by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 16, 2017 | Diabetes
Several studies show that the high blood sugar of diabetes can be caused by excess fat in: • the liver (JAMA, February 14, 2017), • the muscles (J Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics, April 2017) and • the pancreas ((Diabetes Care, December 2015). Diabetes...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Feb 5, 2017 | Diabetes
Many people with high blood sugar levels are told by their doctors that they do not have diabetes because their fasting blood sugar levels are below 100 mg/dl, which is considered normal. Early in the disease, diabetics often have a “normal” fasting blood...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Dec 24, 2016 | Diabetes
A new study (Journal of Clinical Investigation, September 26, 2016) shows that many cases of diabetes are caused by: • taking in too much sugar that has been extracted from plants (corn, sugar cane, sugar beets, apples, grapes and so forth), and • taking in excess...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Nov 27, 2016 | Diabetes
If you store the extra fat in your buttocks and thighs, you are at low risk for being harmed by that extra fat. However, if you store the extra fat primarily in your belly, you are at high risk for becoming diabetic and dying prematurely. People with tiny buttocks and...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jul 31, 2016 | Diabetes
North America’s epidemic of obesity, diabetes and heart attacks appears to be fueled by: • storing fat in the liver, muscles and around organs, rather than just in fat cells, • excess calories, • sugar added to foods and drinks and • lack of exercise. Where you...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 25, 2016 | Diabetes
This week, a major breakthrough article from Johns Hopkins implies that most cases of type II diabetes could be cured by reducing the amount of fat in the liver and that some diabetics may have to rid themselves of most of the fat from the rest of their bodies before...
