Barry Sears

Barry Sears, Ph.D. is an American biochemist (born June 6, 1947, Long Beach, California)^[1] 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. He recently revealed in an interview that he began studying lipids primarily because they were difficult to study.^[2]

Barry graduated from Palisades Charter High School, in Pacific Palisades, California in June 1964. He graduated with honors from Occidental College in 1968 and graduated from Indiana University in 1971 with a PhD in biochemistry. He received postdoctoral training in biochemistry at the University of Virginia School of Medicine and at Boston University Medical School, Dept. of Medicine, where he was a research instructor. During 1978-1982 he was a staff scientist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, National Magnet Laboratory.

He was President of three small companies during 1976-1999 and is currently Chairman of MedWell Foods Inc. and President of Surfactant Technologies Inc. and Zone Labs Inc.^[1]

Publications

• 28 articles in biochemistry, medical, pharmacy, and nutrition journals^[1]

• 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

Official Zone books

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• Sears, Barry (1995). The Zone: A Dietary Road Map. HarperCollins Publishers. ISBN 0-06-098706-5.  Sears's initial book on the Zone diet.
• Sears, Barry (1997). Mastering the Zone. HarperCollins Publishers. ISBN 0-06-101124-X.  Sears urges substitution of raw vegetables for pastas, breads and refined sugars. More diagrams and flowcharts than in The Zone.
• Sears, Barry (1999). The Anti-Aging Zone. Regan Books. ISBN 0-06-039243-6.  Information on meditation, relaxation and exercise in addition to diet.
• Sears, Barry; Kotz, Deborah (2000). A Week in the Zone: A Quick Course in the Healthiest Diet for You. Regan Books. ISBN 0-06-074190-2. 
• Sears, Barry (2000). The Soy Zone. Regan Books. ISBN 0-06-039310-6.  Discusses Sears preference for soy protein as part of his balanced eating program. "The longest-living people in the world" living in Okinawa, Japan consume much greater amounts of soy protein and eat smaller meals than most other people.
• Sears, Barry (2002). The Omega Rx Zone: The Miracle of the New High-Dose Fish Oil. Regan Books. ISBN 0-06-039313-0.  Discusses "high-dose fish oil;" a newly introduced invented pharmaceutical-grade fish oil that Sears touts as a medical miracle that will put the eicasonoids in balance and reduce inflammation. Extra virgin olive oil is also promoted for its phytochemicals.
• Sears, Barry (2005). The Anti-Inflammation Zone: Reversing the Silent Epidemic That's Destroying Our Health. Regan Books. ISBN 0-06-083414-5. 
• Sears, Barry (2008). Toxic Fat: When Good Fat Turns Bad. Thomas Nelson. ISBN 978-1-4016-0429-5. 

References

External links

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