Following the Zone Diet in New York City

The choices available for people on the Zone Diet in New York are much greater than for most of the rest of the country.

I'm a Midwesterner, and resent being called a flyover state, but I do understand that in the United States new trends start on the East and West coasts before they appear here in St Louis, and then it takes yet more time for them to become known or popular in the small towns.

In some respects, of course the Zone Diet remains the same no matter where you live. However, geography does a play a role in what options are available to you.

For instance, people outside of the big cities have more options for growing gardens so they can raise a lot of their own vegetables. However, I will admit this is hardly ideal, thanks to the growing season.

The Zone Diet in New York and Other Places is More Than Growing Vegetables

The top period for eating your own garden-grown produce is July through August, unless you have been storing a lot of food. That is not practical for most of us even in the Midwest and South. We have more room than New York City apartment dwellers, but not more time.

People totally out in the country can grow huge amounts of fruits and vegetables and even their own animals. However, this takes up a lot of time. And it requires the ability to butcher and store the meat you raise. And eggs must be gathered early in the morning.

So most of us are just as dependent on the local supermarket, except for those with local farmers markets, which can supply a lot of good food in season.

However, that still leaves winter and spring, at least.

Besides, let's face it, there's more than gardening to eating a healthy diet. Lots of gardeners die of the same chronic inflammatory diseases as other Americans. Many of them includes lots of high glycemic carbohydrate foods in their diet, along with their vegetables.

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Zone Diet Restaurants in New York and Other Places are Not the Solution

So what about restaurants? There're few Zone diet only restaurants in New York and everywhere else. Yes, millions of vegetarian restaurants and others that emphasize low fat, veggy meals. However, vegetarian meals make it hard (though certainly not impossible) to get enough protein and healthy fats (most such places consider ALL fat to be a "bad" food).

If you know what you're doing, of course you can stay in the Zone while eating at a veggie joint. If you know what you're doing, you can also do so at McDonald's. You won't get a lot of micronutrition (vitamins and minerals), but at least you'll be eating hormonally correct.

I look forward to the day that Zone diet restaurants become popular in New York City and around the world.

If you think about it, however, the concept does have several problems.

For one thing, the restaurant can't control how much you eat. If you're a man and they give you a satisfying four-block meal, what do you drink with it? If you add sugar to your tea or whatever, you're out of the Zone.

Same goes with appetizers and desserts. Where would they fit in? They can be made into Zone balanced plates, but the restaurant can't stop you from eating far too much at one time.

Therefore, getting Zone meals delivered to your door every day or every day is a good solution for many people. The portions are controlled, and to your tastes. You can get vegetarian, or just exclude fish, or exclude lima beans and every other vegetable you dislike. You can get kosher Zone diet foods, or accomodate any other medical condition or need you may have.

Zone Diet Fans in New York and Elsewhere Can Get Meals Delivered

Of course, the Zone diet delivery service can't stop you from pigging out on pizza after you finish off your Zone meal, but at least the burden is on you. They've done their part.

Services that delivery Zone diet meals in New York are:

In the Zone Delivery (866) 480-9663

The Fresh Diet (866) 373-7450

The Slimdown (866) 275-3588

Zone Delivery USA (866) 343-8321

Zone Manhattan (866) 961-9663

This can also can be found as ZoneWestchester.com, and ZoneLongIsland.com

Chef's Diet (800) 946-1047

The day may yet come when Zone diet fast food joints are as common as McDonald's are now.

Until then, you can remain on the Zone diet in New York City, and other areas.

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