by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Oct 16, 2020 | Diabetes
Almost 50 percent of North Americans will eventually develop diabetes or pre-diabetes (National Diabetes Statistics Report, CDC, 2020), because we eat too much and exercise too little. This is sad because you can prevent and treat most cases of type II diabetes...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Aug 1, 2020 | Diabetes
A review of 129 studies found that tests for a high rise in blood sugar after meals were better than tests of fasting blood sugar levels as a predictor of coronary heart disease, strokes, or death from any cause (British Medical J, July 17, 2020;370:m2297). Having a...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 20, 2020 | Diabetes
U.S. government data show that the number of newly diagnosed diabetics dropped from 1.7 million in 2009 to 1.3 million in 2017 (BMJ Open Diabetes Research and Care, May 28, 2019, 7(1)e000657). This number should not make anyone feel good because huge numbers of...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 29, 2020 | Diabetes
More than seventy percent of North Americans adults will become diabetic or prediabetic; diseases that are curable with lifestyle changes and not curable by drugs. Insulin insensitivity (failure to respond to insulin) causes the majority of all cases of type II...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jan 4, 2020 | Diabetes
Researchers at UCLA report that type II diabetes can be caused by repeatedly high levels of insulin from exposing the pancreas to too much fat (Diabetes, Nov 18, 2019). Similar results were also reported previously (Molecules, Jun 19, 2018;23(6):E1483; Diabetes, Aug...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Dec 27, 2019 | Diabetes
If you have excess fat in your liver, you can be at great risk for diabetes, even if you are not overweight. Several recent articles show that: • Storing fat in your belly is a stronger risk factor for diabetes than just being overweight and is arguably the most...
