The Everything Big Book of Fat Bombs: 200 Irresistible Low-Carb, High-Fat Recipes for Weight Loss the Ketogenic Way - Viveca Menegaz (2016)

Introduction

The ketogenic diet, despite being around for decades, has gained plenty of popularity recently. This is no surprise, considering the benefits of this diet reach far beyond its original medical goal of seizure control. Created in the 1920s to control epileptic seizures in young children, this diet helped children manage symptoms and cope with seizures. Once antiseizure drugs were invented, however, the diet fell off the medical map. Body builders later rediscovered the ketogenic diet and began using it to achieve remarkably lean body composition before competitions.

One of the main benefits of burning ketones for energy is that they are a highly stable and long-lasting energy source, like a smooth freeway, unlike the crazy energy rollercoaster ride of a glucose-fueled diet. When eating a ketogenic diet, blood sugars gradually stabilize, so hunger quickly subsides, mood brightens, and energy improves.

The almost complete absence of hunger pangs makes this way of eating ideal if you’re looking to lose weight. Using fat as the primary fuel source enables the body to easily access stored fat reserves and use them for fuel with great efficiency. Those who follow a true ketogenic diet often lose weight rapidly because of this.

Fat burning increases and stabilizes energy. The brain loves ketones; they are like high-octane gasoline for brain functions, eliminating “brain fog” and sharpening cognitive functions. That is why this diet works as an ideal prevention for cognitive dysfunctions like Alzheimer’s disease. Another major benefit of this diet is the reduction of inflammation in the body, resulting in a substantial reduction of pain and other unpleasant symptoms.

Starting a keto lifestyle might seem challenging, especially when you’re not used to eating fat. It doesn’t help that doctors and the media have told people for years that fat is the enemy, while in truth, the real enemy is the consumption of high levels of sugar and carbs. Once people have a mindset shift back to the appreciation of healthy fats, they will realize that this diet is really based on flavor and pleasure, not deprivation and sacrifice, like most low-fat diets.

Fat bombs definitively belong in the category of fun, pleasurable foods. Fat bombs were created as a high-fat, no-carbohydrate snack designed to increase the amount of good fats in a keto diet. In this book, the humble fat bomb is elevated to its own culinary genre, transcending the definition of a snack and becoming a meal itself.

Savory fat bombs are the best ally to keep pesky sugar cravings under control, and sweet fat bombs will indulge the senses and anchor blood sugars to a steady low number! Some of the fat bombs are really a small meal in themselves, designed to accommodate the demands of busy lifestyles. They can be made ahead of time and are easily stored in the refrigerator for few days.

Sweet fat bombs double as great desserts for family and friends, or good healthy snacks for kids. And many of the recipes in this book are dairy-free to accommodate Keto Paleo and Paleo readers. Avoiding dairy is important when you have food sensitivities, so your body can start the process of healing. Now everyone can enjoy the benefits of this way of eating and stay away from highly processed and sugary foods.

Using fat bombs will enable you to stay true to a ketogenic way of life. The fat bomb is truly the secret weapon every healthy eater should have in his or her arsenal to eat clean, stay full, and feel absolutely satisfied instead of deprived.