Body builders have tried everything via trial and error
and over the years have zoomed in on what actually WORKS.
The ZONE diet also calls for LOW fat, so what is your point?
I didn't want to pick on you TOO much, but Venuto
mentioned the Ornish diet in one of his article.
Body builders tried it year ago, and it
FAILED.
HE also mentioned vegetarian diets. You wont find very
many championship vegy body builders.
The only vegetarian body builders, are not pure vegetarians
and consume TONS of dairy products to get their protein.
Now notice the ratios in the study you just posted:
Percent calories from protein, fat, and carbohydrate were 39%, 12%, and 48% for females, and 40%, 11%, and 49% for males, respectively
39-40% protein - VERY HIGH - Over DOUBLE the RDA amount
and definitely not what Ornish would recommend
11-12% fat - Half the RDA
48-49% carbs - low to moderate
Now according to Venuto, look at what happens to
the body builder diet near competition time, they
switch to:
50-55% protein
20-25% fat
25% carbs
Lets compare this to the zone:
40% protein
30% fat
30% carbs
Hmmmmmmmm........ Seems like the ZONE diet is the
closest to a MEGA FAT BURNING diet out there.
Now go away LongShot, before I have to slap down
your silly arguments some more.
peace
axeman
Quote from LongShot:
Bodybuilders are people too axe. They too are subject to same misconceptions and misguidance in the areas of nutrition just like normal people.
A wide variety of pre-contest nutrition is practiced by bodybuilders depending on what they THINK is right or believe gives them the best results. Doesn't mean their choices are always correct. Basically they do the low carb thing before competing becasue they BELIEVE the practice induces a mild state of dehydration reducing water content just beneath the skin making them look more defined. Get the facts straight for change, will you axe?
One practice that IS widespread among them is LOW FAT DIET all year round! Funny you never mentioned this. THIS they get right! If I didn't know better I'd say you were deliberately selective in your choice of info to post because you have an agenda of some sort 
GO HEAVY OR GO HOME!
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Nutritional status of nationally ranked elite bodybuilders.
Kleiner SM, Bazzarre TL, Ainsworth BE.
Friedman-Kester and Kleiner, Gates Mills, OH 44040-0367.
The nutritional status of 11 female and 13 male elite bodybuilders at the first drug-tested USA Championship was examined through food records kept by subjects. Diets were repetitive and monotonous, and average daily energy and protein contents were relatively similar for men and women. Percent calories from protein, fat, and carbohydrate were 39%, 12%, and 48% for females, and 40%, 11%, and 49% for males, respectively. Females consumed 0% vitamin D, 52% calcium, 76% zinc (as percents of RDA) and below the Estimated Safe and Adequate Dietary Allowance amounts for copper and chromium. Males consumed 46% of vitamin D RDA. Although dietary magnesium intakes were above the RDA, serum magnesium levels in females were below reference values, which should be investigated. Serum zinc levels were high in men and women. Eighty-one percent of females reported recurrent contest-related amenorrhea for 2 +/- 1 months precontest. Dietary intakes of men were adequate but the restrictive intakes of women may place them at risk for calcium, copper, and chromium deficiencies.
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