Key Points About Zone Diet
The zone diet is considered a fad diet created by a biochemist named Barry Sears. Sears’ plan was that people could eat this diet for the long term, thus making it a lifestyle. It is considered a low carbohydrate diet, however is more based on balancing hormones and therefore does not restrict carbohydrates as much as other low carbohydrate diets such as the Atkins diet.
There is a ratio of 40 to 30 to 30 of carbohydrates, protein and fat in the zone diet. A few nonscientific studies performed for television showed the diet can be effective. They also concluded that the zone diet can help people gain muscle in addition to losing weight. People included in the studies said it was very easy to stick to the zone diet as compared to other low carbohydrate diets.
The zone in zone diet refers to a hormone balance in which insulin levels are perfect, glucagen levels are perfect, and thus the body releases various anti-inflammatory chemicals similar to aspirin but without side effects. Sears also said the diet would help make the heart healthier. The body also becomes more efficient as a result of the zone diet, meaning it stops storing fat. The result is weight loss. Later Sears added a Omega three and Omega six fatty acids to the diet, through such supplements as pharmaceutical fish oils.
Sears told people who were on the zone diet to eat a piece of meat that would fit in their palm, just enough carbohydrates to avoid feeling weak, and as much non-starchy vegetables as they could stomach.
This zone diet has a famous weight loss case in its files, that of the man who weighed over 1200 pounds. He had tried every diet and even liposuction, but after 24 months on the zone diet he lost about 400 pounds. Now he continues to follow the zone diet as he consumes 2000 calories daily, broken up between six meals.
Give the zone diet a try, but be careful.
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