by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 18, 2024 | Nutrition
Nitrates from the foods you eat can be converted in your body to nitric oxide, which widens blood vessels to increase blood flow throughout your body, to improve exercise tolerance and to help prevent heart disease (Med Sci Sports Exerc, Feb 1, 2021;53(2):280-294;...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 2, 2024 | Nutrition
A recent study of 92,000 French adults suggests that people who eat lots of emulsifiers in processed foods are at significantly increased risk for certain cancers. Those who ate the most foods with an emulsifier called carrageenan, had a 32 percent increased risk for...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 1, 2024 | Nutrition
Nuts are full of fat, but a new study refutes the belief that nuts are fattening and increase risk for diabetes. The study had 84 overweight adults, ages 22–36, snack on tree nuts and another group snacked on carbohydrates of equal calories, protein, fiber, and salt...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 25, 2024 | Nutrition
Most of you already know that weight gain, diabetes and heart attacks are associated with eating pro-inflammatory foods such as mammal meat, sugar-added foods and fried foods. However, you may not know that people who eat their meals very fast (an average of less than...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 18, 2024 | Nutrition
The bacteria in your colon may help to determine whether you:• become obese (European Congress on Obesity, April 2, 2024)• have high cholesterol (Cell, April 2, 2024)• are at increased risk for suffering a heart attack (Int J Mol Sci, 2021 Aug; 22(15): 8074)• are at...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 5, 2024 | Nutrition
Everyone should get vitamin B12 and vitamin D tests on their routine medical blood tests, particularly if you have diabetes or have risk factors for diabetes. A recent study from China found that vitamin D deficiency (hydroxyvitamin D less than 20 ng/mL) is common in...
