by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 30, 2017 | Nutrition
People who take one diet soda a day are nearly three times more likely than non-diet soda drinkers to suffer a stroke or to become demented, according to a study published in Stroke (April 20, 2017). Both sugar drinkers and artificial-sweetener drinkers were at...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 30, 2017 | Fitness
A study of elite race walkers showed that a low-carbohydrate, high-fat diet slowed their race times and training (J of Physiology, February 14, 2017). Thirty world-class race walkers participated in an intense high speed training program and took in the same total...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 30, 2017 | Fitness
What you eat before and during a major competition can affect your performance enough to give you an edge over your peers. The days of "carbohydrate loading" are gone, but now athletes are being lured to try the LCHF fad — a low-carbohydrate, high-fat...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 30, 2017 | Deaths of Famous People
How could Tom Fleming have died of a heart attack at the very young age of 65, when at one time, he was one of the best marathon runners in the world? Fleming won the New York City Marathon twice, finished second in the Boston Marathon twice, won the Jersey...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 23, 2017 | Nutrition
Nearly 20 percent of North American adults take vitamin D pills. It is true that it is difficult to get adequate levels of vitamin D from sunshine during the winter months, but vitamin D is not a miracle vitamin that treats and prevents all sorts of diseases. A recent...
