Doctors warning: If you are taking a prescription medication you should never change diet (for better or worse) without consulting your doctor, because any dietary change will affect the metabolism of that prescription drug.
That's basically the Zone right there. They're the level 1 guidelines as found on the back of Mastering the Zone,1 and if you can do them most of the time you'll straight away start reaping the wonderful benefits of the Zone.
The Zone is really quite easy, it's certainly only as difficult as you make it. Below I've outlined some ways you can learn, but before you start please keep a few things in mind:
Dr Sears' site www.ZoneDiet.com is the best place to start.
(My own set of instructions will be around here soon.)
Most of Dr Sears Zone books are great to learn from. My book comparison tables and individual reviews should help you pick the right one. (These information pages are in the products section of the site.)
I previously offered personal consultations, though I'm currently taking a break from them to give me time to fix this site, but may resume once I'm happy with it.