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Title: Zone Food Blocks: The Quick and Easy, Mix-and-Match Counter for Staying in the Zone by Barry Sears ISBN: 0-06-039242-8 Publisher: Regan Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 1998 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.47 (19 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Helpful tool--but wish it were smaller
Comment: After reading Dr. Sears' other two books, I was glad to come across this reference guide for staying in The Zone. I admit some of the portion sizes are a bit goofy, but why not invest in a ... digital kitchen scale if you're serious about conquering The Zone? I like being precise with my food blocks and enjoy going thru this book, looking for specific foods and adding them to my self-created food block quick list that I keep up on my refrigerator. It's a little bit of obsessive work, but the end results are far worth it.
My only complaint is the size--I wish this book was published in a size compact enough to fit in a purse or briefcase.
Other than that, if you're serious about The Zone and have read Dr. Sears' other books, it's easy enough to figure out what are favorable and non-favorable carbs as so many people mentioned in other reviews. And when in doubt--stick with (most) fruits and veggies and you'll be fine.
Rating: 2
Summary: Zone convert extremely disappointed
Comment: This book should get the prize for completely BAD representation of information. I am a total zone convert, it has changed my life, but if I had this book to start with, it would have hindered, NOT helped me in my path. Most of the measurements are not helpful, they are not consistent. Some are in cups, some are in ozs, some in slices, all in decimal amounts (where is my .1 cup measure?). They are in block amounts rather than serving amounts. (Is it useful to know that .8 of a 3/4 oz slice is 1 block? or is it useful to know how much 1 slice is???). Some items are in the wrong group. Ice Cream is a *protien* rather than a carb as it belongs. The foods have a decidedly east coast bent as many of the foods listed are either not available on the west coast, or common west coast brands are missing.
I was really looking forward to this book to help out friends and family members that want to start the zone. I was very disappointed. Mastering the Zone still represents the best effort by Dr. Sears, though I would hope that before he is allowed to write again, that he gets an qualified editor that can help in the presentation of ideas.
Rating: 4
Summary: An excellent tool to stay in the Zone.
Comment: This book is a very helpful and easy-to-use guide that contains over 12,000 food entries converted into Zone Food Blocks.
Its introduction includes a synopsis of the Zone program and a few important facts about the program, all of which had been previously presented separately in other Zone books. Most importantly, the introduction explains how Dr. Sears modified food block protein, carbohydrate and fat contents from his previous books to reflect the real content in each serving, and to make it compatible with the results we get when we calculate blocks from food labels. (This modification doesn't affect the program or your meals as long as use in each meal or snack preparation either this book or the little food guide on the back of other books, all of whose items are included on Zone Food Blocks. You should not mix information from both.)
The main content of the book is divided into the common Proteins, Carbohydrates and Fat categories, and as a bonus includes two more sections: Fast Foods and Prepared Meals. Each food in each of the categories states the item's name (organized alphabetically for quick checkups), style, brand, serving size and protein, carbohydrate and fat block content. Tricky items are also cross-referenced; for example, oats appears under both 'cereal' and 'oats'. And the book has a very sturdy hardcover binding to make it resistant to the daily tear and wear that anyone on the Zone program will be likely to submit it too.
There are only two important down sides to this book, and hence I only give it four stars. First, it doesn't separate food in favorable and unfavorable groups and second, it's a bit pricey.
Buy this book if you don't have access to the Internet, only use your computer sparingly, or want to (like me) have all this information in an accessible, permanent, printed form. All the information it contains can be found in the Food Block databases of the www.drsears.com and www.zoneprefect.com websites.
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Title: The Zone : Revolutionary Life Plan to Put Your Body in Total Balance for Permanent Weight Loss by Barry Sears ISBN: 0060391502 Publisher: Regan Books Pub. Date: 21 June, 1995 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: Zone Perfect Meals in Minutes: 150 Fast and Simple Healthy Recipes from the Bestselling Authorof the Zone and Mastering the Zone by Barry Sears ISBN: 006039241X Publisher: Regan Books Pub. Date: 25 November, 1997 List Price(USD): $23.00 |
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Title: Mastering the Zone: The Next Step in Achieving SuperHealth and Permanent Fat Loss by Barry Sears ISBN: 0060391901 Publisher: Regan Books Pub. Date: December, 1996 List Price(USD): $25.00 |
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Title: A Week in the Zone by Barry Sears, Barry Sears ISBN: 006103083X Publisher: Regan Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 2000 List Price(USD): $7.50 |
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Title: The Top 100 Zone Foods: The Zone Food Science Ranking System by Barry Sears ISBN: 0060988940 Publisher: Regan Books Pub. Date: 24 December, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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