Rami Abrams - Keto Desserts For Dummies

Keto Desserts For Dummies

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Welcome to the best part of low-carb dieting: desserts. The concept of keto-friendly desserts may seem counterintuitive, but thats only because youre used to thinking about sweets exclusively in terms of processed sugar. Were ready to introduce you to a whole world that includes how to lose weight, live healthier, and still be able to have desserts regularly.

In Keto Desserts For Dummies, we tell you about the physical, mental, and social aspects of dessert, because these cornerstones are all critical to living healthier in a sustainable way.

We firmly believe that knowledge is power, and we want to give you the freedom to go out and conquer desserts without sacrificing your health and weight loss momentum. No longer are sweets the exclusive domain of the cheat day: with this book, you can bring them into the everyday.

One of the worst aspects of dieting is the pressure that can come from your friends, your family, social expectations, and even yourself. The best way to keep these pressures from affecting your diet goals is with knowledge and confidence, and weve found that they typically occur in that order.

Understanding how desserts fit into the ketogenic diet requires wrapping your mind around how the diet works as a biological process. Doing so helps you comprehend why certain ingredients are allowed and others are substituted. That knowledge forms the foundation of this book. Ketosis is a completely natural process your body has evolved to turn fat into energy: this works equally well with consumed fat (such as what you put in your mouth) and stored fat (for example, those few extra pounds youre tired of carrying around).

The standard American diet, or SAD arguably the most appropriate acronym weve ever encountered is primarily based on carbs, which the body converts into sugars. The thought that flavor comes from sugar has been ingrained in humankinds dietary thought processes for so long that many of us have lost sight of the tremendous range of delectable tastes that fat can provide. We help you rediscover how to use those building blocks to fashion an effective, sustainable diet.

The key theme we want you to focus on in this book is sustainability. Whether you decide to stay on keto long term is up to you, but you should always approach eating in such a way that you can eat well long term without having adverse side effects.

Here is an overview of the main materials we cover in this book:

• The adverse effects of crash dieting: Crash dieting, even if it uses ketosis as a mechanism, only hurts your overall health. You can certainly drop a lot of weight in a short period, but were more interested in helping you lose weight and keep it off so that youre the healthiest version of yourself. Crash dieting practices rely on rigorous eating habits and dietary restrictions that are unsustainable. When they end, the weight often comes roaring back with a vengeance; sometimes, it even brings friends! We want to help you create a diet that has space for desserts at family reunions, work functions, and other social events simply abstaining isnt usually a long-term solution. Our previous book, Keto For Dummies, includes sections on appetizers, entrees, and snacks. In this book, we fully explore desserts.
• Substitute ingredients for baking keto desserts: Low-carb baking involves working with ingredients that typically fall into flour alternatives, sugar replacements, and dairy substitutes. We delve deeper into them all, explain them in plain English, and advise you how and when to use them.
• A plethora of recipes for every kind of dessert: The majority of this book focuses on more than 150 recipes to help you start baking your way to keto yumminess. From cakes and cookies to pies and ice cream treats, we have you covered. We also include recipes you can use for holidays.

Here are a few other guidelines to keep in mind about the recipes in this book:

• All butter is unsalted unless otherwise stated. Margarine isnt a suitable substitute for butter.
• All eggs are large.
• All salt is kosher.
• All dry ingredient measurements are level.