What Causes Leaky Gut? The Role of AMPK in Gut Barrier Health
Key Takeaways What Is Metabolic Endotoxemia? People are obsessed with gut health. They should be, because without a healthy gut, you would be a sitting target…
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The Wellness Zone Episodes
Welcome to The Wellness Zone Podcast hub, where Zone Diet creator Dr. Barry Sears and Mary Perry help you decode the science behind your health. Each…
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GLP-1 Drugs for Weight Loss: Dr. Barry Sears Responds to JAMA Guidelines
Key Takeaways The Journal of the American Medical Association recently published an article on tips for using GLP-1 drugs (1). Are these tips valid? Let’s find…
Read MoreStopping GLP-1 Drugs: Why Weight Regain May Increase Heart Disease Risk
Key Takeaways Everyone wants to lose excess body fat. However, the Holy Grail of weight loss is losing excess body fat while maintaining, if not increasing,…
Read MoreHow Metabolic Engineering® Helps Reduce Chronic Inflammation
Key Takeaways Why Inflammation Is Both Necessary and Dangerous Inflammation is a crucial component of our metabolism that keeps us alive. It is our initial defense…
Read MoreWhat Sugar Really Does to Your Body: Glucose, Fructose, and Metabolic Health
A recent New York Times article examined how sugar affects the body. While the article covered some key points, it missed several important metabolic details. Key…
Read MoreHow to Measure Body Fat Percentage (And Why BMI Is Often Wrong)
Key Takeaways Excess body fat is strongly related to increased cardiovascular disease and mortality. The gold standard for measuring your percentage of body fat has always…
Read MoreWhy Prediabetes Is America’s Most Dangerous Silent Epidemic (And How to Reverse Insulin Resistance)
Key Takeaways It may not get the headlines, but it has the potential to destroy our health care system in a few decades. What is this…
Read MoreAre Continuous Glucose Monitors (CGMs) Useful for People Without Diabetes?
Key Takeaways If you have diabetes (either type 1 or type 2), a continuous glucose monitor (CRM) can be exceptionally useful, especially to reduce hypoglycemia. Hypoglycemia…
Read MoreDo Omega-3 Supplements Increase the Risk of A-Fib?
Key Takeaways The answer is no, and maybe yes. Before I explain that seemingly cryptic answer, let me explain what Afib is. What Is Atrial Fibrillation…
Read MoreAsk Dr. Sears: Everything You Wanted to Know About HbA1c (But Didn’t Want to Google)
Key Takeaways A major women’s magazine recently asked me some questions on HbA1c. Here are my answers: Why is HbA1C an important metric for blood sugar…
Read MoreUnderstanding Wellness: Simple Blood Tests That Measure Your Health
Wellness is a medical condition, just like diabetes, heart disease, or any other chronic condition. What links wellness with chronic disease is your current state of…
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