by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Nov 1, 2022 | Nutrition
Researchers agree that movement and exercise help to slow down the inevitable loss of bone with aging that increases risk for osteoporosis and fractures. Most studies show that maintaining normal levels of vitamin D and getting your calcium from food also help to...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Oct 27, 2022 | Nutrition
When germs invade your body, your immune system sends out cells and proteins to kill the invading germs. Your immune system responds with exactly the same cells and proteins in the same way when cells in your body are injured, to remove damaged tissue and start the...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Sep 29, 2022 | Nutrition
Researchers followed more than 934,000 cancer-free people for 34 years, during which more than 135,000 died from cancer. Those who drank more than two sugar-sweetened beverages per day were at increased risk for death from 20 different cancers (Cancer, Epidemiology,...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Sep 18, 2022 | Nutrition
A recent study on mice helps us understand how eating sugar can cause diabetes and obesity (Cell, August 29, 2022). Eating excess sugar can cause loss of protective T Helper cells (TH17 cells), to allow overgrowth of harmful bacteria that damage the linings of your...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Sep 12, 2022 | Nutrition
Two studies in the current British Medical Journal give us more reasons to cut back on ultra-processed foods: • One study followed more than 200,000 U.S. men and women for up to 28 years and found that eating almost any type of ultra-processed food was associated with...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Aug 14, 2022 | Nutrition
A study from Israel found that two artificial sweeteners, saccharin and sucralose, significantly raised blood sugar levels in healthy adults. Transferring their colon bacteria to mice caused the mice to suffer the same elevations in blood sugar (Cell, August 19,...
