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Zone Food Blocks: The Quick and Easy, Mix-and-Match Counter for Staying in the Zone
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.2
EAN: 9780060392420
Edition: 1
ISBN: 0060392428
Label: Collins Living
Manufacturer: Collins Living
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 448
Publication Date: July 01, 1998
Publisher: Collins Living
Release Date: June 03, 1998
Studio: Collins Living
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Editorial Review:
Here's the follow-up to The Zone and Mastering the Zone. Author Barry Sears, Ph.D., has formulated a way for readers to follow his diet plan (30 percent fat, 40 percent each carbohydrates and protein) by breaking down foods into measurable units, à la Weight Watchers. It's designed to make eating on the run--even if you're stopping at McDonald's--a Zone-friendly experience. But it's not exactly a piece of cake.
Anyone who hated word problems in math class may be slightly baffled by the necessary calculations for foods not listed in the charts. For example, if you want to convert a serving of cereal into Zone blocks, you need to look at the label and subtract the grams of fiber from the total grams of carbohydrate; this gives the total of insulin-promoting carbohydrate. Divide this result by 10. (Although to be accurate, it should be divided by 9, as Sears has assigned 9 grams to each carbohydrate block; he says you may as well round up to 10, since that makes the math easier.) And there you get your Zone block. As long as your total blocks stay within the 40-30-30 ratio, you're in the Zone.
Even more confusing are the measurements for some of the "pre-calculated" foods in the charts. For example, 80 fluid ounces of Rice Dream Rice milk equals 39 carbohydrate blocks and 8 fat blocks. While it's unlikely anyone would guzzle down 10 servings at once, it is likely they'd have a hard time finding this product in the listings in the first place, as it's listed under "milk, nondairy," not "rice milk." Many of the other listings are equally frustrating. To get one carbohydrate block of Schweppes ginger ale, you need to drink 3.3 fluid ounces. If you're working with a 12-ounce can, you can do some rounding, but if you have a liter-sized bottle at home, you're going to need a good eye to get that third of an ounce in a measuring cup. It's also hard to believe someone would eat eight-tenths of a slice of Pepperidge Farm bread to get one carbohydrate block, or six-tenths of a teaspoon of Bernstein's Caesar salad dressing to get one fat block. Dieting shouldn't be this difficult.
Over two million people worldwide are already experiencing the health and performance benefits of the Zone diet. Based on the hormonal consequences of food rather than caloric content, the Zone treats food like a powerful drug. Properly administered, this drug allows you to maintain peak mental alertness throughout the day, increase your energy, and reduce the likelihood of chronic disease栬l while losing body fat. Now, in this essential new Zone reference guide, Barry Sears, provides you with the Zone resources and Food Block information you need to make every meal you eat a Zone meal, including: - How to use and adjust Zone Food to fit your own biochemistry
- Zone Food Blocks for every ingredient, including vegetarian and nondairy sources of protein
- Zone Food Blocks for fast food and prepackaged supermarket meals
- Rules for modifying prepared foods to make them Zone–perfect
- The Ten Zone Commandments for staying in the Zone Think better, perform better, look better, and live better榥t into the Zone.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Very thorough food guide
I never thought I'd find such an extensive library on zone food blocks, including ready-made TV dinners and fast food. It does not include everything, but it makes a very good attempt at doing so.
Rating:  - I Could Not Do This Diet Successfully With Out This Book...
This book is my "go to" for information for the zone diet. I can figure out how to eat anything and still stay in the zone. I would highly reccommend it.
Rating:  - ZONE FOOD BLOCKS
Good information.
Many fresh fruits and vegetables are not listed. Mostly canned, frozen, and processed foods are listed.
The organization within the main categories is difficult to navigate. Rather than listing "fruits" within the Carbohydrate category and putting all fruits under that heading, they are listed alphabetically within the category and mixed in with everyting else.
Rating:  - It's not as complicated as Sears wants you to believe
Sears wants you to think he has come up with a complicated system which he calls The Zone.
In reality, all you need is to eat naturally, like our ancestors did thousands of years ago. Eat greens, vegetables, berries, fruit, mushrooms, nuts. Eat lean meat (our ancestors hunted for healthy, lean animals). Eat egg whites, but avoid yolks. Most of the modern contaminants stick to fat molecules, and yolks are mostly fat. Plus it's the wrong type of fat, as chickens are not fed properly. Eat ... Read More
Rating: - A little complicated - but a handy reference
This is a very nice book to have as a reference if you're on the Zone diet. It has a very comprehensive and detailed list of frozen dinners, broken down into blocks.
The reason I'm giving it three stars, though, is the fact that the book is not very user-friendly. It's VERY bulky, so I have to type grocery lists on the computer of what I can from the book when I go shopping. I also wish the fast foods section was more of a "This is what you can, and can't eat" reference. It tells you how ... Read More
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