Can the Zone Diet Help Reverse Type 2 Diabetes?

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By Dr. Barry Sears

Founder & President, Zone Labs

Mary Perry

Clinical Trials Director, Zone Labs

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Summary

Type 2 diabetes affects nearly 38 million Americans—and over 100 million more are prediabetic. In this episode, Dr. Barry Sears breaks down the growing diabetes epidemic and the staggering toll it’s taking on our healthcare system.

You’ve heard of Ozempic for weight loss, but did you know its original purpose was for blood sugar control? While drugs like Ozempic can help manage symptoms, they don’t cure the disease—and many people stop taking them due to side effects.

But what if there was a proven way to reverse type 2 diabetes?

Dr. Sears shares groundbreaking research from the University of Tennessee showing that 100% of participants with diabetes who followed the Zone Diet for six months reversed their condition—without drugs.

Discover how the Zone Diet works

📉 Learn why calorie restriction and hormonal balance are key

🚫 And why no drug, not even Ozempic, can match these results

👉 Watch now to learn why your diet—not a drug—may be the most powerful medicine of all.

Topics We Discuss:

[00:00]- Drugs will have no effect on reversing diabetes. However, there is new data that says there’s something that can reverse diabetes completely.

[00:09]- It’s called the Zone Diet. Hello and welcome to the Wellness Zone Podcast, where we discuss the science of wellness, metabolism

[00:20]- and the dietary pathways to maintain them. I’m Mary Perry, and I’m here with Dr. Barry Sears. And today we’re talking about a comparison

[00:28]- between the zone diet and ozempic for controlling blood sugar and diabetes. So, Dr. Sears, let’s start with some of the basics.

[00:35]- Um, we know the prevalence of diet diabetes is on the rise in the United States, but what kind of numbers are we talking?

[00:41]- How many type two diabetics do we have in the US right now? A lot. Now what, what does a lot mean?

[00:47]- It means about 38 million Americans are diabetic, and that’s about, oh, maybe 11 to 12% of our population. 38 million. That’s wild. What about pre-diabetes?

[00:59]- We know that’s also on the rise as well. Well, that’s even worse. There’s about a hundred million Americans who have pre-diabetes.