http://www.dietzonecenter.com Just another WordPress weblog Sun, 28 Dec 2008 04:25:33 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Zone diet is a diet popularized in books by biochemist Barry Sears. It advocates consuming calories from carbohydrates, protein and fat in a ratio of 40%/30%/30%. Theory The diet centers on a "40:30:30" ratio of calories obtained daily from carbohydrates, proteins, and fats, respectively. The ideal formula has ... http://www.dietzonecenter.com/zone/zone-diet/ Vegetarian diets are basically plant based, with fruit, vegetables, legumes, seeds and nuts. A vegetarian diet can be very healthy as many plant foods are lower in saturated fat and higher in dietary fibre. However, a healthy vegetarian diet requires careful planning to make sure it is well balanced, including a ... http://www.dietzonecenter.com/vegan/vegetarian-and-vegan-diet/ Most people are sick of trying new diets for one reason – they do not work! What makes the South Beach Diet different is that it teaches a way of life where you rely on the right carbohydrates and fats. This new way of eating allows you to ... http://www.dietzonecenter.com/south-beach/south-beach-diet-what-is-it/ What exactly is the 'Paleolithic diet'? This answer is brought to you by many of the Australian nutrition professionals who regularly contribute to a nutrition email discussion group. The 'Paleolithic Era' was the period commonly known as 'the Stone Age'. It commenced well before modern people emerged from ... http://www.dietzonecenter.com/paleothic/paleolithic-diet/ Organic foods are produced according to certain production standards, meaning they are grown without the use of conventional pesticides, artificial fertilizers, human waste, or sewage sludge, and that they were processed without ionizing radiation or food additives. Livestock are reared without the routine use of antibiotics and without the use ... http://www.dietzonecenter.com/organic-food/organic-food-diet/ The Mediterranean diet is a modern nutritional recommendation inspired by the traditional dietary patterns of some of the countries of the Mediterranean Basin. History The most commonly-understood version of the Mediterranean diet was presented by Dr. Walter Willett of Harvard University's School of Public Health in the mid- 1990s. ... http://www.dietzonecenter.com/mediterranean/mediterranean-diet/ The LEARN diet recommends 55% to 60% energy from carbohydrate and less than 10% energy from saturated fat. LEARN stands for Lifestyle, Exercise, Attitudes, Relationships, and Nutrition. The LEARN diet is classified as a low-fat diet along with the Ornish diet. A comparison of Atkins diet, Zone diet, ... http://www.dietzonecenter.com/learn/learn-diet/ The Ketogenic Diet is a high fat, adequate protein, low carbohydrate diet, primarily used to treat difficult-to-control (refractory) epilepsy in children. The diet mimics aspects of starvation by forcing the body to burn fat rather than carbohydrate. Normally, the carbohydrates in food are converted into glucose, which is then transported ... http://www.dietzonecenter.com/ketogenic/ketogenic-diet/ The blood type diet is a diet advocated by Peter D'Adamo, a naturopathic physician, and outlined in his book Eat Right 4 Your Type. D'Adamo's theory is that ABO blood type is the most important factor in determining a healthy diet. D'Adamo's premise is that human blood type is key to ... http://www.dietzonecenter.com/blood-group/blood-group-diet/ Atkins Nutritional Approach, popularly known as the Atkins Diet or just 'Atkins', is a well-known low-carbohydrate diet created by Dr.Robert Atkins from a diet he read in the Journal of the American Medical Association and utilized to resolve his own overweight condition following medical school and graduate medical training. He ... http://www.dietzonecenter.com/atkins/atkins-diet/