Author: Barry Sears
Cardiovascular Disease
The ProblemCardiovascular disease is caused by chronic low-level inflammation (1, 2). The ultimate cause is a pro-inflammatory diet. The consequences of such a pro-inflammatory diet leads…
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Autoimmune Diseases and Inflammation: A Metabolic Approach
Key Takeaways Autoimmune diseases occur when the immune system mistakenly attacks healthy tissues. While the exact cause is still being studied, growing evidence suggests that chronic…
Read MoreChronic Diseases
Many common chronic disease conditions are strongly associated with increased insulin resistance. This is because insulin resistance is a surrogate marker for an inefficient metabolism, leading…
Read MoreWhat Is Metabolism?
Essentially, metabolism keeps us alive. Metabolism is an exceptionally complex and ongoing dynamic balance of anabolism (building up new tissue) and catabolism (tearing down damaged tissue). …
Read MoreWhat Is The Zone?
The Zone is the physiological state when your metabolism performs at peak efficiency. Metabolism keeps us alive by converting food into chemical energy, maintaining the immune…
Read MoreSenolytic Nutrition and the Molecular Biology of Wellness
There are two sides to medicine. One side is treating disease; the other side is maintaining wellness. We currently define disease by its symptoms and then…
Read MoreCancer Drugs: How Far We’ve Come
Overlooked in the Covid-19 pandemic has been our failing war against cancer. The breaking of the human genetic code in 2000 set the stage for thinking…
Read MoreEPA and DHA: The Science Behind Why You Need Both Omega-3s In Your Diet
The primary benefits of omega-3s come from their ability to resolve inflammation through the hormones they generate. The two omega-3s that have been the most widely studied for…
Read MoreProtein Leveraging
One of the more interesting observations of a potential cause of our obesity crisis is the concept of protein leveraging (1). This concept states that the…
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