by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 14, 2024 | Nutrition
Each month North American doctors write more than three million prescriptions for the new weight-loss medications called GLP-1 agonists. Examples include semaglutide in Ozempic and Wegovy and tirzepatide, the drug in Mounjaro and Zepbound. Also each year, these...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 5, 2024 | Nutrition
Since the 1940s, the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, 137.165 (a), has recommended that each pound of food made from flour should contain 24 milligrams of niacin to help prevent vitamin B3 deficiency. For years, some doctors have prescribed niacin to treat people...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Feb 27, 2024 | Nutrition
Several older studies suggest that taking in one glass of wine per day for women or two glasses of wine per day for men is associated with reduced risk for a heart attack. However, a review of 107 studies involving more than 4.8 million participants found no reduction...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Feb 23, 2024 | Nutrition
The Nurses’ Health Study II found that depressed women were significantly more likely to take in ultra-processed foods and fluids, particularly those flavored with artificial sweeteners (JAMA Netw Open, 2023;6(9):e2334770). In this study of 31,712 women between the...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Feb 17, 2024 | Nutrition
A serving of 100 percent fruit juice contains the same amount of sugar as a sugared soft drink. Eight ounces of fruit juice contains the same 30 grams of sugar (eight teaspoons) that is found in eight ounces of soda, because that is the concentration at which sugar...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jan 31, 2024 | Nutrition
The French NutriNet-Sante study found that eating dinner late in the evening is associated with increased risk for both heart attacks and strokes (Nature Communications, Dec 2023;14(7899)). Having a first meal for the day (breakfast or lunch) late in the morning also...
