Zone Diet - Advantages

Forget the “diets” of the past and take an incredible journey with The Zone Diet. After all, you deserve it! The Zone provides only advantages, which include:

· Increased energy within 48 hours

· Clearer mind/better concentration due to stable blood sugar levels

· Healthier appearance due to a reduction in body fat

· Better performance due to increased oxygen levels in the muscle cells

· Lower HDL cholesterol levels after six weeks

· Happier/less hungry due to the brain having a constant supply of fuel

Zone Diet Tips and Facts

· The Zone Diet has been determined safe for pregnant women. The only difference is to increase the number of daily blocks by three, adding one block to each of your three daily meals. For women breastfeeding, the blocks should be increased 1 1/2 to 2 blocks each meal.

· The Zone Diet is great for children. The only challenge is that children grow fast so making accurate calculations can be tricky. It is recommended that all meals and snacks stay within the proper protein/carbohydrate/fat ratio, the total block count should be generous, eliminate soda and fruit juice, and foods containing partially hydrogenated oil (peanut butter) should be avoided.

· The Zone Diet is safe for Type I and Type II diabetes and again, consults your physician. For Type II, blood sugar will probably be greatly improved and for Type I, it is likely that the insulin dosage will be reduced within days.

· All beverages with caffeine should be eliminated.

· Eat 5 to 6 times a day, with no more than 5 hours between a meal, or snack.

· The Zone Diet is also great for vegetarians. Simply add vegetarian foods to your diet that are rich in protein to maintain proper protein-to-carbohydrate ratio.

· Drink a minimum of eight, 8-ounce glasses of water every day.

· If you feel hungry during The Zone, then your meals are not properly balanced. If still hungry 2 to 3 hours after eating, you have consumed too many carbohydrates in relation to protein. Simply reduce your calorie block.

· Buy a journal and keep track of your successes. If you have a bad week, track why it was bad, what you learned, and plans for making the next week better. Break your goals into increments and reward yourself. For example, if trying to lose 50 pounds, rather than wait for a reward until all 50 pounds are lost, break the weight into five, 10-pound increments. Each time you succeed by hitting a 10-pound mark, do something good for yourself.

Comparing Zone Diet with Others

The Zone Diet is different from other diets in that the meal plans are created in correlation with hormones.  Most other dietary guidelines are based on a high carbohydrate plan, which causes weight gain. Gaining weight is not based on fat but on insulin produced in the body when the wrong kinds of carbohydrates are consumed. When food has too many fat-free carbohydrates or too many calories, the body produces excessive insulin

Chances are that if you have ever dieted, you have felt frustrated, defeated, and hopeless. The Zone is different and the key to starting over, but this time, with success. Forget about the past and all those other failed diets and focus on starting a new life. Yes, staying on Zone Diet is a permanent change but one that will give you a healthy life in return. One of the biggest misconceptions for losing weight is the need to eat carbohydrates. For example, athletes are taught to eat carbohydrates for better performance or people with cardiovascular disease are told to consume carbohydrates to achieve health. With The Zone Diet, you will learn that the body needs fruits and vegetables as the main source of carbohydrates, not the breads, starches, pastas, and grains. Excessive carbohydrates cause the body to produce too much insulin, which in turn causes the body to become fat and feel sluggish. By understanding how your body works with foods and hormones, you become the new, thinner and healthier you.