Of what the diet of the zone consists

The diet to be in the Zone was born in the United States thanks to Barry Sears.
The well-being, the disease absence, the optimal health is the metabolic state in which the body and the mind work to the maximum of their efficiency (that is to be in the Zone). The route to enter the Zone consists of a sensible diet, (the diet of the zone) of which carbohydrates, proteins and fats are controlled rigorously within each food.

The diet of the zone is born like opposition to the rich diets in carbohydrates, since these are not able to make disappear the excess of corporal fat; this is because they bring about an insulin overproduction, and the production of bad eicosanoides. The excess of insulin is translated in a reduction of the sugar level (glucose) in the blood, that is transformed into fat and at the same time it blocks the access to our fat reserves, all this in last instance leads to the disease. This is the explanation of because the high carbohydrate diets, they produce fatigue sensation, every time it causes that we feel with less physical energy and every time we accumulate more corporal fat.

In the diet of the zone easier access to the accumulated fat reserves is had (instead of the accumulated carbohydrates) like power plant, which in addition is translated in a greater mental concentration, than not only aid to be more productive, but it will improve the physical yield.

In the diet of the zone, it is advised to realise five meals to the day, two of which they will be light.
They are never due to let pass more than 4 or 5 hours among them, since otherwise the rate of insulin goes off and the sugar levels are altered in the blood.

The recommended foods of the diet of the zone are the following

• Carbohydrates: the benefit of carbohydrates depends on its speed in entering the sanguineous torrent (it indicates his glucémico index) of the speed which they are transformed into glucose depends the major or minor secretion on insulin.
  We have to avoid the foods with a high glucémico index that is that increase to much and very fast the levels of glucaemia like the sugar refining, the honey, the glucose, the white bread, potatoes and all the cereals, you graze and products done with white flour (refined).
  On the contrary, we will take those from slower absorption and than we found in the integral fruits, vegetables, vegetables and cereals since the fiber helps to descend the absorption from sugars and fats (as much as far as amount as in speed).
• Proteins: within vegetables we have the Tofu, the gluten or Seitán, the Espirulina alga, the Leavening of beer or germinated of Lentils or the Soybean and all the vegetables (soybean, lentils, chick-peas, porotos, etc.).
  Between recommended animal proteins, they are the meats of chicken, the blue turkey and rabbit, as well as fish and the thin one of ham. Yogurts and you milk fermented, we will flee from the rest of whole milky products, like cheeses. The red meats will be avoided. In order to make our combinations we can also use the dust protein.
• Fats: we will obtain them to the fats from the olive oil, the olives, or the mayonnaise.

Disadvantages of the diet of the zone

It is necessary to try that the type of proteins is most healthful possible not to overload the kidneys and not to acidify too much our organism.

Example of a menu of the diet of the zone

Breakfast

• Toasts of integral bread with sweet or mountain ham (without the fat) and coffee only little loaded.
• Two skimmed yogurts or kephir, with muesli (nonchaptalisation) and coffee or red you.

Refreshments of mid-morning - behind schedule

• A piece of fruit (pear, apple) and five almonds or hazelnuts.
• A dessert of soybean and fruits droughts.
• The refreshment by a barrita of those of regime can be replaced, whenever it has been to a proportion of protein between 50% and the 100% of carbohydrates.

Food - it has dinner

• A protein (breast chicken 120 gr., breast turkey 120 gr., hamburger chicken or turkey, 140 tuna gr., 180 salmon gr., 180 hake gr.).
• Plus a carbohydrate: cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, green beans, tomato, lettuce) and any fruit.
• Fat. 12 small olives or 4 spoons mayonnaise olive oil light or 1 spoonful and average.

Advantages of the diet of the zone

It serves to lose corporal fat, it improves the physical yield in the case of the athletes and improves our health.
The unique thing that we needed is to maintain of All the meals a balance between proteins, carbohydrates and fats.
The ideal proportion is of the 0,75%, that is to say, 3 gr. of proteins by each 4 gr. of carbohydrates.

Besides the proportion of foods it is necessary to consider the amount, this depends on sex, weight, percentage of corporal fat and physical activity of each individual.
This diet allows to forget us to be telling calories to us.

Observations on the diet of the zone

Many dieticians agree in which we have happened to take many proteins not to cover our necessary requirements.
Thus many people worried about the weight, the health or that have adopted a vegetarian diet usually is fed on fruit, bread, cheese and not much more.
The lack of memory, loss of muscular mass, low mood and energy level and often high rates of cholesterol usually are signals that we are moving away of the Zone.
The combination the diet of the zone with the Diet according to the Sanguineous Group usually gives, often, spectacular results.

In all the cases we recommended to him to consult with its doctor, therapist or another professional of the competent health. The information contained in this article has an informative function merely.