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 | Apr 9, 2017 | Joints & Bones
Several studies suggest that inflammation associated with a faulty diet, lack of exercise, overweight and lack of vitamin D increases risk for autoimmune diseases, but there is no strong evidence yet to show that any diet will cure auto-immune disease. Examples of...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 2, 2017 | Men's Health
One in three North American adults have to get up to urinate more than twice a night, and a study presented at the European Society of Urology shows that the most common cause may be taking in too much salt (International Journal of Urology, Mar 14, 2017;24(3))....
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 26, 2017 | Other Diseases & Conditions
A diet that is high in either red meat or sugar, or both, increases the growth in the colon of bacteria called Fusobacterium nucleatum that appears to suppress a person’s immunity to increase the growth of cancer cells in the colon. A prospective study of...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 18, 2017 | Heart Health
Several recent articles provide new data on which foods are associated with both your health and your longevity. JAMA (2017;317(9):912-924).contains a major statistical analysis of the association between diet quality and rates of death from the...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 12, 2017 | Heart Health
Most researchers believe that exercise helps to strengthen the heart and protect it from disease, but about twenty years ago, doctors noted that some men over 80 who competed in cross country ski races longer than 100 kilometers (60 miles) were at increased risk for...
