Plastic products are very common in our modern life. According to an estimate, every year we use approximately 1.6 million barrels of oil just for producing plastic water bottles. Plastic waste is one of many types of wastes that take too long to decompose. Normally, plastic items can take up to 1000 years to decompose in landfills. But plastic bags we use in our everyday life take 10-1000 years to decompose, while plastic bottles can take 450 years or more. Disposable Diapers Just in the United States alone, every year more than 18 billion disposable diapers are thrown away.
What is the Zone Diet? It's a specific nutritional balance of 40 percent calories from carbohydrates, 30 percent from proteins, and the remaining 30 percent from fat. Dr. Barry Sears originally created The Zone Diet for cardiologists, to teach them to use food as if it were a drug. He advocated diet as treatment for heart disease and diabetes.
In the new book, which was released April 7, Buettner distills the researchers' findings on what all the Blue Zones share when it comes to their diet. Here's a taste: 1  Stop eating when your stomach is 80 percent full to avoid weight gain. 2  Eat the smallest meal of the day in the late afternoon or evening. 3  Eat mostly plants, especially beans. 4  And eat meat rarely, in small portions of 3 to 4 ounces. 5  Blue Zoners eat portions this size just five times a month, on average.