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continued "1680 calories is too low for a moderately active man. The protein recommendations fall short as well: 126 grams of protein is plenty for a couch potato, but not enough to support a program with cardio and high intensity weight training. Will you lose weight on 1680 calories? Sure - but it won't be long before the starvation mode kicks in.
As a whole, the Zone program was denounced by nearly every mainstream health and nutrition organization in the world, including the American Dietetic Association, the Mayo Clinic, the American College of Sports Medicine, the Center for Science in the Public Interest, and many others. However, you can learn some important things from the Zone by reading it selectively, plucking out the useful tidbits and throwing away the rest.
The Zone made two particularly important contributions to modern trends in nutrition that have shifted the predominant thinking about fat loss in the bodybuilding and weight loss world since 1995.
First, The Zone brought to the public's attention the importance of having a good balance between proteins, carbohydrates and fats instead of being heavily slanted towards mostly carbohydrate at the expense of protein and fat - a big mistake in our day and age of "fat phobia" and high carbohydrate mania. It also pointed out the dangers of eating large amounts of processed carbohydrates such as white breads, white pastas, fat free snack foods and baked goods.
The second important point made by the Zone program was the idea of always combining a lean protein and complex carbohydrate food at every meal. This is probably one of the most important aspects of a nutrition program designed for improving body composition, because it helps to control the hormones responsible for fat storage and it provides a steady flow of amino acids from protein foods for muscle growth and maintenance." Copyright 2003, Fitness Renaissance, LLC
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