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| Zone Perfect Meals in Minutes: 150 Fast and Simple Healthy Recipes from the Bestselling Authorof the Zone and Mastering the Zone | 
 enlarge | Author: Barry Sears
Publisher: Collins Living
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  28 reviews
Sales Rank: 19243
Media: Spiral-bound
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Pages: 272
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Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.6 x 1
ISBN: 006039241X
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.25
EAN: 9780060392413
ASIN: 006039241X
Publication Date: November 25, 1997
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 feeling better March 27, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is full of easy things to cook and eat, in portions that are ment for maximum health benifts.
If you'd rather whine than lose weight, don't buy this book. December 3, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'm reading an aweful lot of whining and moaning about this book, and most of it is summed up by "I want to eat what I want to eat and still lose weight, but this book won't let me", Or "it's too hard!" (insert your favorite petulant child picture here).
Another thing that boggles my mind is when people comment on how to change these recipes yet they do so in ways that completely destroy the principles behind The Zone. It is painfully obvious that they have never read any of The Zone books other than this one yet they think they are being so very clever in their suggestions.
Here's the deal, Dr. Sears is dead-on about his biochemistry. Period. He's forgotten more about human metabolism than any food critic will ever know. If you make this lifestyle change, you will lose weight. The end.
If it feels wrong to you, or you don't like the recipes as much as the food you were eating before, then there's probably a very good reason for that; if you are obese, then you're not going to like eating this way initially because what you like eating is what got you into your predicament in the first place.
But then again you may enjoy the thrills of diabetes or degenerative joints or myocardial infarctions; and I'm sure your spouse loves the melodious chainsaw snoring at nite from your obstructive sleep apnea.
I lost twenty six pounds over five months and never excercised more than what it took me to flip the channels on the remote. On top of that, I only followed it during the week and gave myself the weekends off to eat whatever. As far as the preparation time; I work eighty to ninety hours a week (I graduate med school this year), so don't complain to me about how cooking these meals takes too much time; your whining will fall on deaf and pitiless ears.
The point is simple, if you want to lose weight and have a healthier lifestyle, follow the principles in this book; if you just want to whine alot and eat whatever the hell you want to, and then complain that you're not losing weight, don't bother with the book.
 It's not as complicated as Sears wants you to believe August 14, 2006
9 out of 15 found this review helpful
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 wild fish (but not too often; don't forget about pollutants).
That's it. Forget grains (and everything made from them). Forget potatoes and hard beans, soda and juices. Forget vegetable oils. All that junk is completely unnatural for humans to eat; our ancestors couldn't imagine that was edible. And that's why we have diseases that they didn't have.
Forget milk. Milk is only good for babies under 3 years old. Studies show that milk (and even yogurt) causes hyperinsulinemia (insulin "spikes" that lead to diabetes etc.) in adults.
Yes, his advice to take fish oil is great. Farm-raised animals are fed with junk food; consequently, they lack certain fatty acids that are vital for our health. Fish oil is a convenient way of restoring the balance. But Sears' fish oil is not the purest and cheapest on the market.
I'm a physiologist, and I've helped a number of people to change their eating habits. Those people have gotten rid of many problems, like obesity, allergies, asthma, arthritis, and excessive fatigue. And they don't complain that the food is not delicious enough. They learned to use their imagination a little bit and combine various healthy foods to create their nice and simple "recipes", and realized they enjoy their food even more than before.
 More figuring out if you're female July 4, 2006
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
The Zone is a great diet if you have good recipes (not many in here) and if it has the proportions that you need for your personal meal. I've gotten a few good ones out of "What to Eat in the Zone". There are two different weekly menus - for women and for men. Not so in this book. It is based entirely on men. If you are a woman, you have to figure it out for yourself how much to cut down on the ingredients. Some things are obvious - if it calls for 4 oz of meat, you go to 3 oz. But the rest of the recipe is too difficult to figure out. Some people say the Zone is complicated enough as it is, and this book doesn't make a case against that, unless, of course, you are a man.
Also, the desserts are usually figured for 4 to 8 servings. If you're the only one in the house on the diet, too bad. These aren't things that freeze or store well either.
I'm glad I didn't pay full price for this book, as I'd be disappointed.
Not enough edible recipes June 12, 2006
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This book was good in that I could skim through 3 short chapters and understand the Zone concept completely. It's really all I needed to know to get going. Also, the quick list of food blocks in the back was great. However, the recipes are gross. I have never seen so much cabbage in a cookbook. Just gross. The Formula has better recipes.
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