From Dr. Joseph Mercola, one of the world's foremost authorities on alternative health: a guide to using the principles of ketogenic eating, meal planning, and timing to treat disease, promote weight loss, and optimize health. We all know that food is medicine--yet going without food is one of the single best things you can do for your health. Short, doable fasts, when strategically timed, are an incredibly powerful metabolic intervention, dovetailing perfectly with a ketogenic diet to activate your body's fat-burning mode. This in turn can ward off insulin resistance, reduce oxidative stress and inflammation, optimize brain function, prevent neurological problems, support weight loss, and more. In this in-depth yet accessible guide, Dr. Joseph Mercola explores the profound health benefits that result when ketogenic living and well-planned fasting are combined. Topics include: * How our food is making us sick and what we can do about it * The physiology and mechanisms of fasting, including stem cell activation * How the cyclical ketogenic diet--with fasting included--differs from the conventional keto diet * How fasting works and how safe it is for you * How regular one-day fasts support fat burning and detoxification while minimizing hunger and side effects * How to monitor your progress with lab tests * And much more "This will be an exciting journey for you," Dr. Mercola writes. "I am beyond excited for you to implement what I consider to be one of the most powerful physical strategies to help you not only recover your health, but also improve it to levels you likely never believed were possible."

New in paperback, from one of the world's foremost alternative health authorities: a guide to using time-restricted eating and ketogenic principles to promote weight loss, treat disease, and optimize well-being. "You can always trust Dr. Joseph Mercola to be on the cutting edge! Follow this enjoyable read to do keto and fasting the right way, and avoid the common pitfalls, many of which will shock you." -- Steven R. Gundry, M.D., New York Times best-selling author of The Plant Paradox series; Medical Director, The International Heart and Lung Institute We all know that food is medicine--yet going without food is one of the single best things you can do for your health. Short, doable fasts, when strategically timed, are an incredibly powerful metabolic intervention, dovetailing perfectly with a ketogenic diet to activate your body's fat-burning mode. This in turn can ward off insulin resistance, reduce oxidative stress and inflammation, optimize brain function, prevent neurological problems, support weight loss, and more. In this in-depth yet accessible guide, now available in paperback, New York Times best-selling author Dr. Joseph Mercola explores the profound health benefits that result when ketogenic living and well-planned fasting are combined. Topics include: How our food is making us sick and what we can do about it The physiology and mechanisms of fasting, including stem cell activation How the cyclical ketogenic diet--with fasting included--differs from the conventional keto diet How fasting works and how safe it is for you How regular one-day fasts support fat burning and detoxification while minimizing hunger and side effects How to monitor your progress with lab tests And much more

Dr. Joseph Mercola, one of the world's foremost authorities on alternative health, joins with top chef Pete Evans for an illustrated guide to timing ketogenic meals for optimal health, weight loss, and more. Includes more than 100 delicious recipes to make ketogenic eating easy and enjoyable. You are what you eat--or is it more that you are when you eat? Natural-health expert Dr. Joseph Mercola and top Australian chef Pete Evans share a firm belief that food can be medicine--that what we eat offers us powerful tools to reshape our health. In their second co-authored cookbook, they explore the science behind intermittent fasting and the practice of timing ketogenic meals for maximum health benefits--a unique combination of principles they call KetoFasting. Drawing on Dr. Mercola's expertise and visionary work in natural medicine, and Pete Evans's experience as an award-winning restaurateur, cookbook author, and TV chef, this book offers: Insight into the history and cultural relevance of fasting Guidance for a healthy ketogenic lifestyle Strategies to boost your body's detox processes--including a detailed guide to using sauna therapy for detoxing Healthy supplements to support KetoFasting Delicious recipes for soups, broths, snacks, and more --all illustrated with mouthwatering full-color photographs shot in Pete Evans's own studio And much more Read on to learn how KetoFasting can help you lose weight, treat disease, and feel better than ever before.

For over a century, we've accepted the scientific consensus that cancer results from genetic disease due to chromosomal damage in cell nuclei. But what if cancer isn't a genetic disease after all? What if scientists are chasing a flawed paradigm, and cancer isn't a disease of damaged DNA but rather of defective metabolism as a result of mitochondrial dysfunction? What if that startling truth could revolutionize our understanding of other diseases as well--and show us a radical new path to optimal health?In this groundbreaking guide, the first of its kind, New York Times best-selling author and leading natural-health practitioner Joseph Mercola explains how nearly all disease is caused by defective metabolic processes. Then he reveals what's really causing your metabolism to go haywire: damage and dysfunction in the mitochondria, thousands of which are at work in nearly every cell in your body, generating 90 percent of the energy you need to stay alive and well. When mitochondria become damaged in large numbers, it is impossible to stay healthy.Dr. Mercola shows you that you can take control of your health simply by giving your body the proper fuel--and it's not what you've likely been led to believe. A ketogenic diet, very low in carbohydrates and high in healthy fats, is the way to optimize the biochemical pathways that suppress disease and support healing. And the benefits can be astonishing--not only in treating or preventing serious illness, but in boosting your brainpower, increasing your energy, helping you lose weight and keep it off, and much more.As you read this book, you'll learn in clear, rational terms how your body works at a molecular level. You'll finally understand the type of fuel it's designed to burn in the most efficient way possible. You'll find detailed guidelines for starting and sticking with a ketogenic eating plan. And you won't have to wait a decade or two for metabolic mitochondrial therapy to make its way into the mainstream. You can build a healthier body and brain at the cutting edge of this exciting new discipline, starting right now.

Stephanie spent most of her adult life in the Morbidly Obese Class III BMI category. Hovering close to 300 pounds, she avoided booths at restaurants and feared not fitting into amusement park rides. Through trial and error, Stephanie learned how eating a low carb, moderate protein, higher fat diet could finally nudge her weight in the right direction. Stephanie has kept her weight off for six years! She left behind a giant dent on the couch to run twelve marathons, two of which earned her a first-place marathon medal. As part of the chosen "Clean Start Team", Stephanie ran the New York City Marathon in 2017 as a sponsored athlete from PowerBar. Her hope is that the reader will leave inspired and armed with enough information to get started on their own journey of personalized weight loss success.

THE ORIGINAL, SCIENTIFICALLY DEVELOPED LOW-TO-NO-CARB DIET Low-carb is all the rage, but unlike the fad diets, the ketogenic diet is scientifically proven to change how the brain gets energy and the body dissolves fat. Studies have shown that the ketogenic diet’s program—a high in fat, moderate in protein and very low in carbs approach—guarantees you’ll lose weight by: •Powerfully suppressing appetite •Effectively stabilizing blood sugar •Naturally enhancing mood •Dramatically reducing fat storage The Ketogenic Diet includes a quick-start guide to rapid weight loss, a surefire plan to eliminate carbs and fat-burning advice that works. Using the recipes and tips in this book, you will learn to avoid trigger foods, gauge the difference between good and bad fats, and steer clear of nutrient-poor carbs.

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.