Zone Diet on the Go
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Are All Zone Diet Products Compliant To The Zone Diet?
The ZonePerfect Nutrition Company has continued to expand and is expected to sell in excess of one hundred million dollars worth of ZonePerfect foods this year. These include Zone diet bars, Zone diet meals, protein shakes and powders, supplements and fish oil capsules to be used as supplements. While these products are labeled as Zone Diet products, Dr. Sears does not agree that they are following the Zone Diet principles, and he is not endorsing several of the products.
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In fact, Dr. Barry Sears is endorsing a new product called Smart Zone which is a meal supplement bar produced by Hersheys. There have been several lawsuits regarding the use of the Dr. Sears implied endorsement of ZonePerfect products. Dr. Sears is very clear that he does not endorse these products despite the fact that they use the ZonePerfect name.
What is the issue?
Dr. Barry Sears now operates a company called Zone Labs. They have the only Zone Diet products that Dr. Sears endorses at this time. The Hershey SmartZone bars will also carry Dr. Sears stamp of approval as soon as they are marketed.
The concern with the non-endorsed products is that while they appear to be the Zone products, they are not correctly chemically balanced to control insulin. Since the whole premise of the Zone Diet is to eat foods that will help your body control the hormones that produce and regular insulin it is very important that the chemical composition of the food is exactly correct.
Dr. Sears explains that a diet bar can be a prime example of how things can appear to be Zone foods but are not chemically balanced to work with the program. There are many nutrition bars that are composed of a 40/30/30 balance of proteins, carbohydrates and fat. The fat in Zone bars comes from a patented fish oil product that actually helps the body slow down the production of insulin and prevents hunger and cravings. Other bars marketed as Zone products have the 40/30/30 ratio but they use flaxseed or soybean oils that don’t have the same chemical composition. This oil does nothing to help the body with insulin control and will result in hunger and cravings.
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What does Dr. Sears endorse?
Currently Dr. Sears endorses his own line of supplements that include:
* Zone Ribose is another supplement that is used to increase energy and decrease muscle stiffness and fatigue after exercise.
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Is a 1200 calorie diet safe if done short term? (don’t want to go into starvation mode)?
I am 5 foot 6 and morbidly obese (my total goal is to lose 146 pounds which would give me a BMI of 23.4, I have lost 13 pounds so far)
I would like to jump start my diet to get the next 32 pounds off as soon as safely possible since then I will no longer be morbidly obese. By my calculation, I would lose somewhere around 2.7 pounds a week on a 1200 calorie diet and would be at my first goal in November. I would most likely slow the loss down to about a pound a half a week after that; I just want to get out of that high danger zone as quickly as possible. I don’t want to go into starvation mode though. I am doing a moderate to brisk 20 minute walk every day and am going to keep increasing the time gradually.
I have been evaluated by a physician and don’t have any barriers to exercise or weight loss other than some sciatic pain that I am dealing fairly well with. Is this a safe plan? I am being careful to make sure I get the requisite amount of fruits, veggies, dairy, and protein.
Short Answer, No. The amount of weight you lose is dependent on the amount of calories consumed relative to your weight.
Example: You weigh 260 lbs. and you eat 3400 calories a day. you would lose 1 lb. a week.
Example 2: you weigh 200 lbs and eat 2500 calories a day, you would lose 1lb a week.
Losing more than 1-2 lbs. a week outside of your initial weeks of dieting is dangerous. 1200 calories a day at such a high weight would practically be starving and your body would start to eat away at your muscles as well. Also, when your hungry all the time ,as you will be bound to be on such a low calorie diet, you will also feel weak and it will be difficult. It could demotivate you from your diet.
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