| The Soy Zone diet advocates eating foods rich in | | | | 1. Better thinking -- With its recipes, individuals are |
| vitamins and high in protein and fiber to have | | | | assured of having stable blood sugar levels |
| balanced and healthy eating habits. Only when the | | | | throughout the day. It enhances mental alertness and |
| eating lifestyle is healthy can people achieve optimal | | | | concentration. |
| health. Besides protein, balanced portions of fat and | | | | 2. Increased energy -- Soy Zone's concept of eating |
| carbohydrates are included. Some reviewers labeled | | | | more protein increases the levels of glucagon, the |
| the Soy diet as among the healthiest diets with its | | | | hormone that enables the body to keep in constant |
| objective of promoting balance in the hormonal | | | | level the blood sugar for mental energy. People are |
| systems and keep the body running at its peak of | | | | reported to have refreshed feeling in the morning |
| efficiency. | | | | and more energized throughout the day. |
| Designed by the Zone Diet guru, Barry Sears, he | | | | 3. Greater sense of well being -- Feeling of crankiness |
| made Soy as the natural source of high protein on his | | | | and moodiness between meals are removed with |
| diet. Soy does not contain cholesterol; rather, it has | | | | Soy Zone. Commonly, the foods recommended on |
| ample amounts of vitamins, protein and fiber. For | | | | this diet are known to be filling while lessening |
| both vegetarians and non-vegetarians, Soy offers | | | | incidences of tiredness and irritability. |
| many health benefits. It embraces the same principles | | | | 4. Better looking -- Soy Zone diet promotes healthy |
| of the diet, his previous diet masterpiece. The only | | | | weight loss. In the first two weeks, dieters lose 1 to |
| difference that diet has is its filling up of soy protein | | | | 2 pounds of fat and 2 to 3 pounds of retained |
| instead of a chicken or fish. His book offers: | | | | water, which is mainly due to excess insulin levels |
| 1. Everything people need to know about soy and | | | | that are lowered when the person switches to |
| soy products | | | | fewer carbohydrates and more protein. |
| 2. Good General Zone instructional information | | | | 5. Lesser carbohydrates cravings -- When dieters |
| 3. More than a hundred soy recipes | | | | follow the Soy Zone diet, they will be eating fewer |
| Sears claimed that after two weeks of adhering to | | | | calories than they are used to. However, there is an |
| his Diet, people would experience positive effects | | | | assurance that they will not feel hungry. It resets the |
| such as: | | | | hormonal balance to regulate the bloods sugar levels. |