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Zone Perfect Meals in Minutes: 150 Fast and Simple Healthy Recipes from the Bestselling Authorof the Zone and Mastering the Zone |  | Author: Barry Sears
Brand: Zone Perfect
Category: Book
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Rating:  30 reviews
Sales Rank: 43054
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 272
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Dimensions (in): 9 x 6.6 x 0.9
ISBN: 006039241X
Dewey Decimal Number: 613.25
EAN: 9780060392413
ASIN: 006039241X
Publication Date: November 25, 1997
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Zone-Perfect Meals in Minutes by Dr. Barry Sears, takes the complicated, cutting-edge science that's the basis of the Zone philosophy and puts it in the simplest of terms. Now everyone can better understand how to get into the Zone and to do it in mere minutes. Featured are recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner, dessert and snacktime that are simple and delicious, plus recipes for a number of tasty and healthy Zoned sauces. But Zone-Perfect Meals in Minutes is far more than just a cookbook. In it you will learn: How to Zone your kitchen How to stay in the Zone through simple Zone rules How to get your kids in the Zone How to choose the right Zone
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Barry Sears got a lot of attention--and royalties--with his diet books The Zone and Mastering the Zone. Sears believes that the food you eat is one of the most powerful drugs you will ever encounter, and a lot of people get fat and sick using food in misguided ways. Sears believes that using it the right way can lead to increased physical stamina, sharpened mental focus, and a reduced likelihood of developing chronic diseases--and you'll probably shed unwanted pounds along the way. Sears calls for a diet based on "hormonal thinking," not the usual calorie counting and fat measuring. Some of the rules of the diet are eating small meals throughout the day, having some protein at every meal, always eating the necessary amount of fruits and vegetables, and taking cod-liver oil. To make all of this as painless as possible, Sears has created 150 "Zone"-perfect meals that are easy to prepare and require little planning.
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 Quick, Tasty, Healthy, Zoned April 21, 2009
Michael Rae
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is a book of quick, tasty, healthy, Zone-appropriate meals for beginning cooks or people who take cooking as such to be a purely utilitarian exercise rather than a means of personal artistic expression. I am at a loss to read all the negative reviews. I am particularly struck by those who say the recipes don't taste good (they're lovely), or who complain that there are too many vegetables (the Zone is *supposed* to be loaded with vegetables! That's a major reason why it controls hunger and packs high nutrition into few Calories! Indeed, one of my complaints with
Zone Meals in Seconds: 150 Fast and Delicious Recipes for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner (Zone (Regan)) and a lot of Atkins books is that they too far from such principles, going for low-glycemic grains or Atkins junk food that fit into the narrow macronutrient requirements, but aren't as healthy or filling.
I do wish there was more detailed nutritional information; and, to be fair, the person who said that the ratio between eggwhites/egg substitute and vegetables in the 'omelettes' is a bit skewed is probably right for most recipes unless you're a master omelette-folder; personally, I'm quite happy to make these as scrambles instead.
Great January 2, 2009
Elsa (Oklahoma City, OK)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
I honestly haven't even cracked this one open. I've looked through the pages to see if anything sounded appealing. Several things do I just haven't had the time to sit down and really go through this one.
 Zone Perfect Meals In Minutes November 29, 2008
K. Pyle
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is the second time I have purchased this book. I loved it the first time. I enjoy the flavor in the recipes. And, if you are following the diet plan, you really can lose weight.
feeling better March 27, 2008
Michael V. Decroff (Pahrump, NV)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book is full of easy things to cook and eat, in portions that are ment for maximum health benifts.
If you'd rather whine than lose weight, don't buy this book. December 3, 2007
DocColls (Lubbock, TX)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I'm reading an aweful lot of whining and moaning about this book, and most of it is summed up by "I want to eat what I want to eat and still lose weight, but this book won't let me", Or "it's too hard!" (insert your favorite petulant child picture here).
Another thing that boggles my mind is when people comment on how to change these recipes yet they do so in ways that completely destroy the principles behind The Zone. It is painfully obvious that they have never read any of The Zone books other than this one yet they think they are being so very clever in their suggestions.
Here's the deal, Dr. Sears is dead-on about his biochemistry. Period. He's forgotten more about human metabolism than any food critic will ever know. If you make this lifestyle change, you will lose weight. The end.
If it feels wrong to you, or you don't like the recipes as much as the food you were eating before, then there's probably a very good reason for that; if you are obese, then you're not going to like eating this way initially because what you like eating is what got you into your predicament in the first place.
But then again you may enjoy the thrills of diabetes or degenerative joints or myocardial infarctions; and I'm sure your spouse loves the melodious chainsaw snoring at nite from your obstructive sleep apnea.
I lost twenty six pounds over five months and never excercised more than what it took me to flip the channels on the remote. On top of that, I only followed it during the week and gave myself the weekends off to eat whatever. As far as the preparation time; I work eighty to ninety hours a week (I graduate med school this year), so don't complain to me about how cooking these meals takes too much time; your whining will fall on deaf and pitiless ears.
The point is simple, if you want to lose weight and have a healthier lifestyle, follow the principles in this book; if you just want to whine alot and eat whatever the hell you want to, and then complain that you're not losing weight, don't bother with the book.
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