Creator: Dr. Trupti Shirole
Keywords: Zone Diet benefits, weight loss, eicosanoids, Increased blood flow, chronic disease, type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure

Written by Dr. Trupti Shirole, BAMS, CGO
Article Reviewed by The Medindia Medical Review Team on Nov 11, 2016

What are the Benefits Of Zone Diet?

The Zone Diet offers benefits by maintaining the correct balance between insulin and glucagon. When this balance is established, then specific anti-inflammatory chemicals (types of eicosanoids) are released. The effect of these eicosanoids is similar to aspirin.

The benefits of Zone Diet are-

Weight loss
Enhanced health with improved energy
Decreased likelihood of cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes
Improved mental clarity
Greater athletic performance
Decreased inflammation
Increased blood flow
Improvement of chronic disease condition

Published on Jan 20, 2009
Last Updated on Nov 11, 2016

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