Eating in the Zone

and For Your Blood Type

Often people have lots of questions about eating in the Zone. They don't totally understand the "block" system. Basically a Block Balanced meal consists of one box of Protein, one box of Carbohydrate and one box of Oils/Fats.

Every protein, carb, or type of fat can be best/highly beneficial, Good/Fair, or Bad/Poor Choice.

Good proteins are easy to digest and their fat is more liquidy or soft (like fish, poultry, eggs)

Good Carbohydrates leafy green vegetables and whole raw fruits.

Good fats include fish oil, avocado, and unsaturated fats.

Here is a link to Dr. Sears Frequently Asked Questions page where he answers about 50 questions that I am most commonly asked: http://www.drsears.com/zonefaqs.page

What I've done is take the Zone diet block system and put them on three separate sheets (Best, Good, and Poor Choices). The Yellow items are the foods that are OK to eat for your blood type. The Purple blocks you should try NOT to eat. There is also a volume of food for each food. This is the amount one has to eat to make up one whole Zone block.

A Zone snack is one complete block (one protein block, one carb block and one oil block)

A Zone meal is 3-4 blocks of each. Dr. Sears has pictures of the volumes of food for a typical day in his Enter the Zone part of the website. You will be amazed at how much food you can eat and you won't be hungry.

You don't have to use all lettuce, for example, as your only carb block for a three-block meal because that would add up to 30 heads of iceberg lettuce which would be impossible to eat with 3 ounces of fish (3 blocks of protein) and a tablespoon of oil (three blocks of oil/fat). Sometimes you have to mix and match poorer block choices to make it a volume of food that you can complete in one meal.

Blood Type O Eating in the Zone:

      Blood Type O Best Choices

      Blood Type O Good Choices

      Blood Type O Less-than-perfect (Poor) Choices

Blood Type A Eating in the Zone:

      Blood Type A Best Choices

      Blood Type A Good Choices

      Blood Type A Less-than-perfect (Poor) Choices

Blood Type AB Eating in the Zone:

      Blood Type AB Best Choices

      Blood Type AB Good Choices

      Blood Type AB Less-than-perfect (Poor) Choices

Blood Type B Eating in the Zone:

      Blood Type B Best Choices

      Blood Type B Good Choices

      Blood Type B Less-than-perfect (Poor) Choices

Don't know your blood type? You can go to www.dadamo.com and order a home-test kit for about $10.

References:

• Eat Right 4 Your Type by Dr. Peter D'Adamo www.dadamo.com

• A Week in the Zone by Dr. Barry Sears www.drsears.com

Page Last Edited 07/10/08

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Blood Type O Best Zone Choices

Blood Type O Good Zone Choices

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Blood Type A Best Zone Choices

Blood Type A Good Zone Choices

Blood Type A Poor Zone Choices

Blood Type AB Best Zone Choices

Blood Type AB Good Zone Choices

Blood Type AB Poor Zone Choices

Blood Type B Best Zone Choices

Blood Type B Good Zone Choices

Blood Type B Poor Zone Choices

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Eicosinoid Survey

EFA Deficiency

Fats & Oil List

Feeding Soy to Children

Food Cravings

Germanium Holy Trace Mineral

Ginger Health Benefits

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Honey Health Benefits

How to Choose Great Tasting Fruits

Iron Deficient Anemia

Just Like Sugar

Lithium Sources for Depression

Making Nutrition Work Notes

Milk that Doesn’t Spoil

Mineral Best Bet Foods

Mineral List 

·        Boron 

·        Calcium 

·        Chromium 

·        Copper 

·        Germanium 

·        Iodine 

·        Iron 

·        Lithium 

·        Magnesium 

·        Manganese 

·        Molybdenum 

·        Phosphorus 

·        Platinum 

·        Potassium 

·        Selenium 

·        Silicon 

·        Sodium 

·        Sulphur 

·        Vanadium 

·        Zinc

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NutraSweet

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Raw Foods and Thyroid Disease

Salt Fun Facts

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Soy Hazards

Sugar Copper Deficiency

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Vitamin Best Bet Foods

Vitamin List 

·        Biotin 

·        Choline 

·        Folic Acid 

·        Vitamin A 

·        Vitamin B1 (Thiamin) 

·        Vitamin B2 (Riboflavin) 

·        Vitamin B3 (Niacin) 

·        Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic acid) 

·        Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxine) 

·        Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin) 

·        Vitamin B15 

·        Vitamin C 

·        Vitamin D 

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