by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 2, 2016 | Fitness
If you want to make a muscle stronger, you have to exercise it intensely enough to damage the muscle fibers and when they heal, they will be stronger than they were. You can tell you are causing muscle damage from the soreness in that muscle you feel four to eight...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 2, 2016 | Diabetes
In small studies in animals and humans, vinegar has been shown to reduce the rise in blood sugar and insulin that normally occurs after a meal (Diabetes Care, 2010;33:e27; Agric Biol Chem, 1988;52:1311-1312; Eur J Clin Nutr, 2010;64:727-732). Taking two tablespoons of...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 29, 2016 | Other Diseases & Conditions
1.44 million people, ages 19 to 98, in the U.S. and Europe, were followed for a median of 11 years during which 187,000 new cases of cancer occurred. Leisure-time physical activity was associated with a lower risk of cancers of the colon, breast, endometrium,...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 22, 2016 | Other Diseases & Conditions
The New York Times published a major article on the possibility of curing cancer by starving cancer cells to death (NYT, May 12, 2016), a theory first proposed almost 100 years ago by Otto Warburg, arguably the world’s greatest chemist ever. With the discovery...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 22, 2016 | Nutrition
A study sponsored by PepsiCo showed that adding extra fiber to regular orange juice markedly reduced the usual high rise in peak blood sugar and insulin concentrations in men who were at high risk for diabetes and heart attacks (The Journal of Nutrition, May 11,...
