The Zone Diet And Barry Sears
May 2, 2009 by Cathy Maree
Filed under Weight Loss
The zone diet is considered a fad diet created by a biochemist named Barry Sears. In reality it’s not a fad diet in that it is not planned to only be consumed in short periods, but rather to become the normal eating habits for a person. 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.
The zone diet relies on a 40 to 30 to 30 balance of calories from carbs, proteins and fats. A few nonscientific studies performed for television showed the diet can be effective. In fact, many of these nonscientific studies show that people gain muscle mass while losing weight on the zone diet. In addition, people found the zone diet the easiest to maintain of all the low carb diets.
The zone in zone diet refers to a hormone balance in which insulin levels are perfect, glycogen 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-inflammatory help with heart health. The zone diet also creates a state in which the body stops storing fat. If the body isn’t storing fat, it’s losing weight. 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.
The Zone diet boasts an amazing weight loss story to its credit a man who once weighed in at 1200 pounds. He lost 400 pounds on the zone diet after a series of failures with almost every other diet imaginable. He now eats about 2000 calories a day, filled with foods recommended by the zone diet.
Exercise care when taking up the zone diet.
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