Barry Sears

Barry Sears, Ph.D. is a biochemist (b. June 6, 1947, Long Beach, CA) best known for creating and promoting the Zone diet, which is aimed at achieving stable blood sugar levels, hormonal balance, low inflammation, and good health. As stated in several of his books, the Zone diet was born of his desire to avoid dying of a heart attack, a fate of which all other men in his family had been early victims. In more recent years, Sears has popularized the use of fish oil and Omega-3 fatty acids to reduce system-wide inflammation in the body. He recently revealed in an interview that he began studying lipids primarily because they were difficult to study. Barry graduated from Palisades High School, in Pacific Palisades, California in June of 1964.

Publications by Barry Sears

• The Zone: A Dietary Road Map to Lose Weight Permanently: Reset Your Genetic Code: Prevent Disease: Achieve Maximum Performance, Harper Collins, May 1995.
• Mastering the Zone, Harper Collins, 1997.
• Zone Perfect Meals in Minutes, Harper Collins, 1997.
• Zone Food Blocks, Harper Collins, 1998.
• The Anti-Aging Zone, Harper Collins, 1999.
• A Week in the Zone, Harper Collins, 2000.
• The Soy Zone, Harper Collins, 2000.
• 100 Great Zone Foods, Harper Collins, 2001
• The Omega Rx Zone, Harper Collins, 2002
• Zone Meals in Seconds, Harper Collins, 2004.
• The Anti-Inflammation Zone, Harper Collins, 2005.
• Toxic Fats: When Good Fat Turns Bad, Harper Collins, 2008.

• 28 articles in biochemistry, medical, pharmacy, and nutrition journals

• 13 U.S. patents for blood tests, processing chemical compounds, reducing blood pressure, and reducing excess insulin.
• 4 U.S. patents pending for reducing inflammation in the body

External links

• DrSears.com Dr. Sears' home page, includes autobiography, links to Zone diet articles.