Basic overview of the Zone Diet
Dr. Barry Sears is the founder of the new Zone Diet. He spent years researching food and effects of food on our bodies in order to find the right zone for our diets.
Because heart disease is genetic in his family he decided to view food as a drug. This view started a whole new outlook on eating and health. In 1995 he wrote a book called The Zone, which became a New York Times best seller.
People that have followed the Zone Diet say that it completely changes your life; you get a new mindset and look at food in a whole new way.
Dr. Sears’ ideas about diet have been supported by many studies at Harvard Medical School. Through this diet Dr. Sears has focused on managing insulin levels as a way to control weight and health.
While following the Zone Diet you’re said to lose weight, burn fat, experience less fatigue, control hunger, and feel healthier overall.
While in the Zone diet you’ll also learn why healthy eating is so important.
Starving yourself is not a part of this diet. You’ll get to eat three meals a day and two snacks in between in order to satisfy your hunger.
A key element in this diet is keeping your blood sugar levels balanced. By doing this you’ll greatly improve your health and eating habits.
Controlling your blood sugar has a lot to do with timing your meals (this is something that many people aren’t aware of and it leads to overeating which then leads to weight gain). You’ll learn that spacing out your meals and eating smaller portions is the right way to eat.
There are plenty of delicious foods and recipes that you can enjoy while following the zone diet plan. This is the great part about it; you don’t have to abandon all taste and enjoyment of food in order to be successful.
The zone diet helps you learn how to correctly vary your caloric intake everyday. You’ll need to get 40% of your daily calories from carbohydrates, 30% from protein, and 30% from fat. If you think about it, the diet seems like it really works. I mean you have the lowest percentage of caloric intake from calories and the highest from carbohydrates.
The trick here is that you eliminate the bad fat and you’re getting 30% of the good fat.
The same thing goes for carbohydrates; you eliminate the bad carbohydrates and replace them with good carbohydrates. The zone diet has just the right combinations of foods to keep your blood sugar balanced and your belly satisfied.
If you look in bookstores you can find Dr. Barry’s books on the zone diet, he’s written 10. He also has a website that you can go to and join the zone. Whether you get a book or go to his website you’ll gain helpful information about the zone diet.
You’ll learn more in depth exactly what you can and cannot eat and the important reasons why. It’s important to fully understand a diet before you start following the guidelines. Once you understand what’s going on in your body, then you’ll feel more compelled to follow the program.
Along with following the zone diet Dr. Barry also recommends regular exercise.
As with all diet plans consult your physician to make sure it will be right for you and doesn’t pose any health risks.
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