Beyond Keto: Burn Fat, Heal Your Gut, and Reverse Disease With a Mediterranean-Keto Lifestyle

by Don Colbert

Overview

Diets like Keto and Mediterranean are great, but now there’s something better!

This book will empower you to lose weight, heal your gut, and reverse disease with information and recipes for a healthy, low-carb, anti-inflammatory lifestyle.
 
New York Times best-selling author Don Colbert, MD, has created a new dietary lifestyle, the Beyond Keto lifestyle. Beyond Keto blends the best of both worlds, the Ketogenic and Mediterranean diets, and combines them with cutting-edge research on gut health. The key is eliminating foods that cause inflammation.

If you’ve tried a conventional Ketogenic or Mediterranean diet and still feel bloated, sluggish, or your weight loss has plateaued, Beyond Keto gives you the guidelines to go deeper in a low carb/anti-inflammatory lifestyle that empowers your body.
In Beyond Keto, Dr. Colbert teaches you how to:

• Balance Your Hormones and Heal Your Gut
• Eliminate Inflammation and Related Diseases
• Boost Your Energy and Increase Longevity
• Shift Your Body Into Fat-Burning Mode

Give your body what it needs to conquer disease and lose weight for good. Start living the Beyond Keto lifestyle today.

Beyond Keto Cookbook also available: ISBN 978-1-63641-084-5
 

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781636410708
Publisher:	Charisma Media
Publication date:	01/04/2022
Pages:	256
Sales rank:	232,178
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Don Colbert, MD, has been a board-certified family practice doctor for over twenty-five years in Orlando, Florida, and most recently in Dallas, Texas. He is also board certified in antiaging medicine through the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine and has received extensive training in nutritional and preventive medicine. He is the author of three New York Times best-selling books: Dr. Colbert’s Keto Zone Diet, The Seven Pillars of Health, and Dr. Colbert’s “I Can Do This” Diet, along with best sellers Toxic Relief, the Bible Cure series, Living in Divine Health, and Stress Less. He has sold more than ten million books and treated over fifty thousand patients in his years of practicing medicine.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments viii

Preface ix

Introduction x

1 The Norm-and Why We Are Here 1

2 You Can Take Charge of Your Health 7

Part I The Ins and Outs of Keto

3 What Is a Keto Diet? 13

4 The Many Health Benefits of a Keto Diet 19

5 Three Additions to Make a Keto Diet Even Healthier 27

6 Three Subtractions to Make a Keto Diet Even Healthier 39

7 How You Lose Weight on a Keto Diet 51

8 Understanding Fats (Macro 1) 64

9 Understanding Proteins (Macro 2) 74

10 Understanding Carbs (Macro 3) 82

11 Are You in Ketosis? 89

12 How to Beat the Keto Flu 97

13 Seven Steps to Starting Your Keto Diet 107

14 Get the Most From Your Keto Diet 119

Part II The Mediterranean-Keto Lifestyle

15 A Lifestyle Worth Living 127

16 Sixteen Reasons to Live the Mediterranean-Keto Lifestyle 132

17 What the Mediterranean-Keto Lifestyle Looks Like 140

18 Three Steps to Starting Your Mediterranean-Keto Lifestyle 151

19 Ten Tips for Your Mediterranean-Keto Lifestyle 156

20 Go Ahead, Taste Your Mediterranean-Keto Lifestyle 165

Part III Recipes for a Healthy Mediterranean-Keto Lifestyle

21 Tasty Meal Ideas 169

Breakfast Scramble 171

Fruit and Almond Pancakes 172

Chocolate Peanut Butter Shake 173

Nutty Cereal 174

Salmon and Avocado Lettuce Wraps 174

Keto Breakfast Porridge 175

Quick Berry Muffin 176

Berry Power Smoothie 176

Green Deviled Eggs 177

Hearty Vegetable Frittata 178

Keto Zone Coffee 178

Avocado and Tomato Salad 179

Garlicky Shrimp and Asian Cucumbers 180

Chili-Spiced Salmon Over Wilted Spinach 181

Seeded Bread Sandwiches 182

Keto Burgers and Sweet Potato Wedges 183

Cilantro Chicken Soup 184

Chicken or Tongol Tuna Salad on Greens 185

Keto-Friendly Chili 186

Fajita Skewers 187

Keto Cobb Salad 188

Asian Stir Fry 189

Shrimp Scampi 190

Mediterranean-Keto Pizza 191

Chinese Chicken Strips 192

Curried Shrimp and Broccoli 193

Stuffed Pork Chops 194

Garlic Steak and Cauliflower Rice 195

Macadamia Nut-Crusted Wild Tilapia 196

Zoodles 197

Red Curry Chicken 197

Cauliflower Hummus 198

Zingy Avocado Dip 199

Nutty Granola Bars 199

Smoked Salmon and Cucumber Bites 200

Keto Crackers 201

Chocolate Peanut Butter Power Balls 201

Frozen Lemon Cream 202

Chia Seed Pudding 202

Keto Molten Lava Cake 203

Conclusion 204

Appendix A Recommended Supplements 205

Appendix B What to Do When Your Weight Loss Plateaus 208

Appendix C What Bumps You Out of Ketosis? 212

Appendix D What to Stock in Your Fridge and Pantry 214

Appendix E Tests You Can Ask Your Doctor to Request 217

Appendix F Foods That Contain Gluten and Usually Stop Weight Loss 219

A Personal Note From Don Colbert, MD 222

Notes 223

Index 238