A man named Barry Sears created the fad diet called the Zone diet. Sears’ plan was that people could eat this diet for the long term, thus making it a lifestyle. The diet relies on balancing hormones, but is still a low carbohydrate diet even if less restrictive than diets like Atkins.
The zone diet relies on a 40 to 30 to 30 balance of calories from carbs, proteins and fats. 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 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. In addition, claims Sears, the natural anti-inflammatories help with heart health. The zone diet also creates a state in which the body stops storing fat. The result is weight loss. Fatty acids such as omega 3 were later added in the form of supplements such as fish oil.
A typical zone diet meal was described by its creator in the following manner. In every meal eat enough protein to fit in the palm of your hand, as many non-starchy raw vegetables as you can take, just enough carbohydrates to maintain mental clarity, and just enough oils to stop hunger.
This zone diet has a famous weight loss case in its files, that of the man who weighed over 1200 pounds. After two years on the zone diet he lost nearly 1/3 of that weight, all that after trying everything he could think of including liposuction that had nearly been fatal. Now he continues to follow the zone diet as he consumes 2000 calories daily, broken up between six meals.
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