Fast 800 Keto: Eat well, burn fat, manage your weight long-term (The Fast 800 Series)

Very happy with this book and I'm not new to keto either, I've done it for many years.. this is different to my old keto principles that is true, what isn't true is that you won't reach ketosis - you will.The calories are low so you can eat a little more carbs (still low just not the very very low I used to do). The keto sticks will reassure you it works.Bottom line is I found the traditional keto hard to do long term and this is better for my lifestyle. Its 12 weeks of low carb low calorie to lose up to 4.6lb a week (800kcal). Followed by slight relaxing of the rules which I personally appreciate. Its still low carb but means unlike the keto of old I used to do i won't be vegetable and fruit deprived. I just don't feel that lifestyle is good long term (and neither does Michael). It was great to drop weight but not to live on and this book follows that idea. You'll end up on a Mediterranean style diet at goal and that's been proven to be excellent for health.The bad reviews from strict keto fans are unfair. This is an alternative that still allows the body to enter ketosis and drop weight fast.Also the recipes are great - and many are less than 10g carbs. Pictured is Tandoori chicken kebab.(I for one enjoyed the Black bean chilli with 16g of carbs as one of my two meals that day and I stayed in ketosis (see attached pic of my Ketostix). Win. 😊)Another update - I've just done my first full week. I have lost a whopping 11lb. After the initial big loss I'm losing 1lb a day. My husband has lost a little bit more. We are thrilled and excited to continue. 😊

I am a keto devotee and had been happily in ketosis for 3 years prior to lockdown and then let it slide for the whole of last year. This book arrived at just the right moment for me and has enabled me to get right back on track and - five days in - I am down just over 8lbs and, more importantly, the happiest I've been since I slipped off the keto wagon! Keto + VLCD +TRE seems like a perfect partnership. The science is presented in a very readable way, then there is the 'how to' and then a whole bunch of keto recipes. I feel I have a pathway to health and weight loss from the initial strict 12 weeks to the next phase of only strict on 4 consecutive days a week to only strict on 2 days a week. Great book by someone who says what he does and does what he says. If you want to lose weight and or feel well, get the book and get cracking!

I have lost two and a half stones on a low carb diet after decades of battling my weight. I have one stone to go and bought this book to see if there was any new information. I knew most of the theory but had resigned myself to eating a less than ideal daily diet. This book explains the dangers of processed foods and the recipes are simply marvellous.

I thought this book would be the same quality as the previous fast 800 recipe book. Sadly It’s just a plan old paperback with just 8 pages of colour photos of a very small selection of dishes.Wish I’d known as I’d have downloaded the kindle version instead.That said I do rate Michael Mosley and so I’m sure I’ll gain something from it.

Doing the Keto 800 works well. Me and my wife lost nearly a stone in a week.The recipes are pretty good, no complaints from me there.The first half of the book for me what a lot of repetition of the previous books. The amount of new content does not justify a new book. All you need to know is keep your carbs under 50g a day whilst following the Mediterranean style recipes of the previous books.Couldn't help but feel I was reading a lot of padding. The author loves testimonies about how the diet works for them. I would prefer details on the science, analysis of the latest research, making the case for the diet. If your new to this then the book is worth it. If you've got the fast 800, just drop your carbs to 50g a day and use the same recipes and wait for a second hand copy.

While Michael Mosley's books, recipe books, tv programmes have become quite a business, I regard him as still trustworthy in what he has to say, not least because he's open to new research, updating and republishing as the science moves on. It helps to believe he's making it his goal to help people reach their healthy living ones. The keto style of eating has been around for a while and it does seem in the past year that it's meeting with some success. Mosley, however, also deals with the obvious caveat that it can be bad for you after a while, so he's added his intermittent fasting, time-restricted eating and Mediterranean diet into this mix, explaining how to work a "metabolic switch". He shares individuals' stories, includes lots of recipes and begins with a very forceful warning about processed foods.

This is an excellent book. As a non foodie, the recipes are really inspiring and I'm looking forward to trying them. Good straightforward recipes that I'm likely to cook. They are easy and simple to follow. Lots of interesting and useful facts from Michael to understand the process and keep me on track. Highly recommended.

I was expecting more from this book. I know keto carbs should be below 20g per day, and this book has upto 50g of carbs per day, so you would not be in ketosis.I was upset to see that the chilli recipe has a full can of beans added to the recipe, the chilli can easily be made without any beans.