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Tag: metabolism

What Controls Your Metabolism? The Balance of AMPK and mTOR Explained

  • Barry Sears
  • Estimated read time 7 min read
  • March 3, 2026

Key Takeaways Metabolism is incredibly complex. It is dynamic and governed by a highly sophisticated series of interlocking feedback mechanisms to keep it in a zone…

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Categories: Latest News, Metabolic Engineering®

Is the Zone Diet Still Ahead of Its Time? The Science Behind Metabolic Control

  • Barry Sears
  • Estimated read time 6 min read
  • January 30, 2026

Key Takeaways Yes—the Zone Diet may still be ahead of its time. Unlike most diet trends that focus on eliminating a single nutrient, the Zone Diet…

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Categories: Ask Dr. Sears, Latest News, Metabolic Engineering®

How Metabolic Engineering® Helps Reduce Chronic Inflammation

  • Barry Sears
  • Estimated read time 9 min read
  • July 23, 2025

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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Categories: Inflammation, Latest News, Metabolic Engineering®

What Sugar Really Does to Your Body: Glucose, Fructose, and Metabolic Health

  • Barry Sears
  • Estimated read time 8 min read
  • July 22, 2025

A recent New York Times article examined how sugar affects the body. While the article covered some key points, it missed several important metabolic details. Key…

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Categories: Ask Dr. Sears, Latest News

How to Measure Body Fat Percentage (And Why BMI Is Often Wrong)

  • Barry Sears
  • Estimated read time 5 min read
  • July 15, 2025

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…

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Categories: Latest News, Obesity, Zone Science

Ask Dr. Sears: Everything You Wanted to Know About HbA1c (But Didn’t Want to Google)

  • Barry Sears
  • Estimated read time 11 min read
  • June 13, 2025

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…

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Categories: Ask Dr. Sears, Latest News

Understanding Wellness: Simple Blood Tests That Measure Your Health

  • Barry Sears
  • Estimated read time 8 min read
  • June 13, 2025

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…

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Categories: Healthspan, Latest News, Zone Science

Do I Need Amino Acids Supplements?

  • Barry Sears
  • Estimated read time 4 min read
  • June 3, 2025

Protein supplements are everywhere—but are they really necessary?  Dr. Sears explains why getting the right amount of protein from whole foods is often better than relying…

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Categories: Zone Science

Can You Take Too Much Omega-3 or Polyphenols?

  • Barry Sears
  • Estimated read time 1 min read
  • May 20, 2025

Are you worried about overdoing it with omega-3s or polyphenols? In this video, Dr. Barry Sears breaks down a common question: Can you take too much?…

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Categories: Omega-3, Zone Science

30 Years of The Zone: The Science That Changed Nutrition

  • Barry Sears
  • Estimated read time 2 min read
  • May 17, 2025

It’s been 30 years since The Zone changed the way we think about food, health, and inflammation! In this special Wellness Zone podcast, Dr. Barry Sears…

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Categories: 30 Years of The Zone, Latest News, Zone Science

Not Just Protein: The Critical Role of Fiber in Fat Loss

  • Barry Sears
  • Estimated read time 1 min read
  • April 29, 2025

Protein gets all the hype—but are you overlooking the real secret to weight loss? In this video, Dr. Barry Sears breaks down the powerful combination of…

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Categories: Ask Dr. Sears, Healthspan, Zone Science

How Much Protein Should You Eat to Lose Weight?

  • Barry Sears
  • Estimated read time 1 min read
  • April 29, 2025

When it comes to weight loss, most people are asking the wrong question. It’s not “How much protein do I need to lose weight?” — it’s…

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Categories: Ask Dr. Sears, Zone Science
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