The zone diet works on the principle that we are essentially meat eaters, as our ancestors, and so have to modify our diets. It advocates a "40-30-30" plan for carbohydrates, fats and proteins. Inclusion of such a balanced diet helps in weight loss by utilising fats for energy.

What is the Hullabaloo all about?

The zone diet was for the first time introduced to the lesser mortals by Barry Sears, PhD, in biotechnology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is credited with developing this mystical yet effective diet plan. Today the diet has plenty of celebrity affiliations and Madonna, Demi Moore and Jennifer Aniston swear by the results of this diet plan. This is the reason precisely why this diet has turned many a heads if not the world. So some of the hullabaloo is indeed justified.