On Thu, 30 Jan 2003 23:12:47 EST, Adrienne Smith <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>In a message dated 1/30/03 9:37:12 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>[log in to unmask] writes:
>
>> ).  The Protein Power books by the Eades,
>> and the Barry Sears Zone Diet books are also pretty good reads (both sets
>> of
>> authors, however, are extremely low-fat in their approaches-- unlike
>> Cordain
>> and most other 'caveman diet' writers).
>>
>
>The Protein Power books do not advocate extremely low fat, nor low fat at
>all.  The Zone books do, but NOT the Protein Power books.  The Protein Power
>Lifeplan includes 3 plans of varying strictness.  The strictest plan is
>called the Purist plan and it is paleo except for 1)  the allowance of whey
>protein powder which the Eades acknowledge is not paleo, but which is allowed
>for convenience; and 2) flaxseed, which is also not paleo.  The Eades do not
>advocate restriction of fats.

One of my biggest pet peeves is when someone corrects someone and is wrong !
:-)

You are correct about the Eades' Protein Power diet, but wrong about the Zone
Diet.

The Zone Diet is also NOT low-fat.

The Zone Diet only recommends limiting fat for those people who have a
significant amount of weight loss.   Otherwise, the Zone Diet can include quite
high percentages of fat, beyond those found in any other diet (except certain
of the variations of the Atkins Diet).

For example, the two women who won Gold Medals in the Olympics while on the
Zone Diet, ate approximately 70% of their diet in fat...

The entirety of the Zone Diet is -- to eat in a way that keeps hormone levels
in a "zone" (ie stable and balanced between too low and too high).


--
Cheers,

Ken
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