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Summary: Skeptical at first, now I'M A BELIEVER !
Review: I'm relatively new to all the "Zone Diet" stuff, finding the actual details to be confusing at first even when followed meticulously, but I went ahead and bought this book for many reasons. In it, Barry Sears does, indeed, sound like a snake oil salesman touting "the magical elixer (pharmaceutical grade fish oil) for much that ails you".However, when I actually read the entire book, I found the author to be very convincing. He gives massive amounts of information for all level of readers. I found much of it to be highly readable, though some of it is too scientifically detailed for me. He covers many health concerns in this book, including weight loss, multiple sclerosis and heart disease, to name a few, as well as athletic training and ADHD. I am not a gullible person, by any stretch of the imagination, yet this book convinced me to to give it all a try (secretly at first). I even bought the pharmeceutical grade fish oil, and after 3 months of taking it, I am no longer hiding that fact. I am strongly recommending this book to everyone I know with a health concern covered by this book. UPDATE to this review: Since I've been taking the OmegaRx Zone fish oil (5 months):
My chronic, severe fatigue (from MS) is practically gone.
This has given me the energy and motivation to:
-- walk 3+ miles nearly everyday,
-- work out with weights several times a week,
-- and take a Yoga class
which has allowed me to:
-- lose an additional 35 pounds,
-- improve my balance and coordination a great deal,
-- and after 20+ years of taking meds for hypertension (fat, thin, whatever) I no longer need the meds.
I am more than pleased. I am amazed. I would strongly recommend this book. I feel great.
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Summary: Good Info and also self-serving
Review: My wife always brought home and tried several different "diet" books. I was (and still am) skeptical of most. Then, coincidentally on the same day I came home from the doctor with a Cholesterol reading of 285, she brought home from work (library) a copy of this book. I read it. First one made some sense in terms of balanced eating lifestyle. In retrospect, I see now it is all his old stuff + High grade fish oil. But for a first timer, it was helpful. There are, as I found out later, plenty of info on Fish oil. But the Balanced, lo-grain diet was most helpful, and avaiulable in the other books. And one can get a good quality Fish oil (Dr. Murrays RX Omega from iherb.com) at a real reasonable price.
After being in the ZONE for 4 months and taking Fish Oil, my Total cholesterol dropped to 204! And my weight dropped 25 lbs!
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Summary: Good Info and also self-serving
Review: My wife always brought home and tried several different "diet" books. I was (and still am) skeptical of most. Then, coincidentally on the same day I came home from the doctor with a Cholesterol reading of 285, she brought home from work (library) a copy of this book. I read it. First one made some sense in terms of balanced eating lifestyle. In retrospect, I see now it is all his old stuff + High grade fish oil. But for a first timer, it was helpful. There are, as I found out later, plenty of info on Fish oil. But the Balanced, lo-grain diet was most helpful, and avaiulable in the other books. And one can get a good quality Fish oil (Dr. Murrays RX Omega from iherb.com) at a real reasonable price.
After being in the ZONE for 4 months and taking Fish Oil, my Total cholesterol dropped to 204! And my weight dropped 25 lbs!
Rating:
Summary: Good Info and also self-serving
Review: My wife always brought home and tried several different "diet" books. I was (and still am) skeptical of most. Then, coincidentally on the same day I came home from the doctor with a Cholesterol reading of 285, she brought home from work (library) a copy of this book. I read it. First one made some sense in terms of balanced eating lifestyle. In retrospect, I see now it is all his old stuff + High grade fish oil. But for a first timer, it was helpful. There are, as I found out later, plenty of info on Fish oil. But the Balanced, lo-grain diet was most helpful, and avaiulable in the other books. And one can get a good quality Fish oil (Dr. Murrays RX Omega from iherb.com) at a real reasonable price.
After being in the ZONE for 4 months and taking Fish Oil, my Total cholesterol dropped to 204! And my weight dropped 25 lbs!
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Summary: The Many Benefits of Omega-3's
Review: The author of the The Zone series returns with a comprehensive look of the many benefits the Omega-3 fatty acids in fish oil. He recommends using pharmaceutical-grade fish oil at his high doses to avoid toxins and gastric disturbances. And they are high dosages; the equivalent of a tablespoon of cod liver oil (2.5 gms of Omega-3s) just for maintenance, twice that for optimal cardiovascular health, double that and more for inflammatory pain and neurological conditions. All of these are explained in different chapters. At these doses you will want to get the regular blood tests that he recommends. After reading his book I am convinced. Yet his recommendations won't be cheap. The oil he recommends, his own, will cost $[money] a month for the maintenance dosage. I look forward to seeing the results of adding Omega-3's to the Zone nutrition program.
