Zone Diet
The Zone diet was originally created by a scientist named Barry Sears. Sears’ plan was that people could eat this diet for the long term, thus making it a lifestyle. Although less restrictive on carbohydrates than the Atkins diet, it is a low carbohydrate diet.
There is a ratio of 40 to 30 to 30 of carbohydrates, protein and fat in the zone diet. Television studies have concluded that the diet can work. Some of the studies even showed an increase in muscle mass while on the zone diet. 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 diet creates a perfect balance of insulin and glucagen which causes the body to release chemicals similar in effect to those found in aspirin. Sears also pointed to heart health as a side benefit of anti-inflammatory chemicals. Another benefit of the zone diet is that once the human body is in this hormonal balance it becomes more efficient and stops storing excess calories as fat. Thus, with no fat stored, and with stored fat used as energy, the body loses weight. Later Sears added a Omega three and Omega six fatty acids to the diet, through such supplements as pharmaceutical fish oils.
The zone diet calls for the following: a hand full sized piece of meat, as many vegetables as you can eat, and just enough carbs to maintain mental clarity.
The Zone diet boasts an amazing weight loss story to its credit, a man who once weighed 1200 pounds. He lost 400 pounds on the zone diet after a series of failures with almost every other diet imaginable. Now he continues to follow the zone diet as he consumes 2000 calories daily, broken up between six meals.
Exercise with care when taking up the zone diet.
