Primal fat burner
Subtitle: live longer, slow aging, super-power your brain, and save your life with a high-fat, low-carb paleo diet
By: Nora Gedgaudas, CNS, NTP, BCHN ; foreword by David Perlmutter, MD
Contributors: Perlmutter, David, 1954- writer of foreword
Edition: First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Publisher: Atria Books
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 327
ISBN-13: 9781501116414; 9781501116421
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Reducing diets; Nutrition; Low-carbohydrate diet; Prehistoric peoples; Ketogenic diet
Description: "Author of the popular Primal Body, Primal Mind and widely recognized Paleo expert and nutritionist, Nora Gedgaudas presents a revolutionary, scientific, accessible high-fat diet for maintaining health, losing weight, and reversing some chronic diseases. Popular nutritionist Nora Gedguadas returns with advice that may sound counterintuitive: Eat fat to burn fat. In her new book, Primal Fat Burner, she explains the benefits and science behind a ketogenic (or fat-burning) diet, which switches your metabolism from a dependence on sugar to running on healthy fats. As Gedgaudas reveals, numerous studies in recent years refute the long-promoted anti-saturated fat and anti-cholesterol agenda. Now, Gedgaudas explains the science that fat isn't a "no-no" but rather a "yes-yes"--if you know the right kinds of fats to eat. In her accessible, enjoyable style, she also lays out a practical meal plan with recipes. When you follow a ketogenic diet, you consume fewer calories overall! Author of the bestselling Grain Brain, Dr. David Perlmutter writes in his foreword that Primal Fat Burner is, "Wonderfully actionable, compassionately taking the reader from 'why' to 'how.'" On this diet, you efficiently and effectively metabolize fat (ketones and free fatty acids) as your primary source of fuel, rather than glucose from carbs, starches, and sugars. Because fat is so satisfying, you naturally wind up eating less--without feelings of hunger or deprivation. And natural dietary fat is ultimately key to optimum health and longevity. Gedgaudas communicates a real appreciation for and understanding of the central role that dietary fat plays in your body and brain, and explains how you can eat to feel better, look better, think clearer, and live longer"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-316) and index.
Table of contents: title: Part one: Born to run ... on fat : why our ancestors' persistent search for fat is what ultimately made us who and what we are (and why vegetarianism is a modern-day experiment). From Lucy to tribal hunter : how eating meat; title: and especially fat; title: jump-started our evolution from apelike to human ; Think fat ; A is for Agriculture and Adapting to glucose; title: Part two: The metabolic fuel duel : sugars and fats duke it out : challenging sugar's top-dog status, and why fat doesn't make you fat. You can choose your fuel (just please don't choose glucose) ; Harnessing your superfuel : flipping on the fat-burning switch ; Becoming a lifelong fat burner; title: Part three: The unrivaled power of primal fat burning : optimizing your health, preventing and resolving disease, and achieving peak performance. A field guide to fat-soluble nutrients ; Primal fat burning may help prevent and alleviate disease ; Carbovore no more : the game-changing effects of fat burning for peak physical performance; title: Part four: The Primal Fat Burner Plan. Setting up for success ; The Primal Fat-Burning food guide: what to buy and how to use it to ensure optimal health ; The Primal Fat Burner meal plan and recipes.