for achieving your keto dieting goals.

Women’s bodies are different from men’s in many ways: including in physical composition, hormonal makeup, and how they metabolize fat and calories. Here, Ketogasm website and blog creator, Tasha Metcalf, breaks down the essential differences between male and female keto dieters to create an actionable plan for adapting the keto diet to your own body and needs, whether you are looking to lose weight, reverse insulin resistance and PCOS, enhance athletic performance, improve thyroid health, or balance your hormonal cycle.

The first part of this book introduces the keto diet and fat-burning metabolism, while busting common keto myths and addressing diet dogma. This sets the stage for you to confidently approach your diet, avoid the pitfalls, and put the naysayers to rest.

Next, learn exactly how female bodies respond to both diet and exercise. Find out how the keto diet and calories coexist, how the menstrual cycle and menopause affect metabolism and eating behavior, and how the keto diet can be used to bring harmony to your hormones.

Finally, put everything you’ve learning together to implement your custom keto diet with simple strategies and instructions. These and more delicious recipes make it easy to stay on track all day long:

• Keto Oatmeal
• Keto Smoothie
• Portobello Eggs Benedict
• Smoked Salmon Boats
• Pan Seared Duck & Daikon Noodles
• Coconut Curry Stew
• Chicken Piccata with Squash Noodles
• Coconut Yogurt

If you are ready to take charge of your health and transform you body, this friendly guide delivers a clear plan of action.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781592338887
Publisher:	Fair Winds Press
Publication date:	01/14/2020
Series:	Keto for Your Life Series , #13
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	7.40(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Tasha Metcalf (Tacoma, WA) is the creator of the wildly popular website Ketogasm, a resource for women learning how to implement a ketogenic diet. Her Hello Keto course has had 58,000 students since its launch in 2017. With a background in biology, nutrition, and functional medicine, Tasha used the ketogenic diet to reverse PCOS and infertility and lose weight. She has shared her experience with thousands of women looking to utilize the keto diet to improve their health and well-being.

Table of Contents

Introduction 6

I Keto in Context 8

1 What Is Keto? 9

2 Macronutrients 101 19

3 The Fat-Burning Advantage 33

II Fundamentals of the Female Body 45

4 Calories: The New "C" Word 46

5 The Female Hormonal Cycle 63

6 Oh, You Thought We Were Done with Hormones? 80

7 Exercise and Athletic Training 98

III Implementation of the Keto Diet 107

8 Keto Dieting Strategies 108

9 Setting Up the Diet: How Much Should You Eat? 127

10 The Diet Phases 145

11 Keto Food Literacy 154

12 Supplements for Optimal Success 177

IV Recipes 187

Resources 250

References 250

About the Author 263

Gratitude 264

General Index 266

Recipe Index 271