Customer Reviews

Enter the Zone

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I dropped 20 pounds in about two months. I never felt hungry or irritable and I almost always feel focussed and alert when I eat according to the guidelines. If you pay attention to everything you ingest and seriously follow the guidelines, then this will definitely work for you. It's not just about losing weight, it's about maximum performance potential. It's not a no carb diet, you actually eat more carbs than protein but you'll have to eat quality, complex carbs and limit your fat intake. It's the only book I've seen that presents every side of each element of the equation: what happens if you get too much protein, fat, carbs and what if you get too little of each. It's written in easy to understand English, with very basic calculations of exactly how much YOU should eat, according to your body fat, height, weight. I've never seen another diet that makes half as much sense as this one does.

Very interesting research into avoiding chronic diseases and ill health. I lost 53 lbs. over a year and feel a lot better with much more energy. The eating plans are easy and the food is good. It makes losing weight easy and you develope a plan for the rest of your life. The zone is not a diet, it is a way of eating forever.

This book was not written for the simple minded; most of what is said is intended for scientists. Despite the nature of the book, there are many great points to take away.

Lotsa info and good stuff. Sometimes a bit 'scientific' and too deep for my interest, but very thorough.

I also recommend Mastering the Zone.

This came so fast! Great price and was sent to me in a flash! (Sometimes media mail can be slow!) Not this time!

What I like most in this book is that

1- The book was the first to explain the importance of "eicosanoids"

2- The book was the first to recognize the contribution of Dr. Gerard Reaven to our understanding of the link excess of starch and health deterioration.

1- The term "eicosanoid" defines a class of active molecules we make from essential fatty acids. Although the explanation about eicosanoids the book offers has become obsolete, one should not forget that in 1995 (the year this book came out) only 44 articles had been published discussing the link diet and eicosanoid production. The idea was brand new. Since then more than 3,400 articles have greatly refined our knowledge.

2- Medical progress is incremental. Sometimes, however, pioneers make a big leap. Dr. Gerald Reaven is such a pioneer. In his initial 1988 lecture entitled "Role of Insulin Resistance in Human Disease". Dr. Reaven was the first to demonstrate that a condition considered a consequence of diabetes type II also exists in many people that are not (yet) diabetic. The condition is insulin overproduction and insulin resistance. It took more than a decade for Dr. Reaven to convince physicians that insulin resistance and insulin overproduction in non-diabetics are realities and a matter of health concern. Again, in 1995, this book was the only one to publish the genial ideas of a precursor ignored by Medicine.