How the diet 作品

The foods and method of eating on this diet are designed to put your 団体／死体 into a 条件 in which hormones and metabolism are working at their optimal, fat-燃やすing level - 24 hours a day.

"On the hormonal level, all calories are not created equal," Dr Sears says. "The hormonal 影響 in the 団体／死体 of a calorie of carbohydrate is different to the hormonal 影響 of a calorie of protein or fat."

伸び（る）ing a proper balance of all three of these nutrients is what your 団体／死体 needs to remain healthy and keep insulin levels within the Zone.

When they are too high, however, almost always because you have eaten too many carbohydrates, your 団体／死体's hormonal equilibrium will be thrown off balance - resulting in cravings, 負わせる 伸び（る）, an 増加するd 見込み of chronic 病気s and an acceleration of the ageing 過程.

In the Zone, metabolic changes occur, says Dr Sears. "By eating the 権利 combination of protein, carbohydrates and fat, you can 解放（する） 超過 fat from your fat 独房s at the fastest possible 率, 24 hours a day - 許すing you to lose 負わせる and enjoy more energy 同時に."

The 利益s of 持続するing insulin levels in the Zone are almost 即座の, he says, because once you enter it 血 sugar is automatically stabilised. You will feel いっそう少なく hungry and not have carbohydrate cravings.

You'll see changes in seven days if you follow all the basic 指導基準s of this series.

But don't 推定する／予想する 即座の 負わせる loss during the first week, because it's 肉体的に impossible to lose more than 1-11/2lb of 団体／死体 fat per week. However, all the 負わせる you lose in the Zone will be pure fat, as …に反対するd t o water and muscle.

Your 団体／死体 composition will change, and your 着せる／賦与するs will start fitting better. If you start now, you are 保証（人）d to lose a dress size by Christmas and still enjoy eating out.

On this diet, cravings become a thing of the past because your 団体／死体 is 満足させるd and you 燃やす fat 24 hours a day - even when you sleep.

The first step of Zone meal 準備 is never 消費する any more low-fat protein at a meal than you can fit into the palm of your 手渡す - around 90g/3oz.

The best protein choices are skinless chicken breast, turkey, fish, very lean 削減（する）s of red meat, egg whites, low-fat 酪農場 製品s, tofu and soya meat 代用品，人s.

Then, you must balance the protein with just enough carbohydrates to get your 団体／死体 燃やすing fat at an optimal level.

Every Zone meal has to be based around an 適する serving of low-fat protein because your 団体／死体 needs a constant 供給（する） of dietary protein which 刺激するs the 解放（する） of glucagon - a mobilisation hormone that tells the 団体／死体 to 解放（する） 蓄える／店d carbohydrates from the 肝臓 to 持続する 適する 血 sugar levels for the brain.

But without 適する levels of glucagon, no 事柄 how much you eat, you will always feel hungry and mentally tired.

Insulin and glucagon 成し遂げる a constant balancing 行為／法令／行動する. If one hormone goes up, the other goes 負かす／撃墜する. By eating 明確な／細部 levels of protein and 刺激するing the 解放（する） of glucagon, you are helping to 妨げる too much insulin (the hormone that makes you 蓄える／店 energy and put on 負わせる) 存在 解放（する）d into your 団体／死体.

Many people think of carbohydrates as pasta, bread and 甘いs, but fruit and vegetables also 落ちる into this 部類.

That said, not all carbohydrates can 刺激する insulin. It is the "favourable" ones - most vegetables (except potatoes, corn and carrots), most fruits (except 気が狂って and raisins), oatmeal, barley and brown rice - that have a low capacity to do this and should be chosen because insulin 支配（する）／統制する is the 指名する of the game.

A good 割合 of your 現在の diet is probably 激しい on "unfavourable" carbohydrates - which 刺激する insulin - without the balance of low-fat protein, meaning you are getting fatter and いっそう少なく healthy with every meal.

Once you've balanced your plate with low-fat protein and favourable carbs, there is one more thing to 追加する before it's a Zone meal - fat. It takes a 確かな 量 of fat to 燃やす fat.

There are two types of 'good' fats - monounsaturated and long-chain omega-3 fats.

The former are 設立する in olive oil, selected nuts and avocados, and the latter in fish and fish oils (such as cod 肝臓 oil). These are powerful 同盟（する）s in your 追求（する），探索（する） for a longer, healthier life.

You should 制限する saturated fats, trans fats and arachidonic 酸性の. Saturated fats are in fatty 削減（する）s of red meat and high-fat 酪農場 製品s. Trans fats - such as hydrogenated vegetable oil - are 人工的な ones 設立する in 過程d foods. Arachidonic 酸性の is in fatty red meat, egg yolk and 組織／臓器 meat.

Ironically, the higher your insulin levels, the more your 団体／死体 is 刺激するd to make 増加するd levels of arachidonic 酸性の - so Dr Sears 削減（する）s it out of the Zone diet.

抽出するd by Mandy Francis from The 7-Day Zone 国会: Join The Low-Carb 革命 by Barry Sears, published by Thorsons on December 1 at £6.99. To order a copy, call 0870 161 0870.