March 2009 Zone Science Newsletter
Last Updated May 2009
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| New study points to superiority of the Zone Diet |
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| The two major problems that plague diet studies are (1) they are too short in duration, and (2) the subjects rarely maintain the diet they were supposed to follow. In a recent study published in the Journal of Nutrition with Don Layman of the University of Illinois as lead author, both these problems were overcome. In this study done at two separate locations, 130 obese men and women were placed on iso-caloric diets (1,700 calories for females and 1,900 calories for males). Half were following the Zone Diet guidelines (30 percent protein, 40 percent carbohydrates, and 30 percent fat), and other half were following the USDA Food Pyramid dietary guidelines (15 percent protein, 55 percent carbohydrates and 30 percent fat). Read More |
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Best questions from DrSears.com
in March |
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IgA nephropathy
My son (5 years old) has IgA nephropathy (not biopsy-confirmed). I want to put him into an optimal Zone for fish oil. What would you suggest to do for someone at such a young age? Read More |
‘Good Calories – Bad Calories’
I haven’t seen Dr. Sears’ comments on the 2007 book by Gary Taubes. I would appreciate Dr. Sears’ comments on this book. Read More |
Fish oil quality
I just bought "twice the potency" fish oil. Please advise how many to take, or if this is the wrong fish oil type. Read More |
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Brain injury
My friend’s mom experienced a heart-breaking brain injury in September 2007 while in surgery for a simple double knee replacement. After reading your coal mining success story, I wanted to reach out to you to see if you thought high-dose Omega 3 fish oil treatments would help her mom. Read More |
Restless leg syndrome
I hope you can give me some advice on how to tell my doctor that the current meds he has me on are making me gain weight and not helping my RLS. Read More |
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Best Health News from DrSears.com in March |
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