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The Zone Diet
The Zone diet is a weight loss program initially devised by Barry Sears in a number of books, publications and an associated web site. The Zone diet isn’t specifically a weight reduction diet, however many zone diet followers claim that they really lose a few pounds when following it.
The main scientific theory behind the Zone Diet is that if you were to control the secretion of two important hormones, (insulin and glucogen), then your body releases eicosanoids (anti-inflamatory chemicals) which, as a consequence puts the body in a balanced state which is much more wholesome than it normally is, which is known as the zone.
Sears claims that when your body is in this 'zone' it is perfectly balanced and, as a consequence, does not build up fat.
The key method of the zone diet is to control the ratio of carbohydrates to proteins, and to ensure you get high levels of Omega 6 and omega 3 fish oils.

Prawn and Cucumber Salad

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Text Only This salad is particularly pretty as well as good to cat and, being Thai in origin, is completely oil free and low kilojoules. Drop 600 g raw prawns into boiling water for about 3 minutes or just until they turn pink. Set the saucepan aside and keep the prawns cool in the liquid. Peel a cucumber about 350 g in weight and slice it thinly. Shell the prawns and halve them lengthwise. Arrange, prawns and cucumber decoratively in a serving dish. Make a dressing by combining 3 finely chopped shallots, 2 tablespoons lemon juice, 1 tablespoon fish sauce and one small chilli, chopped finely. Spoon the dressing over the salad and scatter over the top 2 tablespoons chopped parsley. Leave flavours to combine for half an hour before serving. Makes 4 servings. From "Raw Materials" by Meryl Constance, Sydney Morning Herald, 12/29/92.

Posted by Stephen Ceideberg; February 17 1993.

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<h1>Prawn and Cucumber Salad</h1>
    <b>Ingredients And Procedures</b><p>
        <TABLE cellSpacing=2 cellPadding=3 border=0><TBODY><TR><TD><P>Text Only This salad is particularly pretty as well as good to cat and, being Thai in origin, is completely oil free and low kilojoules. Drop 600 g raw prawns into boiling water for about 3 minutes or just until they turn pink. Set the saucepan aside and keep the prawns cool in the liquid. Peel a cucumber about 350 g in weight and slice it thinly. Shell the prawns and halve them lengthwise. Arrange, prawns and cucumber decoratively in a serving dish. Make a dressing by combining 3 finely chopped shallots, 2 tablespoons lemon juice, 1 tablespoon fish sauce and one small chilli, chopped finely. Spoon the dressing over the salad and scatter over the top 2 tablespoons chopped parsley. Leave flavours to combine for half an hour before serving. Makes 4 servings. From "Raw Materials" by Meryl Constance, Sydney Morning Herald, 12/29/92. <P>Posted by Stephen Ceideberg; February 17 1993. <BR><BR></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>     <p>
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