So in that respect the fat is dangerous. What troubles many experts is that some high-protein diets restrict fruits and vegetables as well as starches. You can't get phytochemicals in a pill. So what you are eliminating in your diet are these cancer-preventing nutrients that are found naturally in fruits and vegetables and grains. A good definition of a 'high-protein' diet is any diet in which you are consuming a lot more protein than carbohydrates, and that is going to induce a state of ketosis.
Nobody can say anything positive about ketosis.
Sears is also the president of Sears Laboratories, a Chicago-based biotechnology company. Where I think the controversy of the Zone diet comes from is, it forces people to think of hormonal consequences, not simply calorie-counting. The object of the Zone diet is to keep certain measures of food metabolism, like insulin, within a target area or zone so that blood sugar levels stay constant and hunger levels stay low. Although some nutritionists downplay the notion that eating a certain combinations of protein, fat, and carbohydrates will result in insulin control and weight loss, a study presented at the American Heart Association's annual conference earlier this month seems to show otherwise. Despite the promising results, Clinton doesn't think clinicians should encourage their patients who have insulin resistance syndrome to embark on high-protein diets.