A man named Barry Sears created the fad diet called the Zone diet.

It's planned as a permanent diet to be eaten throughout a person's life. Although less restrictive on carbohydrates than the Atkins diet, it is a low carbohydrate diet.

The zone diet relies on a 40 to 30 to 30 balance of calories from carbs, proteins and fats. Television studies have concluded that the diet can work. They also concluded that the zone diet can help people gain muscle in addition to losing weight. People included in the studies said it was very easy to stick to the zone diet as compared to other low carbohydrate diets.

The zone in zone diet refers to a hormone balance in which insulin levels are perfect, glucagen levels are perfect, and thus the body releases various anti-inflammatory chemicals similar to aspirin but without side effects. Sears also pointed to heart health as a side benefit of anti-inflammatory chemicals.

The zone diet also creates a state in which the body stops storing fat. The result is weight loss. Fatty acids such as omega 3 were later added in the form of supplements such as fish oil.

The zone diet calls for the following – a hand full sized piece of meat, as many vegetables as you can eat, and just enough carbs to maintain mental clarity.

The Zone diet boasts an amazing weight loss story to its credit – a man who once weighed 1200 pounds.

After two years on the zone diet he lost nearly 1/3 of that weight, all that after trying everything he could think of including liposuction that had nearly been fatal. Now he continues to follow the zone diet as he consumes 2000 calories daily, broken up between six meals.

Give the zone diet a try, but be careful.