Anthony 
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| 04/30/2008 6:45 PM |
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So, I am always refining the zone, not that I'm complaining just something I have notice. Anyways to my question. I was browsing another forum that a lot of visitors also zone diet and they confused the heck out of me for fat blocks. I read something about only counting monosaturated? I have no idea I thought I was on the right track but some one guide me in my fat counting conquest.
Thanks for all your help!
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Janice
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| 04/30/2008 7:55 PM |
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| I'm basically a newbie to the zone also, but I know that under the list of favorable fats in Dr. Sears books, two of which I've read more than once now, one macadamiaia nut is considered one block of fat and in just one nut consists of 16 grams of monosaturated fat, in fact, this nut is all and only mono fat. What I've understood is that monosaturated fat has no affect on one's insulin level. So I think you do count it! Am I wrong? |
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alex
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| 05/01/2008 10:26 AM |
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| um, 16 grams of fat in one nut? maaybe in one serving of mac nuts... |
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Anthony
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| 05/01/2008 11:30 AM |
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| Yeah I understand the basics, I'm just hoping some one can give me a crash course to make sure im heading on the right track. |
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janet
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| 05/01/2008 11:53 AM |
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| 1 mac nut= 1fat block. just looked it up. |
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alex
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| 05/01/2008 3:05 PM |
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one gram of fat is one gram of fat, there arent any fats you disregard, at least as far as i know. You want three grams of total grams of fat per block in your whole meal. The fat in your meal should come from your lowfat protein source and the rest from actual fat. 1.5 idealy should come fomr the lowfar protein, and 1.5 from the fat source.
Lets say you wanted a 3 block meal- then you would need a total of 9 grams of fat in the whole meal. By total i mean the fat added up from all of your foods. my meat only has about 1 gram of fat per 3 protein blocks so i | |