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The Zone [Audio Download]

by Barry Sears (Author, Narrator)
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  • Listening Length: 1 hour and 40 minutes
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  • Publisher: Harper Audio
  • Audible Release Date: 16 Dec 1999
  • Language: English
  • ASIN: B002SQ7OXK
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (94 customer reviews)

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Did you know that eating fat does not make you fat? Did you realize that eating fat-free carbohydrates can make you fat? Have you noticed that Americans are getting fatter in spite of eating less fat and more carbohydrates?

Enter The Zone and discover the truth about your body's ability to burn fat and how to achieve lasting weight loss, great health, and peak athletic, mental, and emotional performance. In this scientific and revolutionary work based on Nobel Prize-winning research, Dr. Barry Sears, a medical visionary and former M.I.T. researcher, prescribes a new, effective, and easy-to-follow dietary program based on the vital connection between food and hormones. The Zone is based upon Dr. Sears' research showing that to achieve total balance in your life and health, you are required to regulate, through your diet, those hormones that control virtually all human body functions. With lists of good and bad carbohydrates, The Zone provides all you need to get your body in balance, so it will not only burn fat, but reduce the likelihood of disease. Once you enter The Zone, you will come to realize that food is more than a source of pleasure or a means to appease hunger. It is a powerful medicine and your ticket to a state of ultimate body balance, strength, and greater health. And your own journey toward exceptional well-being can begin with your next meal.

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49 of 49 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Paperback
The Zone diet is a great diet. I bought this book and struggled to follow the recipes although the results were worth it. However, earlier this year another book was published called The Formula by Gene Daoust. This works on the principle of the Zone but the recipes are much simpler and easier to do - and absolutely delicious. I would recommend anyone from England planning to do this diet buys that book first it is brilliant.
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
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Format:Hardcover
As a person who loves pasta, bread, potatos and anything starchy, this book proves that those are the foods that are keeping my weight on. I started the Zone two weeks ago and have lost seven pounds. I have never felt better and have tons of energy. I am not a huge fan of vegetables, but I have found a couple of green things that are not horrible! This diet is a no brainer, plenty of good protein,such as fish, poultry etc. and lots of fruit and veggies. I think the critics need to lighten up, this is the healthiest I have ever eaten. I don't know how people can say it's a high protein, low carb diet, when everything is so balanced. It's the TYPE of carbo's that matter. Give it a try, you have nothing to lose, except maybe a few pounds!
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Format:Hardcover
How can you suffer from it when a good meal consists of 4-5 oz of low-fat meat and enough vegetables to choke a friggin' horse? The Zone has somehow developed a rumor that it is a low-carb diet, but that's just not true -- It's a balanced carb diet. Eating low-glycemic indicator carbs like fruits and veggies simply make everything work better -- and allow you to eat more food! without overeating. Eating a plate of pasta, which I guess some of the people above and the FDA would like us to do, is like eating a huge bowl of sugar. Humans didn't evolve eating that kind of diet, and it won't do anyone any good. Anyone that actually reads this book simply learns what the body needs, and what different types of food contain. It's no fad, it just points to some simple facts that make sense even if you don't stay in "the Zone" accurately. Instead of getting that Big Mac and fries, get the chicken sandwich and a side salad. Don't eat huge plates of pasta, and eat more vegetables. Drink sugar-free drinks, don't eat a bag of pretzels, and make sure every meal and snack you eat has some protein in it. It's not a fad, it's just moderation. There you go. The Zone. Don't worry about what the "fad-fearers" say, because they haven't read or tried it. It's not a fad -- It works and will make you a healthier person.
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Great book - a completely new way of thinking about food
Before I bought this book, I believed that the food we eat can really affect our lives. I had had a few episodes of depression and suffered quite bad with pms. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Jackie-r
Extremely Worth it
This diet has literally changed my life for the better. It's difficult not to try to convince everyone to follow the same so they can feel as good as I do all day long. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Nikolas Focht
Erroneous assertions
No control group, wild sensationalist statements, no real scientific backing, everyone losing weight on this diet is doing so on account of huge kcal deficits, not because you are... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Susie
Better than high carb, but...,
This says it is a moderate protein, fat and carbohydrate diet book. At first I agreed with this statement and was a huge fan of this book. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Jodi-Hummingbird
One of the best!
This diet has been one of te best out there on the market. I use it for my everyday living and have achieved amazing bodyfat results. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Fit
Great reading
This book is a wonderful discovery into the world of nutrition.
It is well written and the informations well sourced... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Alex
The Zone
This is a really good book and makes life easier with the amount of ideas of what blocks to put together.
Published 13 months ago by Alvina L. Gordon
If you want to understand nutrition get this book!!
I bought this book as I have recently got into Crossfit, I read this along side "The Paleo Solution" by Robb Wolf. Both fantastic books. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Jamie
Certainly worth consideration
I do not need to explain the principles of the Zone Diet there are plenty of reviews that do that - all I can say is I have been doing it now for 21 days and have lost 101bs of... Read more
Published on 31 July 2009 by Mr. Ian M. Murphy
Great book, but the hard work is still down to you.
First of all let me just say that the diet does work! But if it was just about this then there wouldn't be any overweight people left on the planet... it's not as simple. Read more
Published on 9 Feb 2005 by "carlottaghigi"
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