by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 16, 2019 | Nutrition
Chicken is not more heart-healthful than red meat, according to a new study from Oakland Research Institute. The study showed that chicken and mammal meat caused the same high rises in blood cholesterol levels that predict increased risk for heart attacks, while equal...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 2, 2019 | Nutrition
A prospective study from nine European countries (European Heart Journal Trial) followed for 12.6 years showed that heart attacks are strongly associated with eating mammal meat and processed meats (Circulation, April 22, 2019). Many previous studies have shown that a...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 26, 2019 | Nutrition
A small but well-designed study from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) shows how eating processed foods, compared to unprocessed foods, leads you to eat more calories per day and gain more weight (Cell Metabolism, May 16, 2019). Twenty people lived in a lab for...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 12, 2019 | Nutrition
Probiotics are live bacteria and yeasts that can live in your body and help to keep you healthy. These healthful bacteria make vitamins, help to digest food, regulate inflammation, and help to limit the number of disease-causing microbes living in your body....
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 5, 2019 | Nutrition
An unhealthful diet causes more deaths world-wide than any other risk factor, according to the Global Burden of Disease study reported this month (Lancet, April 3, 2019;393:791-846). Of the 11 million deaths attributed to dietary factors each year, more deaths were...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 5, 2019 | Nutrition
Harvard Magazine did an excellent review of research on inflammation, showing how pro-inflammatory foods can cause diseases and anti-inflammatory foods can help to prevent them (Harvard Magazine, May-June 2019, 40-52). Chronic inflammation increases risk for heart...
