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Category: Ask Dr. Sears

Videos answering your nutritional and wellness-based questions

Can You Lower Your Cholesterol Without Taking A Statin?

  • Barry Sears
  • Estimated read time 1 min read
  • January 21, 2025

Can you lower your cholesterol without taking a statin? Absolutely. But here’s the real question—how do statins actually work? Most people think it’s magic. Spoiler alert:…

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Categories: Ask Dr. Sears, chronic diseases, Heart Disease

Is Green Tea Nature’s Ozempic?

  • Barry Sears
  • Estimated read time 1 min read
  • January 21, 2025

“Is green tea nature’s Ozempic?” It’s a question I’ve been asked recently, and here’s the truth: No, it’s not. While green tea contains beneficial polyphenols, they…

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Categories: Ask Dr. Sears, detoxing, GLP-1 Drugs

Ocular Disease & Your Diet

  • Barry Sears
  • Estimated read time 1 min read
  • January 9, 2025

Is your diet the key to better vision? As we age, declining eyesight is often linked to inflammation, just like other organs in the body. Research…

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Categories: aging, Ask Dr. Sears, Ocular Vision

Healthspan vs Lifespan

  • Barry Sears
  • Estimated read time 1 min read
  • January 9, 2025

What matters more: how long or how well you live? While lifespan measures total years, healthspan focuses on the quality of those years spent in good…

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Categories: aging, Ask Dr. Sears, Healthspan

Why No One Talks About AMPK

  • Barry Sears
  • Estimated read time 1 min read
  • November 22, 2024

What if you had a drug that would stop the replication of viruses and whose only know side-effect would be to extend your healthspan?  Would you use…

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Categories: Ask Dr. Sears, Uncategorized, What Is AMPK?

How Zone Foods Activate AMPK

  • Barry Sears
  • Estimated read time 1 min read
  • November 21, 2024

The most effective way to activate AMPK is by calorie restriction.  Once AMPK is activated, you burn fat faster, improve metabolic efficiency, and slow down aging. …

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Categories: Ask Dr. Sears, What Is AMPK?, Zone Foods

What Is GLP-1?

  • Barry Sears
  • Estimated read time 1 min read
  • November 20, 2024

With the rise of drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy, GLP-1 has become a hot topic. But what exactly is GLP-1? It’s a hormone released by the…

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Categories: Ask Dr. Sears, GLP-1 Drugs, Ozempic

Will Rapamycin Make Me Live Longer?

  • Barry Sears
  • Estimated read time 1 min read
  • November 19, 2024

Is Rapamycin the key to living longer? While it’s a cancer drug, Rapamycin is getting attention for its potential longevity benefits by decreasing mTOR activity and…

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Categories: aging, Ask Dr. Sears, cancer

Vegetables and Gut Health

  • Barry Sears
  • Estimated read time 1 min read
  • November 19, 2024

Why are vegetables essential for your gut health? Vegetables are rich in fiber, which serves as the primary fuel for gut microbes, helping them thrive. A…

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Categories: Ask Dr. Sears, Gut Health, Metabolism

Do Spicy Foods Speed Up Your Metabolism?

  • Barry Sears
  • Estimated read time 1 min read
  • November 19, 2024

Think that adding a dash of hot sauce to your meals will ignite your metabolism? Think again! While spicy foods can set your taste buds on…

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Categories: Ask Dr. Sears, Metabolism

How AMPK Reduces Inflammation

  • Barry Sears
  • Estimated read time 1 min read
  • November 19, 2024

AMPK might sound like just another scientific buzzword, but it’s one of the most powerful tools your body has to fight inflammation. So how does it…

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Categories: Ask Dr. Sears, Featured Metabolism Posts, Inflammation

Flavanoids & Dementia

  • Barry Sears
  • Estimated read time 1 min read
  • November 19, 2024

Can flavonoids really reduce the risk of dementia? While recent articles have sparked interest in this idea, the truth is, there’s still a lot we don’t…

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Categories: Alzheimers Disease, Ask Dr. Sears, Stages of Life
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