Comments on: Nutrition Seminar: Chico, CA

By: Robb Wolf

Robb Wolf — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:59:09 +0000

PMT-
contact chrissy. We are looking VERY full.

By: pmt

pmt — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 22:09:40 +0000

Do I — a non XF-nutrition cert registrant — have a snowball’s chance at this seminar in January or are all spots spoken for by erstwhile XF-nutrition cert registrants? I went to your cert in Portland earlier this year and need a refresher and also want to have a gear-head friend of mine attend as well. Many thanks!

By: Robb Wolf

Robb Wolf — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:48:10 +0000

Maggie-
shoot chrissy another email.

By: Maggie

Maggie — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:38:35 +0000

Hey Robb-
I’m really excited about the Nutrition Seminar. I’m a little concerned, I sent you an email about the time my travel companions sent theirs (I’m coming from Portland, OR) and they have received confirmation emails while I have not. Just wondering when I might expect to see that.

By: Robb Wolf

Robb Wolf — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 19:14:53 +0000

Julianne-
Well…The Zoen is good when it circles the paleo concept. it tends to fail miserably when it involves Zone bars and now, Molecular Baked foods. It makes BIG money. Margins on that stuff is huge. But you never have credibility after stuff like this.

By: Julianne

Julianne — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 03:09:37 +0000

The direction the Zone is going with molecular baking etc, I find depressing! I can see the rationale in getting people who may never have tried the zone on board. But so many people get such great results with the original zone diet, I believe because they inadvertantly cut out or at least cut down on grains (as per the Zone Pyramid) I think there will be many who will go backwards if they swap their fruit and veggie carbs for Molecular baking not realising its the reduction in grains that have benefitted them enourmously.
In my experience I have seen a number of clients who over the years who I am sure in retrospect were gluten sensitive, and their results were classic in terms of coming off gluten / grains. (gut issues, foggy brain, fatigue etc) And not just as a result of the Zone ratio / portion control.

The Zone diet has been my life in terms of work for the last 10 years. I am always looking for ways to make it more effective for people, and have experimented with a number of things myself before trying it out on clients, like changing carb / fat amounts and restricting types of foods – especially gluten grains, maybe starches, maybe fruit for a number of years. When I added paleo into the mix and took the strict zone ratio less seriously – I thought I’d found a great answer for clients. Adding vitamin D too – which Sears seems to place little emphasis on, is critical.

However Zone in the purest sense is very paleo, if too religious on the 30:40:30 (although the ratio food amount does work well for some people).

By: Robb Wolf

Robb Wolf — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:07:15 +0000

Kristy-
We will be looking at Molecular Baking and some other facts&fallacies of Sears. should be a hoot!

By: Kristy A.

Kristy A. — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:01:36 +0000

Hi Robb,

To cheer you up and further show how far paleo is from the Zone, check out the zonediet website (“Official Site of Dr. Barry Sears’ Zone Diet”). It made me want to vomit. This link in particular is both hilarious and infinitely depressing:
http://www.zonediet.com/SuperZoneFood/WhyItWorks/TypicalSuperZoneDay/tabid/249/Default.aspx

The fact that there is NO change to dietary quality, instead just a dependency on this Zone brand junk food is sickening. I guess he is really talking to the people inflammation made stupider. The “next generation of the Zone Diet”? Fail.

Lastly, where are the CF journal videos on Cordain?

By: Will J

Will J — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:39:08 +0000

I love 42 ways to skin the zone…and I know that cutting carbs throughout the day and doing 1/2 daily intake post workout works…besides “Eat meat and veggies, nuts and seeds, some fruit, little starch, and no sugar” sounds more paleo then zone, so is that a continuity issue…i think so.

By: Robb Wolf

Robb Wolf — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:52:07 +0000

Eric-
Yea…there was a ton of spin up-to and prior to that date. the initail deal was that Glassman, when asked about the paleo concept: Paleo is pseudo science and those who pro-port it;s methods are pseudo-scientists…” They felt like they were losing “market share” to Welbourn and I. The spin has been that that whole Barry Sears post was a “media” grab on my part to promote Paleo Brands! Hmm…do I get more “Market Share” being “in” the fitness Juggernaut or out? Doesn’t really make sense.

So then then wheeled out Barry Sears and Barry was pretty clear that food quality matters, that Paleo concepts are at the heart of the Zone. So, HQ lost that attempt at spinning reality. If people jsut get in and try all this stuff it;s pretty obvious what works, regardless of spin or bullying.