on Weight Watchers, the Zone, and Low FODMAP Diets

The Consistency Project

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The soundbyte summary: The magic of the Zone comes from weighing & measuring your food, not from hitting a precise macronutrient ratio at every meal.

Topics include:

What is the Zone Diet
The pros & cons including:
- You have to weigh and measure to optimize performance
- The irrelevance of 40:30:30 to “balanced” insulin
- Why the block system makes things unnecessarily complicated
What is Weight Watchers
The pros & cons including:
- Encourages “limitless” fruit, veggies, and lean protein consumption
- The rate of 1-2 pounds a week might not be sustainable
- Another measurement system instead of just calories
What is a Low FODMAP diet?
The pros & cons including:
- Potential alleviation of GI symptoms with disorders such as IBS
- Eliminating too many healthy foods