Did anyone read the new article on www.drsears.com?

http://www.drsears.com/tabid/399/it...-Diet.aspx

First, I would love to read the study in its entirety, before I draw my own conclusions (will have to do some searching).

But, I just want to know if the people in the study group were REALLY following the Zone Diet? Or, were they just following a 40/30/30 diet?

The reason why I ask this is because most women would not be taking in 1700 calories per day, if they were truly following the Zone Diet. Of course, the short article posted here does not discuss size and activity factors of these subjects.

If anyone has seen the study that this article is referring to, please post it... and feel free to post any comments on the Sears article itself!

I read the abstract for this study. It was not exactly the Zone Diet, but it did focus on zone guidelines. From the abstract, it is difficult to tell if the diet was actually made up of 40-30-30 meals, or if this was just the daily goal for calorie distribution.

In any case, this author has also done other studies which support zone recommendations.

One study is called "A Reduced Ratio of Dietary Carbohydrate to Protein Improves Body Composition and Blood Lipid Profiles during Weight Loss in Adult Women".

There were 24 women in the study, ages 45-56 years old with BMI greater than 26. There was a high carb group and a high protein group (ratio of carb/protein was 1.4, very similar to the Zone). The study lasted 10 weeks, and the 2 groups lost similar amounts of weight. However, the big difference was that the protein group had higher satiety between meals, and the protein group showed a greater impact on triglycerides and HDL. Both groups were able to reduce total cholesterol.

The same author also did another study focusing in on protein and exercise. It was a 4 month trial. Exercise was 5 days per week of walking, and 2 days of resistance training. The group that focused on protein and exercise lost more weight and fat mass, and preserved LBM.