Zone Diet --- Re: help to stay the course

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Rodney,

Although we don't discuss the Zone diet here much, the Zone

macronutrient ratios of 30:30:40 (P:F:C) are a natural result of

decreasing empty calories, generally carbohydrates, from the standard

American diet (USDA) which advocates 15:30:55 (P:F:C) and has helped

Americans become the fattest people in the world. The Zone diet is

discussed more frequently in the Calorie Restriction Society.

The higher protein ratios of the Zone diet promote the feeling of

satiety. Some recent work has found that " diets heavy in protein

spark the production of glucose in the small intestine. That rise in

glucose, sensed in the liver and relayed to the brain, led the animals

to eat less " :

http://www.scienceblog.com/cms/how_protein-rich_diets_curb_hunger_9243

Clearly, Calorie Restriction is a procedure that you can apply to any

diet. You can practice CR using the Zone diet, the USDA diet, or any

other diet. The question of which diet is optimal for the lower

calorie intake levels of CR remains unanswered. Each of us has to

make a bet on what we believe works best for us.

The concept of a " healthy diet " keeps shifting as science advances.

Harvard has a new food pyramid

(http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/) which emphasizes more

vegetables and less meat.

Tony

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> > AFA I know, the Zone thing is not CRON.

> > Ch. D.

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> > From: mary_lowther <mary_lowther@>

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> > Sent: Wednesday, November 26, 2008 5:41:27 AM

> > Subject: [ ] help to stay the course

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> > Hi,

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> > I'm new so please bear with me...I've been basically following the

> > CRON diet for 6 months, and, thanks to the CRON website, got turned

> > on to Barry Sears' " Zone " books, which are the best nutritional

> books

> > I've ever read. Been following his basic diet now for about 4

> months.

> >

> > So. Went to the ophthalmologist yesterday for my three-month check

> > up as usual because I have an artificial cornea and the eyeball

> > pressure has been somewhat high. Pressure was down by several

> points

> > (after gradually always climbing for the last 10 years since the

> > implant), in both eyes, and the good doctor doesn't want to see me

> > for a year or two now. Sure I told him about my diet and he wrote

> it

> > in my file. And I have no doubt that it's the reason for improved

> > pressures.

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> > I was hoping to find suggestions as to how to stay the course

> because

> > I still find it very difficult.

> >

> > Thanks for providing a great service.

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