My thoughts: Enter the Zone

[coach hale]

The following is an excerpt from Knowledge and Nonsense

Enter the Zone

Enter the Zone was created by Barry Sears, PhD.

The plan suggests that every meal should be composed of 40% carb, 30% protein and 30% fat. The goal is to control insulin levels and prevent the overproduction of bad eicosanoids (group of compounds derived from polyunsaturated fatty acids that have several biologically important actions). Sears claims high GI Index foods cause obesity.

My thoughts: Enter the Zone
There is no magic macronutrient percentage. People have done fine (weight loss and functionally) using a wide array of different macronutrient percentages while dieting. The information regarding insulin is incomplete and mis-leading (insulin has numerous roles in metabolism). Suggesting that high Gi- carbs per se make you fat is incorrect. Most people find it difficult and time consuming to calculate the macro percentage of every meal

The diet is generally nutritious. The diet also promotes the consumption of monounsaturated fatty acids, which can have numerous health benefits.

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Coach Hale
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[LisaS]

I once lurked on a message board devoted to the Zone - and left after a serious discussion of how to "Zone" a Snickers bar. I think they ended up that you could have like 1/3 of the bar as a snack if you added a little extra lean protein.

[Lisa~]

Mike Roussell wrote a good article about the Zone diet last year.

Breaking Down the Zone by Michael Roussell

[JoshDunn]

For fun one day I calculated the percentages of a large meatlovers pizza. Was almost perfectly in the zone. Any diet that gets people eating more veg is always a plus but you will never convince me to go low carb.

The zone is on my too read pile but keeps being trumped by fiction.