Hi Matt (Matt with the picture),



Try to get your hands on a copy of the ANTI-AGING ZONE if you haven't read it. It gives much more biological detail than other Zone books. You'll find it very interesting and informative, and it may give you some better insight into the topics you've recently been researching, than the Zone books you've read so far. At the least, it's an excellent read that will give you a deeper appreciation for the powerful impact of the Zone on everyone from kids to athletes to grandmas! Good to read while resting up from the flu! It's certainly not like any other Zone book. It's more like a Zone manifesto of sorts with tons of biological detail. You'll see what I mean. It was the first Zone book I read. It also contains about 60 pages of references and a good index, too.




P.S. Hope you don’t mind me borrowing your means of description! (I didn’t think you’d mind.) It’s the best thing I could quickly come up with to distinguish you from the other Matt.

Thanks for the tip, Sue. I was actually planning on going to the local library to drop off some books. Perhaps while I am there, I will see if they have that book in, and if not, put in an order for it.

You're welcome. When I commented in the other post that I thought you were missing something, it was not one specific thing, but various elements of the bigger picture and how they impact your topics. This book might help in that regard.

Also, when you have specific areas of concern that may also be of concern to certain populations (the type of athlete you've been referring, to in this case), try submitting a question to the "Ask Dr. Sears" feature on DrSears.com.

Sue,

I'm sure that book will help Matt if you say it will, however I think it would be great if you could give the rest of us an idea to what you are referring to. It may take a while for all of us to get our hands on a copy of that particular book.

Also, in regards to what Matt has been referring to, CC did put in a request for references from Dr. Sears and I believe they told her to do her own research. She has submitted the question again, but as of yet hasn't received a reply or hasn't posted about it. The last I read on the other thread was that she had not heard back.

oh and there was a moniker developed for the Matt's PL Matt and CF Matt, of course the suggestion was made to include the word "sexy" in there.

Yeah, well, not to be a pest, but I also think that it would be nice to see the info shared in the forum. Perhaps Matt can understand all of that stuff in the Anti-Aging Zone, but I have no patience for it (and I always did very well in biology, biochem, etc.).

And, for the rest of us who perhaps wouldn't even stand a chance at understanding it, well, it would be nice to see it in discussion, explained in layman's terms!

I tried to see if I could preview the "Anti-Aging Zone" on google books, but it wasn't one of the titles that lets you browse its contents.

BTW, the subject on which Sue specifically suggested I was incorrect and upon which this thread is based is the ATP production from stored body fat versus stored carbohydrate.

My contention (and from a closer reading of what Dr. Sears has written, apparently what he is saying as well) is that the greater amount of ATP that can be produced from a gram of fat as compared with a gram of carbohydrate is the same ratio as the difference in calories between the two (i.e., approximately 5:2).

I may try to do that, but when CC submitted a question on the subject of post exercise nutrition and insulin levels, she got a bit of a run-around from the whomever answered her question and was basically told to go do her own research.

I should clarify that Sue is talking about a different type of submission than what I did.

I had submitted my question on the Live Zone Chat, but no one was around at the time, so it ends up getting answered via email, by a Zone representative.

Sue is talking about submitting a question to Dr. Sears on www.drsears.com. Now, I have done this, as well, but I have NEVER seen my question answered. But, if it does ever get answered, it would likely be Barry himself answering those questions.

Thanks for the clarification.