Lindsay Boyers - 14 Aug

THE LOW-CARB MEAL PREP COOKBOOK

Dear Reader,

If youre reading this, that means youve decided not only to take the plunge into a low-carbohydrate diet, but also to try your hand at meal prep. Bravo, my friend. Your life is about to change for the better.

Low-carbohydrate diets have been around since the 1800s, but they didnt gain a lot of attention until the 1990s when the Atkins diet became popular. Even as low-carbohydrate diets made their way into the mainstream, laypeople and nutrition professionals alike were scoffing at the idea, calling it a fad diet and insisting that the trend was unhealthy. Well, not so fast. Since 2002, there have been over two dozen human studies done on low-carbohydrate diets, and in each one of these studies, the low-carbohydrate diets proved superior to their competitors. Participants not only saw an increase in weight loss, they also presented with reduced markers for diabetes and heart disease.

When you add the power of the low-carb diet to the concept of meal prepping, you score a double win for your health. In this book, youll find 300 simple, low-carbohydrate recipes, and every single one is designed to provide you with at least six servings. You can follow the same meal plan for six days in a row and enjoy these meals all week, or in some cases, you can freeze them and save them for later. That part is totally up to you. There are also sample menu plans that Ive created to make life even easier for you. You can utilize these as you get the hang of meal planning and then create your own meal plans once youre a seasoned pro.

However you decide to use this book, I hope that you find the information enlightening and that the low-carb recipes become a regular part of your meal prep routine. I wish you all the best.

Lindsay Boyers, CHNC

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Boyers, Lindsay, author.

The everything low-carb meal prep cookbook / Lindsay Boyers, CHNC.

Avon, Massachusetts: Adams Media, 2018.

Series: Everything.

Includes index.

LCCN 2018011468 | ISBN 9781507207314 (pb) | ISBN 9781507207321 (ebook)

LCSH: Low-carbohydrate diet--Recipes. | BISAC: COOKING / Health & Healing / Low Carbohydrate. | COOKING / Methods / Quantity. | HEALTH & FITNESS / Diets. | LCGFT: Cookbooks.

LCC RM237.73 .B69 2018 | DDC 641.5/6383--dc23

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