Zone Diet Guide

Zone Diet Benefits

Zone Diet Plan

Zone Diet Rules

Master The Zone

Zone Food Blocks

Zone Diet and Carbohydrate

Zone Diet and Glycemic Load

Zone Meals

Zone Snacks

Top Zone Food

Zone Diet Menu - Female

Zone Diet Menu - Male

Zone Diet and Glycemic Load

Glycemic Index and Glycemic Load

Carbohydrates and Insulin Production

To stay in the Zone one has always to ensure that the overall composite glycemic load of a meal is always kept in the balance and not high enough to over stimulate insulin production.

Learning the concept of glycemic load is essential to the Zone Diet program as glycemic load predicts the impact of carbohydrate ingredients on insulin secretion.

Different carbohydrate food affects insulin secretion in different ways.  Some carbohydrate enters the bloodstream faster than others and give rise to more insulin secretion.

Glycemic index is the index use to measure the rate at which carbohydrate enters the bloodstream to impact insulin secretion.

Glycemic Load

Carbohydrate glycemic load is define as the amount of carbohydrate in a typical serving size multiply by the glycemic index of that carbohydrate.

For making the perfect Zone meal, top Zone carbohydrate food choices comprises of ingredients that are all low glycemic load carbohydrates.