Skip to content
  • facebook
  • instagram
  • youtube
The Science of the Zone
  • Health ConditionsHot
    • Obesity
    • Diabetes
    • Heart Disease
    • Liver Disease
    • Gut Disorders
    • Cancer
    • Ocular Disease
    • Neurological Disease
    • Skin Disorders
    • Aging
    • Infertility
    • Auto-immune Disease
    • Kidney Disease
  • Zone Science
    • Metabolic Engineering®
    • AMPK
    • Metabolism
    • The Zone
    • The Wellness Zone Podcasts
  • The Wellness Zone Podcasts
  • About Dr. Sears
  • Subscribe
  • facebook
  • instagram
  • youtube
  • Home
  • Latest News

Category: Latest News

Can Metabolic Engineering Treat Alzheimer’s?

  • Barry Sears
  • Estimated read time 4 min read
  • October 31, 2025

Effectively treating Alzheimer’s disease has been one of the most significant failures of the pharmacological industry.  Yet Alzheimer’s can be viewed as a metabolic disorder driven…

Read More
Categories: Alzheimers Disease, Latest News

Ask Dr. Sears: How Do You Define Obesity?

  • Barry Sears
  • Estimated read time 5 min read
  • October 29, 2025

When the Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart was asked how he defined hard-core pornography, he stated, “I know it when I see it”.  The same might…

Read More
Categories: Latest News, Obesity

What Really Causes Obesity?

  • Barry Sears
  • Estimated read time 5 min read
  • September 23, 2025

There is no doubt that obesity is on the rise.  But why?  Is it because we are not exercising enough? Or are we simply overeating?  Obviously,…

Read More
Categories: Latest News, Obesity

How AMPK Activation Can Help Prevent Long COVID-19

  • Barry Sears
  • Estimated read time 5 min read
  • September 23, 2025

It has been nearly five years since COVID-19 first appeared.  However, for many, the consequences of initial infection remain with them for years.  About 7 percent…

Read More
Categories: Latest News, Metabolic Engineering®

Can Epigenetic Clocks Predict Your Biological Age?

  • Barry Sears
  • Estimated read time 4 min read
  • September 18, 2025

There are two types of age: chronological and biological.  Chronological age is simple—it’s the date on your birthdate. Biological age is trickier since it depends on how…

Read More
Categories: aging, Healthspan, Latest News

Want To Live Longer? Try Following Metabolic Engineering®.

  • Barry Sears
  • Estimated read time 6 min read
  • September 9, 2025

Calorie restriction is the only proven way to extend lifespan.  More importantly, it is also the best way to extend your healthspan, which is defined as…

Read More
Categories: Latest News, Metabolic Engineering®, Stages of Life

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…

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

Ask Dr. Sears: Is There A Sugar I Can Eat To Lose Weight?

  • Barry Sears
  • Estimated read time 3 min read
  • August 5, 2025

Surprisingly, the answer is yes.  It is a natural sugar called allulose.  It has 70% of the sweetness of table sugar, but a completely different metabolic…

Read More
Categories: diabetes, Latest News

Is A Leaky Gut Caused By Inhibition of AMPK?

  • Barry Sears
  • Estimated read time 6 min read
  • August 5, 2025

People are obsessed with gut health.  They should be, because without a healthy gut, you would be a sitting target for continual bacterial invasion from the…

Read More
Categories: Gut Health, 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,…

Read More
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…

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

How Metabolic Engineering® Reduces Inflammation

  • Barry Sears
  • Estimated read time 7 min read
  • July 23, 2025

Inflammation is a crucial component of our metabolism that keeps us alive.  It is our initial defense against microbial invasion or physical injury. However, unless we turn…

Read More
Categories: Inflammation, Latest News, Metabolic Engineering®
Load More Posts
Copyright © 2025.
  • Press Room
  • Health ConditionsHot
    • Obesity
    • Diabetes
    • Heart Disease
    • Liver Disease
    • Gut Disorders
    • Cancer
    • Ocular Disease
    • Neurological Disease
    • Skin Disorders
    • Aging
    • Infertility
    • Auto-immune Disease
    • Kidney Disease
  • Zone Science
    • Metabolic Engineering®
    • AMPK
    • Metabolism
    • The Zone
    • The Wellness Zone Podcasts
  • The Wellness Zone Podcasts
  • About Dr. Sears
  • Subscribe