Diet types

The Zone Diet
The Zone diet is a diet primarily advocated by Barry Sears in a number of books and publications. The Zone diet isn’t specifically a fat reduction diet, nevertheless many zone diet followers find that they actually manage to lose a few pounds when following it.
The main theory of the Zone Diet is that if you were to gain control of the levels of insulin and glucogen (two hormones), then your body releases eicosanoids which, as a consequence puts your body in a state of equilibrium that is a lot more healthful than usual, which followers of the diet, refer to as '"he zone".
Sears claims that a body that is in 'the zone' is working at its most efficient and, as a consequence, does not need to convert surplus energy to fat.
The most valuable method of the diet is to control the precise ratio of carbs to proteins, and to take high levels of Omega 3 and omega 6.

Creamy Spinach Soup (Lf) Recipe

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Ingredients And Procedures

1 lg Onion; coarsely chopped

6 c -Water

3 Potatoes; peeled & chopped

3 Zucchini; thickly sliced

1 tb Low-sodium soy sauce;

2 c Fresh spinach leaves;

-tightly packed Pepper; black to taste 1/3 c Enoki mushrooms; trimmed

-optional --------------------------------PER SERVING-------------------------------- 123 x *cals

3 x *gm protein

1/8 x *gm fat

27 x *gm carbo

181 x *mg sodium

5 x *gm fiber

Place onion in a large pot with 1/2 cup water. Cook and stir until onion softens slightly, about 3 minutes. Add remaining 5 cups of water, potatoes, zucchini, and soy saue. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer for 35 minutes. Add spinach and pepper. Cook for another 2 minutes. Remove

from heat. Puree soup in batches in blender. Return to pan. Add mushrooms if desired. Heat gently for 5 minutes. Serve hot. Serves 4 to 6. Author's Note: Pureed potatoes give this soup a rich taste and texture with barely a trace of fat. Source: Vegetarian Times, May 1993 Low Fat, Fabulous and Fit by Mary McDougall Formatted MM:de A.ENGLISH [Al & Diane] at 21:49 EDT

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<h1>Creamy Spinach Soup (Lf)</h1>
    <b>Ingredients And Procedures</b><p>
        <TABLE cellSpacing=2 cellPadding=3 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD><P>1 lg Onion; coarsely chopped <P>6 c -Water <P>3 Potatoes; peeled & chopped <P>3 Zucchini; thickly sliced <P>1 tb Low-sodium soy sauce; <P>2 c Fresh spinach leaves; <P>-tightly packed Pepper; black to taste 1/3 c Enoki mushrooms; trimmed <P>-optional --------------------------------PER SERVING-------------------------------- 123 x *cals <P>3 x *gm protein <P>1/8 x *gm fat <P>27 x *gm carbo <P>181 x *mg sodium <P>5 x *gm fiber <P>Place onion in a large pot with 1/2 cup water. Cook and stir until onion softens slightly, about 3 minutes. Add remaining 5 cups of water, potatoes, zucchini, and soy saue. Bring to a boil, reduce heat, cover and simmer for 35 minutes. Add spinach and pepper. Cook for another 2 minutes. Remove <P>from heat. Puree soup in batches in blender. Return to pan. Add mushrooms if desired. Heat gently for 5 minutes. Serve hot. Serves 4 to 6. Author's Note: Pureed potatoes give this soup a rich taste and texture with barely a trace of fat. Source: Vegetarian Times, May 1993 Low Fat, Fabulous and Fit by Mary McDougall Formatted MM:de A.ENGLISH [Al & Diane] at 21:49 EDT <BR><BR></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>     <p>
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