The Zone Diet

When the Zone Diet was introduced in the 1990s, it came as a welcome change for people who had been struggling to control their weight on low-fat diets and were now free to eat higher amounts of protein and still succeed at keeping those unwanted pounds away.

Not only were people losing weight on the Zone Diet; they were feeling better thanks to the health improvements they were experiencing. While the original rave reviews the Zone Diet received have tapered off as concern over the long-term effects of a protein based diet grow, the Zone Diet still has thousands of enthusiastic supporters.

The creation of biochemist Barry Sears, the Zone Diet promotes a dietary ratio of 40:30:30 for carbohydrates, proteins, and fats. Allowing people to eat thirty percent of their calories in fats is what separates the Zone Diet from more traditional diets

Sears claims that eating foods in this ratio will encourage the body to produce anti inflammatory substances which mimic aspirin, without any of aspirin’s blood thinning and gastrointestinal side effects.

But most people praised the Zone Diet for its weight loss benefits, which occurred once they reached the fat-burning, high energy “zone” signifying that their bodies were operating at their physical peaks.

PBS and Scientific American did an on-air comparison of a group of well-known diets, and found that the Zone Diet allowed people to lose the greatest amount of body fat while adding the greatest amount of lean muscle mass. And those who followed the Zone Diet claim that they were seldom either hungry or tired.

While a slow and sustained weight loss of between one and two pounds a week is the benefit most appreciated by those who stayed on the Zone Diet, the diet has plenty of other benefits. Because low glycemic (non starchy) vegetables are its foundation, the Zone Diet is especially effective at improving cardiovascular health, and will also greatly reduce the risks of cancer and diabetes. The diet also promotes consumption of lean proteins like fish and white meat poultry, and “healthy” fats like olive, nut, and flax oils.

While it still draws criticism from those who think the Zone Diet allows too much fat and protein, its track record has shown the Zone Diet to be a sensible and healthy food plan which can be a lifetime way of eating.

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