Barry Sears, Ph.D. is an American biochemist 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 Charter High School, in Pacific Palisades, California in June of 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. 

June 6th, 1947 in Long Beach (Age 76)