The following article in Science News follows the tradition of mislabeling the Zone diet: http://www.sciencenews.org/articles...7/bob8.asp I wrote a letter to the editor to refute the comparison. We will have to see if they publish it: Regarding COUNTING CARBS, July 17,2004 VOL. 166 I was distressed to to find the Zone diet equated to the Atkins low carb diet in the otherwise excellent article on the possible dangers of high protein, high fat and low carb eating. The biochemistry resulting from these two diets are as different as night and day. The author must not be aware that the Zone is not a low carb diet, nor is it a high protein/saturated fat diet. The Zone might be more correctly labeled; a low glycemic load, calorie restricted diet. The Zone specifies a moderate balance of lean protein, mostly mono-saturated fats and LOTS of low glycemic load carbs. In fact the last paragraph of the article describing an ideal healthy diet very closely resembles the Zone diet. I have studied and followed the Zone diet for the last year with tremendous benefits to my own health. The studies I have read that include the Zone diet parameters have shown that it is possible to gain all the benefits of low carb diets and low fat diets without the possible dangers of either. See study results at (http://www.drsears.com/drsearspages...hpage.jsp) :P

[quote:0e01ddf91a="gofish"]The following article in Science News follows the tradition of mislabeling the Zone diet: http://www.sciencenews.org/articles...7/bob8.asp I wrote a letter to the editor to refute the comparison. We will have to see if they publish it: Regarding COUNTING CARBS, July 17,2004 VOL. 166 I was distressed to to find the Zone diet equated to the Atkins low carb diet in the otherwise excellent article on the possible dangers of high protein, high fat and low carb eating. The biochemistry resulting from these two diets are as different as night and day. The author must not be aware that the Zone is not a low carb diet, nor is it a high protein/saturated fat diet. The Zone might be more correctly labeled; a low glycemic load, calorie restricted diet. The Zone specifies a moderate balance of lean protein, mostly mono-saturated fats and LOTS of low glycemic load carbs. In fact the last paragraph of the article describing an ideal healthy diet very closely resembles the Zone diet. I have studied and followed the Zone diet for the last year with tremendous benefits to my own health. The studies I have read that include the Zone diet parameters have shown that it is possible to gain all the benefits of low carb diets and low fat diets without the possible dangers of either. See study results at (http://www.drsears.com/drsearspages...hpage.jsp) :P[/quote:0e01ddf91a] Good for you! I've written several letters to USA Today Sunday Nerwspaper supplement authors who ahve done the same ting. Sometimes they mis-label it as High-Protein, and other times they mis-label it as Low-carb. However, it was very nice to see in the newspaper last week that a known (Harvard?) study confirmed the ZONE lifestyle as balanced and beneficial. Then as I was about to write about it, DR. Seras put it in his ZONE Mondays column.

I am amazed at the criticism of the Zone. Many compare it to the Atkins, "high protein, low carb" program. When you hear the claims about "fast water weight loss", then it is evident that they have not read the material. Nothing in the Zone program promises "fast" weight loss. Kind of reminds me of some of the jokes written about so called "experts".

[b:e3922945ba][size=18:e3922945ba]The USA Weekend Sunday Newspaper supplement has done it again.[/size:e3922945ba][/b:e3922945ba] This time with an article on/about "Jorge" and his [u:e3922945ba][i:e3922945ba]3-hour diet book[/i:e3922945ba][/u:e3922945ba]. He advocates eating 3 meals a day and several snacks, each being no more than 3 hours from the previous! Now, where has he "COPIED" that bit of information from? And then he goes on further to say to measure the amount of each type of food by visualization! (Infringement here?). He likens Good fats to about a capful, Fruits to 3 - 4 CD cases, etc., etc. Hmmm, if it walks like the ZONE, talks like the ZONE, sounds like the ZONE, ..... I went onto the USAWeekend.com website and submitted a query to "Jorge" about it... Though I doubt he will respond.....

Hi John, My take on this is that the Eating program, as outlined by Barry Sears in 1995 now represnts mainstream sound nutrition. The zone diet however is just another fad. White Light [quote:ec9ec4e70f="jaydpiii"][b:ec9ec4e70f][size=18:ec9ec4e70f]The USA Weekend Sunday Newspaper supplement has done it again.[/size:ec9ec4e70f][/b:ec9ec4e70f] This time with an article on/about "Jorge" and his [u:ec9ec4e70f][i:ec9ec4e70f]3-hour diet book[/i:ec9ec4e70f][/u:ec9ec4e70f]. He advocates eating 3 meals a day and several snacks, each being no more than 3 hours from the previous! Now, where has he "COPIED" that bit of information from? And then he goes on further to say to measure the amount of each type of food by visualization! (Infringement here?). He likens Good fats to about a capful, Fruits to 3 - 4 CD cases, etc., etc. Hmmm, if it walks like the ZONE, talks like the ZONE, sounds like the ZONE, ..... I went onto the USAWeekend.com website and submitted a query to "Jorge" about it... Though I doubt he will respond.....[/quote:ec9ec4e70f]