Cheesecake is a typical American dessert prepared with a base of dry biscuits and a top layer of cream made with spreadable cheese. This reinterpretation removes the use of dry biscuits with almond flour and sugar with erythritol and stevia, thus making it low-carb and Keto-friendly.
The Caprese chocolate cake is a cake made with almond flour with a very rich taste. This recipe does not involve the use of traditional sugar, thus making it low-carb and compatible with the ketogenic diet.
Tiramisu is the Italian dessert par excellence, one of the tastiest ever. This reinterpretation of the recipe does not include the use of sugar or the classic ladyfingers, but rather low-carb ladyfingers and sugar substitutes that allow you to significantly lower the amount of carbohydrates, without compromising the taste.
Ladyfingers are the main cookies used in tiramisu, and often also eaten for breakfast. This reinterpretation of ladyfingers does not include the typical flour and starch, thus making it low-carb, compatible with the ketogenic and gluten-free diet.
Lasagna is one of the tastiest dishes, typical of Italian cuisine. This reinterpretation of the traditional recipe involves the use of cauliflower for the creation of the pastry, thus making it compatible with the ketogenic diet, but without compromising its taste.
The ketogenic diet provides for the minimization of carbohydrates from the diet, including sugar, but this does not necessarily mean giving up sweetness in one's recipes. In fact, there are different types of natural sweeteners which are not metabolized in the same way as traditional sugar and therefore can be taken in the ketogenic diet, among which we find: Erythritol, Stevia, Xylitol, Dextrose, Sucralose.
Cholesterol is essential for the body in the production of hormones, in the creation of membranes as well as in the absorption of vitamin D, and it is important to emphasize that when more cholesterol is consumed in the diet, the body produces less. HDL and LDL are not cholesterol, but proteins used to transport it. LDL (bad cholesterol) can be differentiated into type A and type B. Type B LDL is the one that is most involved in the production of plaques and is increased with the consumption of carbohydrates and sugars.
Nuts are a favorite snack to consume on the ketogenic diet. They are an excellent source of fats, vitamin E and minerals such as phosphorus, selenium and magnesium. However, not all nuts are ideal in the ketogenic diet if not for the high carbohydrates, for the anti-nutritional properties and the origin.
Intermittent fasting is not a diet, but rather a model of meal frequency. The goal of intermittent fasting is not to say what to eat, but rather when to eat.
Although the ketogenic diet is gaining popularity, it is very easy to fall into a few mistakes. Often the lack of basic knowledge about this diet leads to ignoring or neglecting the key points to increase its effectiveness and avoid ending up in a stalemate or plateau which prevents the loss of the last layer of fat in the body.
The state of ketosis is the mechanism by which the body and cells use ketones as an energy source. Ketones that are produced by the liver in the breakdown of both body and dietary fats.