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Introduction: Why Do You Need This Book?

This cookbook contains all the recipes that can be cooked in the pressure cooker and are ketogenic as well. Diet that comprises low carbohydrates, adequate protein, and high amounts of fat is referred to as the ketogenic diet. It is much easier to grab and eat ready-made food rather than cook food all from scratch. Our health has been badly influenced by our busy life schedules. For this reason, people try to find convenient and easier ways to stay healthy and eat healthy. The solution to all these problems is this cookbook, which has all these ketogenic recipes cooked in an Instant Pot. I will discuss the details about the ketogenic diet and the specialty of the Instant Pot in this cookbook.

Keto Diet Basics

What is the Ketogenic Diet?

The ketogenic diet plays an essential role in the field of medicine as it is used to treat epilepsy in children. High carb intake leads to the production of glucose and insulin. They compel the body to utilize glucose as a central form of energy, which causes the fats to be stored in the body. In this case, the diet has very little carbohydrate, fat is converted into fatty acids, and ketone bodies by the liver. The ketone bodies serve the function of passing into the brain and substituting glucose as an energy source.

Foods to Eat

Leafy Green foods like spinach, etc.
Dairy products like cheese, butter, etc.
Fruits like raspberries, etc.

Foods to Avoid

Grains like corn, rice, etc.
Sugary foods like honey, etc.

Benefits of Keto Diet - Is it for Everyone?

The ketogenic diet is full of benefits, which are listed below.

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  1. Increases Mental Focus

On lowering carb intake, the blood sugar is lowered, and ketones are in action, which collectively enhances mental concentration by improving brain function.

  1. Helps in Weight Loss

As the body fats are utilized in the ketogenic diet, so an obvious weight loss is observed.

  1. Treats Epilepsy

Epilepsy was previously treated in the children by the keto diet, but now, adults are also being treated by this diet.

  1. Improves Blood Pressure and Cholesterol

The ketogenic diet helps in improving triglyceride and cholesterol levels. Many blood pressure issues are due to increased weight, so the keto diet helps in losing weight.

  1. Normalizes Hunger and Increases Energy

The most effective molecule to burn as a fuel is fat, so the ketogenic diet enhances our energy as it burns fat.

  1. Optimizes Insulin

The ketogenic diet helps in regulating the insulin levels, which prohibits diabetes.

  1. Treats Acne

The ketogenic diet improves skin problems by reducing skin inflammation and lesions.

  1. Controls Blood Sugar

The ketogenic diet is important in controlling blood sugar levels. It also controls diabetes this way.

Pressure cooker (for ex. Instant Pot)

What is Instant Pot?

This wonderful Instant Pot has been designed by Canadians and is a marvelous addition to your kitchen. Basically, the Instant Pot is a programmable pressure cooker that is quite safe, convenient, and dependable. Almost 70 percent less energy than the normal pressure cooker is utilized by the Instant Pot. The speed of cooking is enhanced by the Instant Pot by two to six times. The Instant Pot is a wise and smart substitute for the pressure cooker, slow cooker, and rice cooker. More nutrients are preserved by the Instant Pot because it takes a lot less time to cook healthy foods compared to a slow cooker.

How to Use it?

First

In order to know your Instant Pot well, you must first conduct a water test by filling it just with water. Follow the steps below for a water test.

Put one or two cups of water in the inner pot of the Instant Pot.
Lock the lid of the pot.
Ensure that the valve is in the sealing position.
Select a button on the Instant Pot with a short cook time, for example “Rice” or “Fish” button for five minutes.
The water in the Instant Pot will take about five minutes to heat up and develop pressure. The time will begin to count down as soon as the pressure is reached.

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Second

The second main thing is to know completely how to release pressure from the Instant Pot after it has ended cooking. The easiest option is to allow the pressure to naturally release, for which you don’t have to do anything. The other option is to release the pressure quickly if you are cooking something that is quickly cooked.

Third

Another important thing to remember while cooking is not to confuse all the buttons. All the buttons have the difference of timings programmed for different ingredients. So you do not need to worry about using different buttons.

Benefits of Using Instant Pot/ Pressure Cooker

Preserves Vitamins and Minerals

As little water is required to keep the Instant Pot packed with steam, so vitamins and minerals are not percolated away in the water.

Saves Energy

The Instant Pot saves energy smartly by up to 70 percent.

Dependable and Safe to Use

Due to certified safety protection of the Instant Pot, it is highly dependable and safe to use even by novice cooks.

Clean and Convenient Cooking

As Instant Pot has an exclusive, fully-sealed cooking mechanism, no smells and steams are spread in the kitchen.

Can be Cleaned Easily

Instant Pot is very pleasant to use and very easy to clean.

Eliminates Harmful Microorganisms