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Summary: This isn't going to be cheap.
Review: The author recommends a maintenance dose of 2.5gm of Omega-3's for eicosanoid control. This is to be combined with controlling your insulin by following a Zone diet. Higher doses are required to treat health issues. 5gm to improve cardiovascular health, 10gm for inflammatory pain, and 15gm for depression and neurological conditions. He recommends pharmaceutical grade fish oil, especially at these higher doses, because of less toxins and less gastric problems. Much of the fish oil you see in stores is only 30% Omega-3's, pharmaceutical grade is at least 60%. The author has me convinced. However, the oil he recommends is his own from searslabs.com which will cost at least $1.40 per day, $42 per month, just for the maintenance dose. I hope more options for concentrated sources of Omega-3's become available soon.
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Summary: Correction of reneofc's review.
Review: The book does make some dramatic claims about fish oil, and I have been taking it myslef and have noticed some positive changes as a result. He seems to back most of the claims up with real research results, but as with anything it is up to the reader to determine the benefits for them. I would like to correct the statement by "reneofc" that the "Zone Perfect" products are from Dr. Sears, they are not in any way affiliated with him or his organization. They took the name, and ran with it, I thought they were Dr. Sears products as well, but they aren't. Having said that, I do like their stuff, and have one of thier bars every day for lunch, and the premade meals are very good as well.
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Summary: One big advertisment?
Review: The information that Sears offers in the Omega Zone is mostly correct.My only problem with this book is his constant reference to "pharmacuetical grade" fish oils. It turns out that he suggests that only two companies manufacture this "only" good fish oil, and at least one is definitely owned by Sears! He has a whole new line of commercial products based on these very expensive "pure" fish oils, and this book strikes me as a way to increase the sales of these products. Under such circumstances, a credibility gap is created in my mind. I've used several brands of fish oil supplements, and have never experienced the untoward symptoms that Sears warns about in his book, such as intestinal gas and bloating. On the other hand, I do agree that omega-3 fats are very important for long-term health, and many people are deficient in such essential fats.
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Summary: I am a trained weightloss counselor and teach the Zone
Review: The OmegaRXZone is an excellent source of information on Omega 3 Fish Oil and what it may do to improve your health, both mentally and physically. A tremendous amount of studies on Omega 3 are being done and many more that have been completed. Sear's OmegaRxZone gives you a summary of many of the already completed research projects in simple language that the layman can understand rather than searching through medical articles that usually go way over our heads. The book suggests that large doses of the oil may may improve several major health problems that Americans are suffering with. Taking Omega 3, eating within " Zone " guidelines, a little walking and staying away from partially hydrogenated fats has turned the lives and health of many of my clients around. The book is a sales pitch for Sear's Oil because it is purer than most other company's Omega 3, an important factor as the oceans become more polluted. It is also a pitch for the Zone Nutrition program, which is probably the safest and one of the least restraining weight loss programs out there. As long as the salesman is selling a great product it is worth " the listen. " My only relationship to Sears is that I believe in his program and feel he is doing what he can to get America healthy again. This book is for #1. Nutrition buffs, #2. People who would like to be educated about the good effects that the right combination of foods and Omega 3 can have on your body, #3. Adults with health problems such as Heart Disease, Arthritis, Cancer and Neurological problems.
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Summary: I am a trained weightloss counselor and teach the Zone
Review: The OmegaRXZone is an excellent source of information on Omega 3 Fish Oil and what it may do to improve your health, both mentally and physically. A tremendous amount of studies on Omega 3 are being done and many more that have been completed. Sear's OmegaRxZone gives you a summary of many of the already completed research projects in simple language that the layman can understand rather than searching through medical articles that usually go way over our heads. The book suggests that large doses of the oil may may improve several major health problems that Americans are suffering with. Taking Omega 3, eating within " Zone " guidelines, a little walking and staying away from partially hydrogenated fats has turned the lives and health of many of my clients around. The book is a sales pitch for Sear's Oil because it is purer than most other company's Omega 3, an important factor as the oceans become more polluted. It is also a pitch for the Zone Nutrition program, which is probably the safest and one of the least restraining weight loss programs out there. As long as the salesman is selling a great product it is worth " the listen. " My only relationship to Sears is that I believe in his program and feel he is doing what he can to get America healthy again. This book is for #1. Nutrition buffs, #2. People who would like to be educated about the good effects that the right combination of foods and Omega 3 can have on your body, #3. Adults with health problems such as Heart Disease, Arthritis, Cancer and Neurological problems.
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