What is Zone
Blocks?
Zone diet emphasizes on zone blocks
while talking about preparing meals. The amount of
carbohydrates, protein, and fat in each diet block has been
standardized. Your required daily diet blocks depends on your
individual weight, height, and waist and hip circumferences. On
an average, a man and a woman should have 14 and 11 zone food
blocks per day respectively.

The Zone block method is a precise way of choosing the right
portion of food. Each Zone block consists of one mini block of
carbohydrates, protein and fat each . Each mini block has a
precise weight, but they don't weigh the same. For protein, a
mini block (1P) is 7g while for carbohydrates (1C) it is 9g. For
fat, each mini block (1F) only weigh 1.5g. Together they form 1
zone block in a 40:30:30 ratio.
In summary, we get this:
1P = 7 g of protein
1C = 9 g of carbohydrates
1F = 1.5 g of fat
1 Zone block = 1C+ 1P+ 1F
This example demonstrates how Zone
blocks look like:
1 oz of skinless chicken breast
(1P), 3 apricots (1C), 3 olives (1F)
If you need to take 4 Zone blocks
for a particular meal, that means you have to take 4P (4oz of
skinless chicken breast), 4C (12 apricots) and 4F(12 olives).