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~ Ph.D. Barry Sears (Author) "For generations, every male on my father's side of my family suffered from a similar fate: a premature heart attack that cut their life short..." (more)
Key Phrases: unfavorable carbohydrates, hormonal carburetor, turkey bacon strips, Zone Food Pyramid, Zone Food Blocks, Harvard Medical School (more...)
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A Week in the Zone + Zone Meals in Seconds: 150 Fast and Delicious Recipes for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner (Zone (Regan)) + The Zone: A Dietary Road Map to Lose Weight Permanently : Reset Your Genetic Code : Prevent Disease : Achieve Maximum Physical Performance
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"I've never had the progress with my clients that I've had since they've started doing the Zone. They're less hungry, less fatigued, and more productive. I've seen it work." -- Fitness consultant Teresa Olsen, in People magazine

"The hottest diet in Hollywood." -- -- Woman's World

"With clearly distilled science and a detailed eating plan for peak performance, The Zone could do for insulin awareness what the Pritikin diet did for low-fat eating." -- New York Times

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Millions of people worldwide have discovered the power of the Zone. A breakthrough approach to dieting based on Nobel Prize-winning scientific research, the Zone treats food as the most powerful drug available. Used wisely, food will take you into the Zone, a state of exceptional health familiar to champion athletes. You'll not only burn body fat, you'll keep it off. You'll also fight heart disease, diabetes, PMS, chronic fatigue, depression, and cancer. Discover the benefits of this revolutionary program in just seven days with A Week in the Zone:

  • Fundamentals of the Zone

  • How to eat in the Zone

  • How to shop in the Zone

  • A week's worth of healthy, satisfying recipes including quick and easy Zone breakfasts, lunches, and dinners

  • The Zone for vegetarians

  • How to order in and dine out in the Zone

  • How to achieve maximum success in the Zone

A Week in the Zone also contains appendices on frequently asked questions, how to calculate your lean body mass, information on Zone food blocks, a list of resources, and more. Enter the Zone and experience the dietary program that has transformed the way America eats. You'll be glad you did.


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  • Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Regan Books (March 1, 2000)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 006103083X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0061030833
  • Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.2 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (65 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #286,999 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Lost 11 pounds in a month on the Zone without starving!, September 9, 2001
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In brief: the Zone diet works. Please note:

1) This is *not* a crash diet.

2) This is *not* a starvation diet.

3) You get to eat *normal* food. On the down side, you *do* have to give up certain dishes (pasta, rice, and breads, for example)... but on the other hand you get to eat plenty of chicken, beef, turkey, cheese, eggs, bacon, tuna, salmon, cod, as well as plenty of vegetables and fruits. (And for you veggies out there, you can do the Zone diet, too. Just substitute soy protein for the meats and fishes, and take your vitamins, and you're in the club!)

4) The Zone diet is easy to follow. Sears' book is filled with sample recipes for meals, but really, you don't need to follow them. Just flip to the end of the book where he lists all the recommended Zone foods and combine them to make up your own recipes.

Here's how the diet works. There are three categories of foods that you need to eat at every meal: proteins, carbohydrates, and fats (all listed in the back of the book). If you're a man, pick 4 choices (called "blocks") from each category. If you're a woman, pick 3 choices (or "blocks") from each category. Then combine them anyway you choose.

Example: guys, for breakfast, three strips of turkey bacon equals 1 protein block. One egg also equals 1 protein block. So have two eggs for breakfast with three strips of turkey bacon and that's 3 blocks right there. Now add one ounce of low fat cheese (1 protein block) and you've met your protein requirement for that meal.

Now add an apple (2 carbo blocks) and an orange (2 carbo blocks) to your bacon and eggs breakfast and you've met your carbo requirement for that meal.

For fats, just add a 1 1/3 teaspoon of sesame oil to your eggs while you're cooking them, and now you've got 4 fat blocks.

And that's it. You're in the Zone!

You can prepare all your meals that way. Don't feel you have to follow Sears' recipes to the letter and end up scouring your supermarket for obscure items like cilantro, dried tarragon, and shallots (say what?). So long as you only eat what's in the food lists and don't eat the *bad* foods, you'll do fine.

5) Be sure to drink plenty of water. This is crucial for the diet to succeed. If you need a break from tap water (or Evian, for that matter), you can have decaf. Just don't add more than a teaspoon of sugar to your decaf, or better yet use a substitute. Sugars are the one of the *bad* carbo blocks that you need to keep to a minimum.

Also, though it doesn't say so in the book, you are allowed to *occasionally* have a diet drink like Coke or Pepsi so long as it's sugar *and* caffeine free. (I got this last part from Sears' web site, in case you're wondering.)

So while decaf and the occasional diet drink are OK, you should still make sure that most of your liquid intake comes from water. And lots of it.

