Monday, August 10, 2009

Zone Diet - A Perfect Diet For Healthy And Balanced Life Style

Originally the Zone Diet developed by Dr. Barry Sears. The Zone Perfect Diet is based on maintaining insulin levels by striking a balance between carbohydrates and proteins at each meal.The basic concept of Zone Diet is to achieve a balance between insulin and eicosanoids. By controlling the balance of insulin and eicosanoids, Zone Diet helps you to increase the loss of fat.

All about Zone diet:
The key factor in Zone Diet is the hormonal balance you achieve while eating each skillfully prepared meal. With a food plan comprising an accurate balanced ratio of carbohydrates (40%), fat (30%) and proteins (30%). This means that no meal or snack is forbidden in the Zone Diet.

How Zone Diet makes weight loss possible:
Hormone named insulin prompts the body to convert carbohydrates into fat and store them in your gut, thighs, buttocks etc. But protein which has the contradictory effect stirs up the hormone glucagon, which tells the body to let go carbohydrates that are stocked up in the liver.When those carbohydrates are freed, the brain tells the body that its energy supplies are fulfilled and you ought to stop eating. Consequently, limiting the type of carbohydrates you eat and balancing them with 3-4 ounces of low-fat protein at every meal will keep insulin and glucagon balanced, controlling your hunger with smaller number of calories. And it results to weight lose.


What To Eat on The Zone Diet:
A small amount of protein at every meal (approximately the size of your palm or one small chicken breast) and at every snack (one in the late afternoon, one in the late evening).

"Favorable" carbohydrates twice the size of the protein portion -- these include most vegetables and lentils, beans, whole grains, and most fruits.

A smaller amount of carbohydrates if you have chosen "unfavorable" ones -- these include brown rice, pasta, papaya, mango, banana, dry breakfast cereal, bread, bagel, tortilla, carrots, and all fruit juices.

The Zone Diet: For:
• The Zone Diet features good amounts of fruits and low starch vegetables and is low in saturated fats.
• Restricts low nutrition carbohydrates.
• If followed correctly allows for steady weight loss.

The Zone Diet: Against:
• Complicated and scientific.
• Restricts calorie intake means it’s hard to stay on.
• Eliminates some essential vitamins and minerals found in certain founds.
• Expensive to follow.
• Time consuming and inconvenient.

Conclusion:
The Zone Diet is based on nutritionally sound principles. It helps any one to reduce its weight. But anyone should consult a physician before embarking on any diet plan that substantially changes their eating habits, and then surely it will be helpful.



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