ketogenic diet summary

hello, i'm ty mason from thediabetescouncil.com,researcher, writer and i have type 2 diabetes. today i'm going to answer the question, isthe zone diet good for diabetes. but before we get into that, make sure youdownload my free diabetes management book which also includes a diabetes grocery shoppingguide (foods to eat and avoid) by clicking the link below. there have been a lot of “fad” diets overthe years. a couple of the crazier ones i found in myresearch were the cotton ball diet, where people would actually eat cotton balls soakedin orange juice. but crazier than that was the tape worm dietin which people purposefully introduced tape

worms into their bodies in an effort to loseweight. there is the adkins diet, south beach diet,the grapefruit diet, volumetrics, weight watchers, jenny craig, paleo and the list goes on andon. the zone diet was developed by “dr” barrysears over a 20 year period. while it is true that barry sears is a “dr”he has a phd in biochemistry (something the zone diet’s website neglects to tell youin the “about dr sears section in which he is pictured wearing a lab coat much likemedical doctors wear) from what i could find on the zone diets webpageas a brief summary of the diet states, “the key factor in zone diet is the hormonal balanceyou achieve while eating each skillfully prepared

meal. with a food plan comprising an accurate balancedratio of carbohydrates (40%), fat (30%) and proteins (30%); you actually get to eat foods,which control your body's insulin production.” the claims of barry sears is that his dietan actually reverse type 2 diabetes. the us army research institute of medicinedecided to put the claims to test. as of 2013, there were "no cross sectionalor longitudinal studies examining the potential health merit of adopting a zone diet per se,[and] closely related peer-reviewed findings from scientific research cast strong doubtover the purported benefits of this diet. when properly evaluated, the theories andarguments of popular low carbohydrate diet

books like the zone rely on poorly controlled,non-peer-reviewed studies, anecdotes and non-science rhetoric." there is some evidence that the zone dietcan help you lose weight, but to reverse diabetes? that is a far fetched claim. in “debunking the zone diet” medical doctorcharles atwood goes so far as to say, “without careful monitoring, this type of diet maylead to "ketosis" …. if ketosis sounds familiar, it's the result when insulin-dependent diabeticscan't metabolize carbohydrates without their insulin injections -- a state leading up todiabetic coma.” so, is the zone diet good for diabetes?

i know i will catch some heat from some ofyou “zonies” at my answer. you can lose weight fast but the initial weightloss is water and lean muscle rather than fat. from experience with “low carb” diets,i must conclude that “no” the zone not only will never reverse your diabetes, itis a dangerous diet without strict monitoring. i hope this answered your question is thezone diet good or bad for diabetes. don’t forget to get your diabetes managementbook by clicking the link in the description box below. let me know if you have any other diabetesrelated questions.

thank youi am ty mason