Zone Diet For Healthy You

By Suparna Chakaraborthy

Wednesday, July 7, 2010, 16:09

Weight loss. Does the term sound similar? Well, it will, because this what everyone if looking forward to. Weight loss does not always mean eating less rather the actual definition is eating the right thing at the right time. Weight loss at the same time does not mean growing thin rather it means staying fit. Once this is clear it is time to regulate the course of your day.

What you eat has a great impact without much of your knowledge on your health. The most important thing is that your diet should be balanced. Keeping this mind and after through research Dr. Berry Sears have come up with the Zone Diet Plan. This plan works on the moderate carbohydrate, adequate protein and low fat. It is also known as forty thirty thirty. 40% carbohydrate, 30% protein, 30% fat. The diet claims that each meal of our day should have this balance.

This diet has been followed by many celebrities, one of the ardent followers being Jennifer Aniston.

The Zone Diet Of The Day

Breakfast

Low Fat Yogurt
Canadian Bacon
Strawberries
4 Almond

Lunch

3 Pieces of grilled chicken.

lettuces, few sliced mushroom, 1 chopped tomato, 1 chopped onion, lemon juice, garlic powder, pepper and 1 citrus fruit.

Toss all up in olive oil.

Evening Tiffin

1 cheese cube
1 apple

Dinner

3 pieces of Pork

1 apple and steamed broccoli

Toss it up in 1 tsp of olive oil

Bedtime Snack

1 cube cheese
few grapes

Best Time To Have Meal

1.After Morning Walk
2.4 hours after one meal
3.2 hours after snacks
4.Snacks 30 minutes after exercise

This meal plan will balance your diet and never let one factor exceed the other. The fat accumulates not only due to fat but also due to increased insulin, which is checked by the Zone Diet. Zone diet can work wonders in controlling obesity. Zone diet takes at least a months time to show the difference in weight. It not only checks weight but also improves skin quality and sets the body clock right.