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Summary: Haven't I heard it somewhere, someday?
Review: Looks like plain old low-calorie diet to me, just wrapped into lots of scientific blah-blah. But - as I am just-this-type-of-food person, I like it quite well, even if I don't know whether my fairly good results have something to do with eicosanoids or with the fact that I'm half-hungry all the time. You can try, if you want, but - if you are not neo-paleolithic man (as am I, by the looks of it), you'll be not only hungry, but constantly craving something forbidden to eat (as am I - even being basically a caveman). By the way, can someone tell me how much exercise has a full-time mother of two (2,5 and 1 year)? Maybe I should be eating like triathlete, not as a very mildly exercising person, and maybe that is the main reason I'm so hungry...
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Summary: Enter The Zone: A Dietary Road Map...
Review: A Canadian Diabetic has obviously not even read this book. Please don't let his/her review disuade you if you are Diabetic and considering The Zone. Read on to more intelligent reviews.
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Summary: Bad News For Diabetics
Review: Research has shown that the diets that work the best are the ones with the least palatable food. Having said that, I view with serious alarm the amount and kind of protein, fats and carbohydates that the diet recommends. Diabetics would crash on this diet and since there are over a million undiagnosed Type I and II diabetics in North America, ASK YOUR DOCTOR if he approves of this diet. AND get your sugar checked while you are at the doctor.
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Summary: An incredible find
Review: The theories and wellness plan presented in this book do one thing that is, promise what they deliver. My level of wellness and that of my family and friends continues to improve so that we are shedding medications as well as pounds and feeling better than we have felt in years. It is truly amazing and I highly recommend the Zone plan to anyone who seriously wants to take control of their health without using often dangerous and often untested expensive over the counter potions and pills.The proof for me lies in the results of improving overall health and energy without the miserable cravings and weak run-down feelings of dieting.
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Summary: It made me eat more vegetables
Review: Great diet. I changed my diet to eating many more vegetables than I used to. Instead of having my dinner on the dinner plate, I had a big salad on the big one, and my carbs and protien on my salad plate. Lost alot of weight and felt better.
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Summary: A FASCINATING, SENSIBLE READ
Review: I just finished reading Dr. Sears' book, and I have to tell you that what he says makes a heck of a lot of sense. It's amazing the results he and his clients (and literary audience!) have had. Many people have said that the book is 'too technical,' and for those with no chemistry or biology background, it certainly is. In fact, I had to dig deep into the cobwebby recesses of my brain and find the college chem and bio I learned all those years ago. But even if you have trouble understanding how it all works, it's still worth your time to learn what the Zone is, and how a Zone-favorable diet can postively influence nearly EVERY disease state known to man. I understand, however, that subsequent Zone books are less complicated. I am also interested in reading '40-30-30 Fat Burning Nutrition (Daoust),' which I understand is the Zone principles in action, in an easy-to-use format. BOTTOM LINE: the principles of the Zone are sound. Give it a try! It's not just an effective way to lose weight, it's a pathway to FEELING BETTER, and isn't that what we all REALLY want?Also recommended: Please try 40-30-30 Fat Burning Nutrition (see the reviews on this site)
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Summary: Life Changing
Review: My wife and I both began eating in The Zone after being introduced to the concept by my wife's doctor and reading Dr. Barry Sear's books. Over the course of the past eight months I have dropped from over 220 pounds to 166! My wife has also just passed the fifty pound weight loss milestone! We are no longer hooked on the carbohydrate fix as we used to be because of the work Dr. Sears has done in explaining how food really works in our bodies. We eat exactly what our bodies need and want. We are also more fit than we've been in twenty years. Excellent stuff.
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Summary: protein g vs. actual weight of food
Review: A.D.J. Lee isn't making a distinction between protein content and the actual weight of what you eat. 1 oz. of chicken contains 7g of protein. The chicken is not pure protein, it contains some water, some fat, etc. So the actual amount of food you eat in a day to get your protein isn't that much - on the Zone diet, most of us would only be eating 4 oz. of chicken - that's 4 blocks of protein or 28g of protein - in one meal, along with your carbs and fat. That's smaller than your average restaurant grilled chicken dinner. Hope this helps.
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Summary: suspicious
Review: if the amount of block of protein is 7 grammes, then why is the suggested weight of a block of (skinless, fat free)chicken 27 grammes (1 oz). That is four times as much protein in the suggested meals than the blocks call for. If I am to eat 6 blocks of protein three times a day (for my height and fitness) then he has me on over a pound of chicken (or 18 egg whites, etc..) a day. I have never eaten this much protein per day in my life. And as far as my medical records show, I'm neither overweight nor unhealthy. The book is compelling, but doesn't make sense with my experience.
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Summary: 7 blocks should be 11
Review: The last person on the review list said she figured her daily requirement was only 7 blocks. She should call Eichotech. The minimum for all humans is 11 blocks. No wonder she was hungry!
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