Hi there

I am new to The Zone diet and just trying to get my head around the blocks of various food.

I cannot find the blocks of the following foods, and would greatly appreciate it if anyone can tell me what they are:

- tinned tomatoes
- coconut cream (tinned)
- coconut milk (tinned)
- coconut block
- dessicated coconut
- Greek yoghurt (my Greek yoghurt here in the UK is 2% fat and the label says it has 8.4g protein and 3.8g carboydrate per 100g. I therefore worked out that 84g will provide me with 1 block protein and a third of a block carbohydrate - is this correct?)

Also, if my yoghurt is 2% fat only, I think I read somewhere that I need to have two blocks of fat instead of 1 - Is this corect?

Many thanks for the answers in advance!
Rachael

I obtained some info from www.nutritiondata.com:

coconut cream: probably about 1 tsp counts as a fat block
coconut milk: about 1/2 tbsp (or 1.5 tsp) counts as a fat block
coconut block: pretty dense, there are about 6 blocks of fat in just an ounce of coconut
dessicated coconut: again pretty dense, about 18 blocks of fat in just an ounce (but several forms were listed, not sure which one you meant

I would recommend cross-checking the website to make sure that we are talking about the same things

Tinned tomatoes: I assume you are talking about canned tomatoes, and they run about a block of carb per cup.

Greek yoghurt: I would count it as 1P and 1/3-1/2C (no need to be exact here). If you have some fat in it, you probably have a gram, and so I would only add one block of fat to it. But, check the label to be sure.

Hi Cranberrycat -thank you so much for your answers - it's really appreciated and very helpful! Sorry for taking a while to get around to thanking you!

Not a problem, just happy I could help!