5) Once you're on the diet, there *will* be a few times each day where you're feeling a little hungry. But a little hungry is one thing and famished is something else... and I've said, on the Zone diet, you don't walk around feeling like you're starving.

For me, the rumble-in-my-tummy feeling usually kicks in about an hour before each meal. If lunch is at 12:00 P.M., my stomach will start grumbling around 11:00 A.M. Late afternoon, my stomach will start grumbling again, but the Zone diet allows me one late afternoon snack each day, so that tides me over till dinnertime. Then, before bedtime, my stomach grumbles one last time, but since the diet also allows me one light bedtime snack (say, a small piece of fruit and a slice of cheese), that tides me over until the next morning.

But for the most part, I don't walk around feeling hungry. In fact, after my first few days on the diet I already lost my cravings for fatty foods like potato chips and pretzels. So since I don't miss what I can't eat, that's what keeps me "in the Zone".

Bottom line: the Zone diet is highly recommended to anyone interested in losing a few pounds without going stark-raving nuts. At the same time, it's balanced enough that you can remain on it painlessly even after you've reached your "ideal weight". How many other diets can claim that? I plan to stay on it until I've lost at least another ten pounds. After that, who knows?

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448 of 454 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The first how-to Zone book for everyone, March 25, 2000
By Kenneth Stuart (Northern California) - See all my reviews
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Finally, Barry Sears has gotten around to writing a "how-to" book on the Zone Diet. All of the previous books were somewhat technical, and aimed at medical professionals or personal trainers.

This book, his first paperback, is written in a clear, concise and easy to understand style. By the end of the first 20 pages, you will have a good idea of what the Zone Diet is about, its benefits and how it works.

Then, the rest of the book gives Sears' simplest yet version of the diet (for example, instead of "40-30-30" the new restatement uses "1-2-3").

The Zone Diet, by the way, is primarily a health diet, although it is also effective for weight loss. The idea is to keep your blood sugar and hormone levels as even as possible, by balancing what you eat in each meal. The result is a number of health benefits, especially in the areas of diabetes (demonstrated by a clinical study) and heart disease (Sears started the research due to the high mortality in his own family tree), but also in other areas like allergies, joint pain, headaches, stomach acid, and many others, all of which are aggravated by our modern unnatural eating habits.

Unlike almost all other eating plans, this diet is based on an investigation of how food affects our bodies' mechanisms, and the result is simply better functioning.

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87 of 87 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars It All Makes Sense Now!, March 31, 2000
By "lynzva" (Manassas, VA) - See all my reviews
I have wanted to be in "The Zone" for a long time and already own Mastering the Zone (very confusing) and the Daoust's 40-30-30 book. I was still unsure and not 100% clear on how exactly it worked. This book makes it all so very simple! It has a shopping list, which is a huge help, and it's small enough to fit in your purse/bag. It also dispels the myths of high protein diets, and why they just aren't healthy for you. I would highly recommend it! This book ties up all the loose ends!
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3.0 out of 5 stars Condition of the book "A Week in the Zone"
The book was rated as "new," however it looked like it was 20 years old as the pages were yellowed and the cover was worn.
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4.0 out of 5 stars ms adrienne
The book provided me with the quick and dirty on how to do the Zone Diet.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Very Helpful
There are so many books and ideas on how to lose weight, this one is simple and helpful. Easy to do and you are not hungry when doing it. Like it a lot. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Joyce H. Levine

1.0 out of 5 stars never recieved the book
i ordered two books and only recieved (1)one of them. the other book i got in record time
Published 11 months ago by Janet K. Hubbard

2.0 out of 5 stars Could be better
The books in general are very informative. I followed the "diet" for 2 months and ended up gaining 30 pounds. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Angela Barney

5.0 out of 5 stars Quick Start to get You into the Zone
I am quite pleased with this "condensed" version of the Zone Program. It gives a great quick study of what you need to do to plan out your meals, shopping & necessary preparations... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Debra L. Rowland

5.0 out of 5 stars A very healthy way to eat!
This book made the zone diet very easy to understand and stick with. There are alot of easy zone meals that give you a great start on the zone. Read more
Published 17 months ago by D. Stidham

5.0 out of 5 stars Simple hip pocket guide
I've purchased 2 other zone books, the original and a recipe guide. This was my favorite of the 3. Often times you find in diet books, even the good ones, an overwhelming amount... Read more
Published 20 months ago by J. P. Mummey

4.0 out of 5 stars A great read
Second only to The Zone, this book is thorough and can help you jumpstart your zone diet in only one week. Read more
Published 23 months ago by A. Martinez

4.0 out of 5 stars Good basic info
The book does a good job of covering the basics of the Zone diet. I needed to supplement the info with some items off the web, otherwise I would have given it 5 stars.
Published on September 6, 2007 by K. Kelleher

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