I'm new to the Zone diet, and as I'm planning and preparing meals, a few things aren't adding up.

Going by the Zone Food Blocks guide on this site, 1 macademia nut = 1 fat block or 3 grams of fat. But I just bought a jar of macademia nuts, and 20 nuts have 7 grams of fat, which is approx. 0.3 grams of fat per nut, which adds up to 3 nuts in one fat block and 9 nuts in 3 fat blocks.

Is it my math or my understanding of blocks at fault, or are my nuts causing the problem? ;)

I'm facing a similar quandry with peanut butter. I bought Smucker's natural peanut butter. According to the food block guide, 1/2 tsp is 1 fat block, so 1 1/2 tsp (or 1/2 Tbsp) is 3 blocks. That's a quarter of the 2 Tbsp serving size on the label, which has 16 grams of fat. 1/4 of that, or 1/2 Tbsp, has 4 grams of fat, not 9 grams.

Thanks for your help!

Whoops, now I see that 1 fat block has 1.5 grams of fat and not 3 grams. But that would still be more than just one macademia nut, yes?

You need 3 grams of Fat (2 Fat blocks) for every 7 grams Protein (1 Protein block).
Fat block amount of grams were halved to account for the Fat in Lo-Fat Protein foods.
If you eat Fat-Free Protein, then you double the fat to 3 grams or 2 fat blocks.

Thanks, John, I didn't know this! Maybe there's more info I'm missing...is it on this website somewhere, or should I get the book?

If you put macademia nut into search area above (in yellow area) you will get a bunch of info

Hi Giarose - I eat macadamia nuts all the time. One large, perfect nut is pretty close to 1.5g of fat. I have a little food scale so I go by ounces/grams. One ounce (30g) of the nuts has 21g of fat, so if I want to eat 6g of fat (4 blocks), I just measure 10g of nuts. It's usually about 4 - 5 nuts.

I've seen small macadamia nuts in stores. That is probably what you have. The normal sized ones are bigger than a marble.

Now I feel confident about my portion of macadamia nuts...and about the Zone program in general. Thanks!