One for the Celebs
If your wanting to follow the latest celebrity fads then you need to get into the Zone. It even sounds cool.  Do you really want to suffer the hunger they are enduring. The Zone is also a nice sounding name, which makes it very good for all kinds of marketing purposes. There are lot of diet food delivery companies that have started including Zone foods in their menus. This is one of the main reasons the diet has become popular with the celebrities.  You 'll need a lot of money for these specialist food deliveries, making this aan expensive diet.  If you can afford it, you will need alot of time for the cooking side of the plan.  A costly way of going hungry!!!

The Zone Diet is built around the classic mix of low-far foods, such as chicken and fish, low-fat cheese, small amounts of fruits and vegetables and some olive oil. The Zone itself is a fancy term for achieving a state of hormonal balance (especially in insulin and glucagon) that allows the body to expend the energy intake in an efficient manner and to avoid storing calories as fat. Therefore, dieters are encouraged to eat a lot of non-starchy raw vegetables, a small amount of protein, a smaller amount of carbohydrates and enough monosaturated oils to keep the feeling of hunger away.

The good side of the diet is the restriction of refined carbohydrates, which are low in nutrition, and the focus on low-starch vegetables and fruits. Nevertheless, the American Heart Association does not recommend the Zone Diet because of the lack of essential nutrients, high-protein content and the general lack of information about its long-term effects. Since the diet is quite low on the daily intake of calories, it does not seem to be designed for the long term, but rather as a quick fix. Exercising is pretty much out of the question with such a low amount of calories.