Is The Zone Diet A Fad Diet
A man named Barry Sears created the fad diet called the Zone diet. 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. The diet relies on balancing hormones, but is still a low carbohydrate diet even if less restrictive than diets like Atkins.
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. 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. 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. Fatty acids such as omega 3 were later added in the form of supplements such as fish oil.
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.
A man who once weighed 1200 pounds attributes amazing weight loss to the zone diet. He had tried every diet and even liposuction, but after 24 months on the zone diet he lost about 400 pounds. The man’s current diet consists of 2000 calories broken up into six meals per day. It includes egg white omelets, fresh salads, chicken, fish, and other healthy foods mandated by the zone diet.
As with any of these fad diets you need to exercise caution when deciding to go on the zone diet.