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Category: What Is AMPK?

Do Genetics Make You Gain Weight? The Truth About Fat Loss

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

Many people believe weight gain is all about genetics—but the real answer lies in your epigenetics. Dr. Barry Sears explains why your diet, not your DNA,…

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

The Role of AMPK in Inflammation

  • Barry Sears
  • Estimated read time 5 min read
  • January 10, 2025

Without a good definition of an anti-inflammatory diet, the result is continuing dietary confusion. Therefore, a necessary first step is to define inflammation. A good starting…

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Categories: chronic diseases, Metabolic Engineering®, What Is AMPK?

Defining Anti-Inflammatory Diets

  • Barry Sears
  • Estimated read time 14 min read
  • January 10, 2025

To make science reproducible, you must have definitions. The more rigorous the description, the more likely the science behind it can be replicated and valuable in…

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Categories: Benefits of Metabolic Engineering, Obesity, What Is AMPK?

Organ Regeneration the Easy Way

  • Barry Sears
  • Estimated read time 4 min read
  • January 10, 2025

What if the latest miracle in regenerative medicine only required you to eat 250 fewer calories every day for the rest of your life?  Would you…

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Categories: aging, chronic diseases, What Is AMPK?

The Ultimate Anti-Viral Drug: AMPK

  • Barry Sears
  • Estimated read time 9 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: Metabolic Engineering®, What Is AMPK?, Zone Science

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

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

AMPK & Obesity

  • Barry Sears
  • Estimated read time 5 min read
  • November 14, 2024

During the Covid-19 pandemic, it has been easy to overlook our other ongoing pandemic of obesity. Currently, the debate on the cause of obesity reminds me…

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Categories: Featured Metabolism Posts, Obesity, What Is AMPK?
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