How Metabolic Engineering® Helps Reduce Chronic Inflammation
Key Takeaways Why Inflammation Is Both Necessary and Dangerous Inflammation is a crucial component of our metabolism that keeps us alive. It is our initial defense…
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What Sugar Really Does to Your Body: Glucose, Fructose, and Metabolic Health
Last year, the NY Times had an article entitled This Is Your Body on Sugar (1). I thought this might be a good time to add…
Read MoreHow to Measure Body Fat Percentage (And Why BMI Is Often Wrong)
Key Takeaways Excess body fat is strongly related to increased cardiovascular disease and mortality. The gold standard for measuring your percentage of body fat has always…
Read MoreWhy Prediabetes Is America’s Most Dangerous Silent Epidemic (And How to Reverse Insulin Resistance)
Key Takeaways It may not get the headlines, but it has the potential to destroy our health care system in a few decades. What is this…
Read MoreAre Continuous Glucose Monitors (CGMs) Useful for People Without Diabetes?
Key Takeaways If you have diabetes (either type 1 or type 2), a continuous glucose monitor (CRM) can be exceptionally useful, especially to reduce hypoglycemia. Hypoglycemia…
Read MoreEverything You Wanted to Know About HbA1c (But Didn’t Want to Google)
Key Takeaways A major women’s magazine recently asked me some questions on HbA1c. Here are my answers: Why is HbA1C an important metric for blood sugar…
Read MoreUnderstanding Wellness: Simple Blood Tests That Measure Your Health
Wellness is a medical condition, just like diabetes, heart disease, or any other chronic condition. What links wellness with chronic disease is your current state of…
Read MoreDo I Need Amino Acids Supplements?
Protein supplements are everywhere—but are they really necessary? In the video below, I explain why getting the right amount of protein from whole foods is often…
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The Zone Diet and Brain Health: How to Fuel Peak Mental Performance
Your brain runs on energy—and if it’s not getting enough, it simply can’t function at full capacity. In this video, Dr. Barry Sears explains how brain…
Read MoreAre There Natural Alternatives to Ozempic?
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,…
Read MoreAMPK and Infertility: The Metabolic Key to Getting Pregnant
Infertility is deeply personal—and increasingly common. In this episode of The Wellness Zone podcast, Dr. Barry Sears and Mary Perry explore the surprising connection between infertility…
Read MoreThe History of Drugs—And Why AMPK May Be the Future of Medicine
Can one molecule help treat obesity, type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and even Alzheimer’s? Dr. Barry Sears says yes—and it’s called AMPK. In this episode of…
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