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Category: GLP-1 Drugs

GLP-1 Drugs & Heart Health: Beyond The Hype

  • Barry Sears
  • Estimated read time 6 min read
  • September 3, 2025

Drug companies are far better marketers than developers of new medical breakthroughs.  Terms like “revolutionary”, “game-changer”, or “medical breakthrough” are used as standard practice, especially since…

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Categories: GLP-1 Drugs, Heart Disease, Latest News

JAMA on GLP-1 Drugs—Here’s Dr. Sears’ Take

  • Barry Sears
  • Estimated read time 7 min read
  • July 29, 2025

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 out? First,…

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Categories: GLP-1 Drugs, Latest News

Stopping GLP-1 Drugs May Increase Cardiovascular Risk

  • Barry Sears
  • Estimated read time 9 min read
  • July 29, 2025

Everyone wants to lose excess body fat.  However, the Holy Grail of weight loss is losing excess body fat while maintaining, if not increasing, lean body…

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Categories: GLP-1 Drugs, Heart Disease, Latest News

Are There Natural Alternatives to Ozempic? 

  • Barry Sears
  • Estimated read time 1 min read
  • May 19, 2025

Can you achieve the benefits of Ozempic without the drug? In this video, Dr. Barry Sears, creator of The Zone Diet and pioneer of Metabolic Engineering,…

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Categories: GLP-1 Drugs, Zone Science

GLP-1 Drugs vs. The Zone Diet: Which Reduces Inflammation Faster?

  • Barry Sears
  • Estimated read time 1 min read
  • March 25, 2025

Can the Zone Diet reduce inflammation faster than popular weight loss injections? The answer might surprise you. While GLP-1 drugs can lower inflammation by reducing calorie…

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

GLP-1 Drugs vs. Diet: The Safer Way to Curb Addiction

  • Barry Sears
  • Estimated read time 1 min read
  • February 24, 2025

Can You Control Addictive Behavior with Diet? GLP-1 drugs are now being used to treat addiction, but why? The key lies in dopamine—your brain’s reward neurotransmitter.…

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Categories: addiction, GLP-1 Drugs, Latest News

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

GLP-1 Drugs and AMPK Activation

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

GLP-1 drugs are often hailed as ‘miracle treatments’—tackling not just diabetes and obesity, but also conditions like heart disease, infertility, and even sleep apnea. But what…

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Categories: Benefits of Metabolic Engineering, chronic diseases, GLP-1 Drugs

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

The Wellness Zone Podcast: Are Weight Loss Drugs Helping America’s Obesity Crisis?

  • Barry Sears
  • Estimated read time 1 min read
  • November 15, 2024

Are new weight loss drugs like Ozempic and Wegovy helping America’s Obesity crisis? Or are they causing more harm? Dr. Barry Sears and Mary Perry discuss…

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Categories: GLP-1 Drugs, Obesity

Ask Dr. Sears: GLP-1 Drugs vs Metabolic Engineering

  • Barry Sears
  • Estimated read time 1 min read
  • November 15, 2024

GLP-1 drugs are widely recognized for suppressing hunger and aiding in weight loss. But like any drug, they come with a host of side effects, particularly…

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Categories: Ask Dr. Sears, GLP-1 Drugs

Ozempic Weight Loss Fever

  • Barry Sears
  • Estimated read time 15 min read
  • November 14, 2024

Americans are increasingly desperate to lose weight as our national obesity rate increases.  The current mania for injectable weight loss drugs like Ozempic reflects this desperation.…

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Categories: GLP-1 Drugs, Ozempic
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