The Zone diet is popular diet method presented in books by Barry Sears. It advocates consuming calories from carbohydrates, protein and fat in a balanced ratio, 30% protein, 30% fat, and 40% carbohydrates. This protein to carbohydrates ratio triggers effect called “The Zone”. Sears claims that these natural anti-inflammatories are heart and health friendly. The Zone diet contends that you can expect to turn back encroaching heart disease, high blood pressure, and diabetes. Zone diet not primarily a weight-loss “diet” (though it can be used for that purpose); rather it is a way of eating — the intake of food that produces the best results within the human body based on a hypothesis of how it has evolved to cope with varying food intake through the ages. [Read more…] about Zone Diet