Joel Fuhrman - Eat To Live

104 Joel Fuhrman, M.D.

SEARS'S

ZONE MENU

FUHRMAN'S

EAT TO LIVE MENU

Total calories 1,409 1,600

Fiber 17.2 gm^77 gm

Protein 96 gm 60 gm

Fat 58 gm 19 gm

Carbohydrate 132 gm 314 gm

Saturated fat 20 gm 2 gm

Sodium 4,130 mg 592 mg

B-carotene 274 mcg 8,260 meg

Vitamin C 160 mg 625 mg

Calcium 742 mg 877 mg

Magnesium 227 mg 593 mg

Iron^9 mg 22 mg

Manganese 1.5 mg 8.1 mg

Vitamin E 7.6 IU 22 IU

Folate 211 mcg 1,242 meg

Chromium .067 mg. 168 mg

The low levels of beta-carotene and folate on the Sears Zone

menu is a good marker of the low level of other plant-derived anti-

cancer phytonutrients.

Just a Second-Rate Low-Calorie Diet

The final death blow to Sears's diet is that it is based on extreme calo-

rie restriction and is not maintainable by anyone, not even him.

John McDougall, M.D., and others have correctly pointed out that

nobody could follow a Zone diet for long.^38

According to his book, Barry Sears weighs 210 pounds and is 6

feet 5 inches. He says he eats 100 grams of protein a day, as that is

what he calculates is best for him. Based on the 30:30:40 ratio that

he insists is the key to good health, his Zone diet consists of:

100 grams protein = 400 calories

44 grams fat = 400 calories

133 grams carbohydrates = 530 calories

TOTAL 1.330 calories