The Isometric Diet and Steady Health
Sunday, February 7th, 2010The isometric concept has been a part of the wellness care vocabulary for decades. The most usual application of the term, until now, has been concerning physical exercise. Brought from the Greek root word Iso, meaning equal, the familiar term Isometric exercises involves applying identical weight to achieve strength goals.
Fairly of late, wellness researchers have revealed another novel application of the isometric idea in the wellness care field: nutrition. These researchers have recognized that an isometric approach to diet – a.k.a. the “Isometric Diet” — can lead to health improvement.
The Isometric Diet, which provides the theoretical foundation for the Zone Diet, has promptly gained respect from the wellness and nutrition commune because it applies this clear “balance” lens to the rather perplexed, often misinformed world of dieting. Formed by Dan Duchaine in the mid 90s, and evolved by researchers, for instance, Dr. Barry Sears (founder of the Zone Diet), the Isometric Diet is an eating regime that calls for a balanced proportion of protein, low-glycemic carbohydrates, and central fatty acids.
The balanced ratio is the result of an complete awareness that the human body does not inevitably desire, or require, all kinds of micronutrients in all circumstances. While carbohydrates, proteins, and fats do provide the essential building blocks of human life, not all sources of each are optimal in all circumstances.
The Isometric Diet consequently takes a holistic approach to eating, and incorporates both macronutrient and micronutrient sources of energy. This goes beyond truly balancing proteins, carbohydrates and fats. Instead, an optimal balance is achieved on a deeper level one that leads to perfect body functioning, normalized blood-glucose levels, a controlled metabolism, and a healthy satiating of hunger.
This perfect balance, and chiefly the point vis–vis healthily satiating hunger, is in absolute contrast to some “fad diets”, which seek to falsely repress hunger. This potentially injurious suppression frequently forces eaters to experience a weakened immune system, bone density loss, and other adverse consequences of malnutrition.
The Isometric Diet is founded upon five integrated beliefs: balance protein variety, unsaturated fats, low glycemic carbohydrates, and awareness of food priority.
Principle One: Balance. The Isometric Diet recognizes the truth that the human body functions at its best when it is fueled by a balanced micronutrient share of proteins, carbohydrates and fats.[i] The optimal ratio for these three is 1:1:1, or the identical number of calories from proteins, carbohydrates and fats.
Principle Two: Protein Diversity. The human body responds in a different way to dissimilar sources of protein.[ii] For instance, a post-exercise meal that consists of speedy-assimilating whey protein shall have a more beneficial health impact than an intake of caseinate or soy protein. The Isometric Diet hence promotes a blend of protein intake to seek an amino acid balance, and to indicate the most apt assimilation swiftness for optimal health.
Principle Three: Unsaturated Fats and MCT’s. The Isometric Diet recognizes that the human body processes saturated fats in a different way from mono- and polyunsaturated fats.[iii] Furthermore, the diet exploits the truth that there are various fats, called Medium Chain Triglycerides or “MCTs”, which are shorter chains of 8-10 fatty acids. These MCT chains are shorter, absorb speedily, and digest extraordinarily easily. The consequence is a more efficient digestive system and better results through less effort.[iv]
Principle Four: Low Glycemic Carbohydrates. Healthy eaters are rapidly adopting the Isometric Diet’s promotion of carbohydrates that do not stimulate the blood-sugar to rise. Dieters can hence use the “glycemic index” (GI) as an intelligent way to measure the body’s insulin response to a given food and to watch the intake of “good” carbohydrates.[v]
Principle Five: Awareness of Food Priority. The Isometric Diet is aware that there are naturally occurring micronutrients found in food that supplements, typically, cannot engineer. As such, the Isometric Diet does not put forward an eating schedule that persistently replaces food with supplements. Rather, a controlled diet that is prepared by scientifically designed supplements is most helpful.[vi] This is particularly critical in a extremely speedy paced world where eating a complete meal can be quite a challenge. In such cases, the Isometric Diet approves of the supportive value of supplements – provided that such supplements are produced in light of the above four philosophies.
One such supplement that has been engineered within the framework of these values, and that is receiving positive approval in the wellness care field, is called Isometric, created by Pennsylvania-based Protica, Inc. Hence named to reflect its balanced composition and support of the Isometric Diet values, Isometric is a third-generation supplement that provides a complete spectrum of macro- and micronutrients.
Of larger importance to most wellness-conscious eaters, nevertheless, is Isometric’s balanced micronutrient breakdown. Every all-natural 3-fluid-ounce serving – which can be dutifully used as a meal substitute — delivers 25 grams of low-glycemic carbohydrates, 25 grams of protein, and 10 grams of unsaturated, highly-bioavailable indispensable fatty acids. Of added value to dieters is Isometric’s modest 300-calories per serving.
The path to perfect eating balance is an evolving one. The further information that nutritional science uncovers, the more helpful shall be the resultant eating regimen.
References
[i] Source: “Balancing Fats, Proteins, and Carbohydrates”. With respect to Network. http://nutrition..com/od/recipesmenus/a/balanceddiet.htm
[ii] Source: “Picking Your Protein”. C- http://chealth.canoe.ca/columns.asp?columnistid=9&articleid=10798
[iii] Source: ” Diet for a Healthy Heart”. WebMD. http://aolsvc..webmd.aol.com/content/article/54/65205.htm
[iv] Source: “MCT: Do They Really Make it Easier to Lose Weight?”. http://www.thefactsaboutfitness.com/research/mct.htm.
[v] Source: “Study Shows Benefit from “Good-” Carb Diet”. MSNBC. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6567344/
[vi] Source: “Dietary Supplements No for Diet”. CNN. http://archives.cnn.com/2000/HEALTH/diet.fitness/09/05/diet.cancer.ap/
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