The Ultimate Beginners Guide to Fasting is exactly what the title says—everything you need to know to start fasting as a way to better health. Where other books cover the philosophical and fashionable aspects of fasting. The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Fasting covers the functional basics that allow the listener to understand what fasting can achieve, how fasting works, and how to undertake personal fasts safely.

Set against the shortcomings of the Standard American Diet, fasting is presented as a simple and functional method for addressing some of the negative effects of modern eating choices. Fasting is shown to be a safe, conventional, historically tested method that, when stripped of its more controversial claims, can be an effective way to retake control of one's personal health. Divorced of the populist claims, fasting is shown to be simple, enjoyable, even fun, and easily assimilable into a normal lifestyle.

Aimed at the first-timer, The Ultimate Beginner's Guide to Fasting informs the listener of what they need to know to assess their diet by cutting through the overwhelming amount of dietary advice available—much of which is questionable. This book details how to prepare for the first fast, how to manage expectations, and how to track progress with a provided day-by-day planning guide. Fasting is presented as a long-term method that changes with the listener, and this book aims to set the listener on the right course from the start to avoid many of the common mistakes espoused by modern diet advice.

The Ultimate Beginners Guide to Fasting is based on extensive fasting experience over a broad cross-section of society. This experience is combined with accepted scientific research and is presented so that the listener can direct their own experience. Details and information are presented with practical use in mind, presenting methods that are straightforward, adaptable, and clear that can form the basis for further fasts that fit with the listener's lifestyle.