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What’s the Best Way To Determine My Percentage of Body Fat?

  • Estimated read time 4 min read
  • July 15, 2025

Excess body fat is strongly related to increased cardiovascular disease and mortality.  The gold standard for measuring your percentage of body fat has always been underwater…

Categories: Latest News, Obesity, Zone Science

How Poor Sleep Wrecks Your Metabolism (and How to Fix It)

  • Estimated read time 1 min read
  • March 17, 2025

Poor Sleep & Your Metabolism: How Quality Sleep Impacts Your Body Think sleep is all about the hours clocked? It’s time to focus on quality—especially when…

Categories: chronic diseases, Inflammation, Insulin Resistance

Should I Eliminate Carbs From My Diet?

  • Estimated read time 1 min read
  • March 11, 2025

A common question: Is eliminating all carbohydrates from your diet dangerous? While it might not be dangerous, it’s definitely not ideal for your brain. Your brain…

Categories: Ask Dr. Sears, Cooking, Metabolism

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

  • 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.…

Categories: addiction, GLP-1 Drugs, Latest News

Microplastics Are Everywhere—And They Might Be Destroying Your Brain

  • Estimated read time 1 min read
  • February 17, 2025

Microplastics are everywhere—and they’re making their way into your body. From the water you drink to the food you eat, these tiny plastic particles are nearly…

Categories: auto immune disease, chronic diseases, Healthspan

The Terrifying Truth About Obesity and Premature Aging

  • Estimated read time 2 min read
  • January 29, 2025

Have you ever wondered why centenarians—those remarkable individuals who live to 100 or beyond—are almost never obese? It’s not just a coincidence. Obesity is far more…

Categories: chronic diseases, Latest News, Metabolic Engineering®

Is Green Tea Nature’s Ozempic?

  • 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…

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

Defining Anti-Inflammatory Diets

  • 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…

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

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

  • 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…

Categories: GLP-1 Drugs, Obesity, Wellness Zone Podcast

AMPK & Obesity

  • 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…

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