| One way of recognizing a fad diet is said to be the | | | | through food we ingest |
| promise of multiple miraculous effects upon health. | | | | - prevent cardiovascular diseases (cardiomyopathy, |
| And Zone diet promises a lot. | | | | arthritis, artherosclerosis, hypertension, |
| "Beats me!" | | | | hypercholesterolemia) |
| Extract from an interview with Dr. Barry Sears, by | | | | - prevent or cure "mental diseases" such as |
| Harper&Collins Publishers | | | | depression and alcoholism |
| Five cover promisesAt first glance, Barry Sears' first | | | | - restore energy in conditions such as CMS, PMS or |
| published book "Enter The Zone" has the following | | | | even HIV infections |
| main points: | | | | - prevent cancer development and make antibodies |
| | | | fight tumors with greater success. I really want to |
| 1. Lose weight permanently | | | | believe Zone can be that magic recipe that can help |
| 2. Reset your genetic code | | | | me live a longer and healthier life, without too much |
| 3. Prevent disease | | | | effort. But I expected some scientific proof for all |
| 4. Achieve your maximum physical performance | | | | these promises. And what did I find instead? Some |
| 5. Enhance your mental productivity These five | | | | stories about people who successfully solved their |
| statements should make us buy. I think I would buy | | | | problems by following Zone diet, and their everlasting |
| if only one of them were true, point three, | | | | gratitude to diet guru Barry Sears! I'm sorry, but I'm |
| preventing disease. | | | | not buying that. |
| How can a diet not be controversial when it says it | | | | Of course, there are some good aspects of the |
| can "prevent diseases"? But, to be fair, Dr Sears | | | | Zone diet. It promotes healthy eating standards and |
| provides further details of his ambiguous statement | | | | gives some common-sense advice. Somewhere, on |
| somewhere between the covers of the bestseller. | | | | the publishing road (more precisely with "Omega RX |
| We find out that Zone diet can help to: | | | | Zone --- The miracle of high-dose fish oil"), Dr. Sears |
| - prevent type II diabetes, as Zone diet is nothing | | | | advises us not to make any radical change in our |
| more than permanent and accurate insulin control | | | | dietary program without consulting a trained physician. |