• The Keto Beginning

  • Creating Lifelong Health and Lasting Weight Loss with Whole Food-Based Nutritional Ketosis
  • By: Leanne Vogel
  • Narrated by: Leanne Vogel
  • Length: 2 hrs and 40 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (268 ratings)

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The Keto Beginning

By: Leanne Vogel
Narrated by: Leanne Vogel
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When what you're doing isn't working, The Keto Beginning is the rocket fuel for achieving flawless health and effortless weight loss through sound nutrition practices and vibrant food preparation in ways you've never seen before.

With The Keto Beginning, you'll be shown how to use whole food-based nutritional ketosis to...

  • Reach your perfect weight without feeling restricted or deprived
  • Gain the power to end food obsession and strict eating schedules
  • Maintain steady energy, without relying on constant feeding
  • Boost self-worth, self-respect, self-trust, and self-love
  • Achieve total body confidence, regulated metabolism, and liberated health without counting calories

Seventeen chapters and over 70 high fat, low carb, moderate protein, dairy-, gluten-, sugar-, grain-, legume-free recipes, including a 30-day step-by-step meal plan. This is the lifestyle change that empowers your body and mind to achieve the state of health you've been searching for.

The Big Fat-Burning Science

All forms of carbohydrates - fruits, vegetables, grains, and starches - are broken down into glucose by your body, increasing your blood sugar. Your body considers raised blood sugar toxic, so it releases insulin (a storage hormone) to push the glucose into your cells. Once this occurs your blood sugar decreases, making you hungry again.

This vicious cycle of blood sugar highs and lows is why you experience endless hunger and cravings.

The release of insulin halts your body's ability to release fat and toxins. If you're eating carbohydrate-based foods every two to three hours, your body is never fully able to exercise its ability to rid itself of excess. And if more carbohydrates are consumed than what your body needs, they will be converted into triglycerides and stored in your blood, leading to weight gain and unbalanced cholesterol.

©2016 Healthful Pursuit Inc. (P)2016 Healthful Pursuit Inc.

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Great book for beginners

So thankful I found Leanne's YouTube video's as well as this book. I have spent years in bad health from Metabolic Syndrome to stomach issues. I tried Vegan, Paleo, Atkins and too many others to mention. Keto just sounded good from the start and her podcasts and videos have helped me begin my journey of health. She speaks to you, not at you and never claims to be the authority on all things Keto. She shares her research and personal trials and errors. I've been Keto for about 2 months and my stomach is healing and I have cut my meds for blood pressure issues in half. My mind is clear and my moods are great. I couldn't have done it without her guidance.

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Interesting subject matter, poorly read by author

This book is well researched however the author frequently mispronounces words, which I found quite bothersome. Also there is an entire chapter where she reads from her food journal that could have been omitted as it was not informative and quite boring. The author's cadence is choppy and it makes for an irritating listening experience. I would not recommend this audiobook to a friend, but rather would suggest buying the paperback instead.

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Lovin' Leanne....on to Fat Fueled...

You get the same Leanne here as she is on her podcast, VERY smart!!! I am learning so much from her! This is a great book! Tons of info....can't wait to get into her next book!

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Thank You!

Much easier to understand. Leanne goes through her own journey and it is much like my own. Breath of fresh air and a sigh of relief. Easy to understand. Life changer.

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A good book for beginners

A good book for someone wanting to learn the basics to get started on eating for nutritional ketosis. That would be me. Actually it goes a bit further than the basics. Lots of good information.

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A great guide for keto beginners!

A clear, concise, personal experience of how to begin a ketogenic lifestyle and how to keto adapt aka fat adapt. Especially helpful for women. Thank you, Leanne!

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low carb living

This is a wonderful book filled with soo much info about starting keto or even just going low carb.

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I'm giving this book 5 stars, I would give it more if I could. Leanne makes it very easy to understand the ketogenic lifestyle. Her presentation is exceptional. I would highly recommend this book and will to all of my friends.

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Save your money - totally meh!

This isn't a great book - it really is a belabored blog post and is a total waste of money. Depending on what you pay for it, it's really a rip off but you if you can get it for a few bucks then it's maybe worth it.

I have no idea who the author is but they definitely don't have an actual science background - the mispronunciation of words is laughable and really the book should likely be checked for plagiarism as I think she rambles on about science processes behind all of this that feels like she copied from a textbook as her reading indicates close to zero actual understanding.

She has practical experience, clearly. Also she wrote this book or started writing it 60 days into a Keto journey...not what I'd call an expert.

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Great Book

awesome book for beginners and veterans alike. Leanne knows her stuff so sit back and absorb all she has to offer!!

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