Is Zone Diet a Fad?

Written by Iulia Pascanu


Health Castle offers "Ten signs of a fad diet":

1. It promises massive weight loss (1 - 2 lbs per week)

Dr. Barry Sears is careful when he declares a standard weight loss on Zone diet. He considers that anything between 1 to 1,5 lbs per week is satisfactory. "It will be impossible to lose more than one to one point five pounds of fat per week. Anything over that is loss of retained water", says Sears himself on his daily "Ask Dr. Sears" column at DrSears.com. FAD. 2. It does not suggest you that you consult with a registered dietician or nutritionist

"Any change in diet (for better or worse) will affectrepparttar metabolism ofrepparttar 114700 drug(s) you are taking. Always consult with a physician before startingrepparttar 114701 Zone Diet or any other dietary plan", says Dr. Sears in various interviews and discussion lists. Not FAD. 3. It encourages you to eliminate certain food groups (e.g. "low carb diets", "low fat diets")

This is untrue forrepparttar 114702 Zone diet. Dr. Sears says: "No food is forbidden inrepparttar 114703 Zone." Zone diet considers "unfavourable" mostly high glycemic foods and foods high in saturated fats. Not FAD. 4. It offers rigid menus

Difficult-to-prepare meals, plenty of measuring and counting, rules that are easy to misinterpret, Zone subscribes to that. FAD 5. It neglects active living or lifestyle changes

The Zone diet has impressive instrumentary and regulation for dining out or for fast food. Onrepparttar 114704 other hand, there's no problem if you step out ofrepparttar 114705 Zone now and then. Here are some soothing phrases from Dr. Sears himself: "The Zone diet is free of guilt" or "The Zone is just one meal away". I'm quite UNDECIDED about this one. It is clearrepparttar 114706 man has taken some time to think about it. 6. It harshly limitatesrepparttar 114707 daily calorie intake

Some dieticians claim thatrepparttar 114708 Zone diet limitsrepparttar 114709 daily calorie intake to somewhere around 800. I usedrepparttar 114710 calculator at DrSears.com to check this (I am a 100 pound woman byrepparttar 114711 way) and my daily calorie intake resulted around 1100 kcal. I'm not pleased with it, as I don't plan to spend my days in permanent hibernation, or lose any of my precious, hard-gained pounds... FAD. 7. It contradicts what most trusted health profesionals say

Air purifiers and air filters can help the health of Allergy and Asthma sufferers.

Written by S.A. Smith


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Environmental control isrepparttar 114701 key to reducing exposure to indoor and outdoor allergens. Keeping a clean house free of dust, dander, smoke, pollen, and other airborne particulate matters will help to reducerepparttar 114702 irritation and effect on family members with respiratory difficulties. Air cleaners, filters and hepa filters can play a role in helping to control or reducerepparttar 114703 exposure to indoor and outdoor allergens.

Several health authorities have recognized that certain types of air filtration systems can be beneficial in reducingrepparttar 114704 amount of airborne particulates in a room. The American lung association recommends using a hepa air filter purifier forrepparttar 114705 bedrooms of asthma suffers. The Mayo clinic recommends an air particle filter for household ventilation systems. Ionic filters and hepa filters have been endorsed or recognized byrepparttar 114706 Asthma and allergy foundation of America (AAFA) andrepparttar 114707 British Allergy Foundation seal of approval.

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