--- title: Lifestyle Tips | Nutrition (4) description: Nutrition | The Zone Diet is not a weight-loss program per se, but a clinically validated dietary system to reduce cellular inflammation throughout the body and in the process control hunger. To help get you started, we’ve created lifestyle tips article, as well as videos that teach you how to use the various Zone tools. 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Now is the time to begin shedd... By [Mary Perry, MS, RD, LDN](https://blog.zoneliving.com/lifestyletips/author/mary-perry-ms-rd-ldn) [![7 Fall Vegetables that Pack a Nutritional Punch](https://blog.zoneliving.com/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/zone_vegetables_nutrition-450x317-1.jpg) ](https://blog.zoneliving.com/lifestyletips/resources/lifestyle-tips/7-fall-vegetables-that-pack-a-nutrition-punch) [Polyphenols](https://blog.zoneliving.com/lifestyletips/topic/polyphenols) [Zone Diet](https://blog.zoneliving.com/lifestyletips/topic/zone-diet) [Nutrition](https://blog.zoneliving.com/lifestyletips/topic/nutrition) [Quick Tips](https://blog.zoneliving.com/lifestyletips/topic/quick-tips) | 3 min read ## [7 Fall Vegetables that Pack a Nutritional Punch](https://blog.zoneliving.com/lifestyletips/resources/lifestyle-tips/7-fall-vegetables-that-pack-a-nutrition-punch) Fall is a great time of year to expand your palate with a variety of n... 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