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Thank you for visiting DrSears.com.  Medicine is not as complicated as we think, and likewise nutrition is not as simple as we are led to believe.  My goal at DrSears.com is to make you think about both medicine and nutrition from a new perspective.  That new perspective is based upon understanding the molecular basis of inflammation.  It’s about how inflammation is the underlying cause of chronic disease, and how our diet can either reduce inflammation or increase it.

In the final analysis, it’s all about your genes,  especially how an anti-inflammatory diet, like the Zone Diet, can turn off inflammatory genes and simultaneously turn on anti-inflammatory genes that promote cellular rejuvenation, repair and healing.  Your ability to control inflammation becomes the molecular definition of wellness.   This is why I hope you will use DrSears.com as your destination site to get the latest breaking information on anti-inflammatory medicine and its impact on 21st-century health care. 
Health News
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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Anyone thinking about having weight loss surgery should be sure to do their homework beforehand, and must understand they need to dramatically change the way they eat for the surgery to be successful, advises the head of the U.S. government agency responsible for research on health care quality and patient safety.
Ask Dr. Sears
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Dear Dr. Sears,

Q: I have just purchased the German translation of your first book, “The Zone,” and I enjoyed it very much and am planning to start this diet ASAP. But one question still arises: You wrote that the Zone is reached if the amount of insulin (triggered by eating carbs) and glucagon (triggered by eating protein) is in a specific balance. But doesn't the amount of those hormones depend also on the time the body needs to digest the foods? For example, the time the body needs to digest casein or soy protein is much longer than the time the body needs to digest whey protein. Won't that also influence the balance of insulin and glucagon? I wonder if the balance between insulin and glucagon in a meal consisting of an apple and a certain amount of whey protein is the same as in a meal consisting of an apple and a certain amount of soy protein.

Matthias B., Hamburg, Germany
Dear Matthias,
A: You are correct in your analysis, and this is why I suggest eating the protein first, followed by eating the carbohydrates. However satiety is as much a consequence of hormone sensors in the gut relaying information to hypothalamus as it is from the balance of insulin and glucagon. Although whey protein is rapidly digested, it is also rapidly metabolized so that it produces much less satiety than casein or soy protein. The apple and the soy protein would be a better choice.
 

Zone Monday
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It is estimated that by 2010 diabetes will cost the US health-care system about $200 billion per year. Now a new report indicates that close behind that disease will be new additional costs for Alzheimer’s patients.
Medical Testimonial
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For five-plus years now I have had chronically itchy ears that have been driving me crazy. All the prescription remedies included low-dose hydrocortisone as well as steroids. I have had moderate success with some natural remedies. Two weeks into taking high-dose fish oil, my itchy ears have literally “gone away”. It has been a month now - and going well.
Dr. Sears comments on what happened: The itching is usually caused by an overproduction of leukotrienes derived from arachidonic acid (bad leukotrienes).  These leukotrienes are the same ones that cause the bronchial-constriction of asthma and itching skin associated with psoriasis and eczema.  The high-dose fish oil not only dilutes out the arachidonic acid, thus reducing the formation of arachidonic acid induced leukotrienes, but also supplies the EPA to make other leukotrienes (good leukotrienes) that have the opposite effect of the arachidonic-acid induced leukotrienes. The steroids can only block the formation of all leukotrienes (good and bad) thus explaining why they were not as successful as the high-dose fish oil.   

 
Breaking Research
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Each month Dr. Sears analyzes all latest medical literature for the breaking research articles in role of diet in reducing inflammation in various chronic disease conditions. This is a key feature for medical researchers as well as anyone wanting to be on the cutting edge of anti-inflammatory medicine.

Cancer

Diabetes

Dietary Immunology

Fetal and Childhood Development

Heart Disease

Immunological Disorders

Neurological Disorders

Obesity

 


Zone Events
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Join Dr. Sears and Dr. Julian Bailes, the chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery at West Virginia Medical School, as they discuss the role of omega-3 fatty acids for mental health as well as other health aspects of the Zone Diet. Read More

The first International Conference on Anti-Inflammatory Medicine will be Nov 13-16, 2008 in Cancun, Mexico. This is an unique opportunity to hear the leading experts in the world discuss the role of the Zone Diet and omega-3 fatty acids in chronic disease conditions. Read More
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