The Complete Book of Ketones: A Practical Guide to Ketogenic Diets and Ketone Supplements

ISBN-13: 9781684421602

Media Type: Paperback

Publisher: Turner Publishing Company

Publication Date: 02-19-2019

Pages: 432

Product Dimensions: 6.10(w) x 8.80(h) x 1.40(d)

Age Range: 18 - 10 Years

Mary T. Newport, M.D. grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA and was educated at Xavier Universityand University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, both located in Cincinnati, Ohio. She is board certified in pediatrics and neonatology, and completed her training at Children’s Hospital Medical Center in Cincinnati, and Medical UniversityHospital in Charleston, SC. She practiced neonatology in Florida for thirty years and was founding medical director of two newborn intensive care units in the Tampa Bay area. Dr. Newport then practiced for three years at the opposite end of the spectrum, providing care for hospice patients in the Tampa Bay area of Florida. She currently focuses on writing and speaking around the world as a messenger for the many benefits of ketones. Dr. Newport was caregiver for fifteen years for her husband of forty-three years, Steve, who suffered from early onset Alzheimer’s disease and died in January 2016. They have two daughters and a grandson. She is author of Alzheimer’s Disease:What If There Was a Cure? The Story of Ketones (Turner Publishing, 2011), now in its second edition (2013), with multiple foreign language translations, and is also author of The Coconut Oil and Low Carb Solution for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and Other Diseases (Turner Publishing, 2015). Dr. Newport has been an invited speaker on this subject for symposia and conferences in the USA, Canada, France, Greece, Germany, Japan, Singapore and Thailand, University of South Florida, the American College of Nutrition, the Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, the Fellowship in Anti-Aging and Regenerative Medicine, the International College of Integrative Medicine, Weston A. Price Foundation. She has given numerous presentations to university students and to the public. She has been featured in television segments and provided interviews for many radio programs, podcasts, print media stories and newsletters. Her website is www.coconutketones.com and Facebook page is https://www.facebook.com/CoconutOilandAlzheimers/firef=hl.

Table of Contents

Foreword Theodore VanItallie, MD vii

Acknowledgements xv

Introduction: Steve's Emergence from Alzheimer's Awakens a Messenger for Ketones in Me 1

1 Why Go Keto? 27

2 Quick Start to a Low-Carb Ketogenic Diet 49

3 Ketones as a Primitive Fuel: Little Molecule, Big Effects 63

4 The Ketogenic Lifestyle: Evolution and Historical Perspectives 83

5 Pioneers and Rising Stars in Ketone Research and Practice: A Historical Review 129

6 The Full Spectrum of Ketogenic Diets 195

7 Other Strategies to Help You Go Keto 227

8 Considerations for Special Populations; Moms, Children, Seniors, People with Cancer or Other Medical Conditions, and Pets 267

3 Monitoring for Healthy and Not-So-Healthy People 291

10 Common and Not-So-Common Problems with Exogenous Ketones and the Ketogenic Diet 301

11 The Controversy About Saturated Fat, Cholesterol, and Your Heart 317

12 The Question: Why Go Keto? The Answer: Why Not? 323

Addendum: Questions and Answers About Coconut Oil, MCT Oil, and Exogenous Ketone Supplements 325

References by Chapter 359

Keto Friendly Recipes 383

Resources 431

Index 443

About the Author 455