On Thu, 14 Dec 2000 10:55:01 +1300, Bridget Kelly <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>Todd, you are a wealth of information! I read the Zone a while back and
>always struggled with the AA concept. Your post made such sense. I think
>Sears may have made a mistake encouraging egg whites and skinless chicken
>breast over yolks and beef, and also not allowing much protein (and
>therefore much food) if you're a small person. Consequently I was starving
>the whole time! I felt dreadful on his diet and so much better eating less
>carbs, more protein and fat, lots of egg yolks and paleo food. A lot of info
>in his book was very interesting and I don't have the expertise to critise
>his book, that was just my personal experience. I would be very interested
>to hear other people's views/experiences on The Zone, and how eicosanoids
>are affected by a paleo diet, which is not usually strictly 40/30/30, which
>Sears insists is the only way to be really healthy. I always had trouble
>with the necessity to eat exact ratios of C/P/F. Would our H/G ancestors
>have done this?
>Bridget.
Two points:
(1) After his first book, Sears subsequently discovered that there seems to be a
"floor" of protein requirements for humans, regardless of size, and so he upped
the minimum protein requirement for smaller women to 77 grams (11 blocks).
(2) There is no exact ratio of C/P/F in any of Sears' books. The term
"40/30/30" was popularized by Ann Gittleman in a widely distributed cheap
paperback. The actual Zone diet, as explained by Sears, requires you to adjust
the ratios depending on whether you are hungry or not, and by whether you are
mentally foggy or not. This was ignored by most people, because 98% of people
who do a particular diet do NOT read any book describing the diet. (I have
absolutely no doubt that there are plenty of people in this list who have never
read either Ray's book or an Eades book.)
PS There is such a thing as "Paleo Zone" which has been advocated by some
people on the web...
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Cheers,
Ken
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