The Top 100 Zone Foods
2001 • rrp $24.95 • Paperback • ISBN:073226975X
"The goal of this book is ... to give you the tools to prepare the very best possible Zone meals" says Barry in the introduction.
My verdict
I really like this book. It explains clearly why some foods are better choices than others, which is obviously critical knowledge for anyone hoping to stay well.
Good features
- Excellent explanation of why certain foods are better than others.
- Excellent explanation of glycaemic indices and loads, including examples.
- Accurate block quantities for each of the 100 foods.
Not so good features
- None really.
More...
Starting with carbohydrates, Dr Sears lists his one hundred healthiest foods and includes a recipe for each.
So What's number one?
Cauliflower.
You can't go wrong with berries either, they take four spots in the top ten.
Contents
| The Top 100 Zone Foods | ||
| Chapter | Page | |
| Introduction | IX | |
| 1 | Making the Top 100 | 1 |
| 2 | Your Zone primer | 8 |
| 3 | The healthiest foods in the world | 19 |
| 4 | The Top 100 Zone foods | 32 |
| 5 | Eating out or dining in | 254 |
| 6 | Zone supplements | 261 |
| 7 | Food and hormones | 267 |
| 8 | The Zone vs. other diets | 274 |
| 9 | Motivation for a lifetime in the Zone | 281 |
| Appendixes | ||
| A | Technical support | 285 |
| B | All about carbohydrates | 287 |
| C | Using Zone food blocks for making Zone meals | 296 |
| D | Zone diet validation studies | 303 |
| E | References | 307 |
| Index | 313 | |
