This book makes a lot of sense. The rationale for this eating style (which is quite different from conventional diet plans) is clearly explained. It is for long-term health reasons as well as weight loss, and I am eager to try it out!

Wonderfully written and easy to understand! Delicious ingredients and simple to make

This book is packed with information! The author makes clear arguments for why he believes his diet advice to be the healthiest and supports his arguments with a lot of scientific and medical data. However, I did find myself saying, "Ok, I get it already .... just tell me what I should do to follow your plan!" And that advice is buried deep in even more lecturing. I have no doubt that his advice is good, but you have to be willing to wade through a lot to get to it.

There’s a lot of information out there right now about ketogenic eating. I am pretty new to this idea but basically, you eat healthy fats to fuel your body and you actively reduce your intake of carbs and sugar. Your body burns the fat for energy and you are left feeling better and your body is more efficient in how it creates energy.

Here’s the 411 on this book:

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.

In Dr. Mercola’s book, he gets into details about how cells function and heal and much more. It’s definitely an in-depth look at the how’s and why’s of consuming fats for optimum health.

I am very excited to share with you two beautiful new cookbooks on this topic. It makes a lot of sense to me and during this awful bought with candida, I’m going to be following this very closely.

The Fat for Fuel book is based on Mitochondrial Metabolic Therapy (MMT), an ideal diet using the right high fats, very low high quality specific protein and low carbs for fuel to repair and restore any individual to good health. He explains that taking a specific iron test before starting the diet is a must do. I really like the free version of cronometer online that Dr. Mercola suggests using to track daily food intake/exercise. It will show you the full macronutrient breakdown and show you if you are meeting the high fat/ketogenic targets in detail.