by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Dec 23, 2023 | Nutrition
More than 75 percent of the U.S. population drinks coffee and about 50 percent report drinking it daily (J Nutr, 2016 Sep; 146(9): 1762–1768). If you ask people why they drink coffee, you will most often be told that it makes them more alert so that they can do their...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Dec 15, 2023 | Nutrition
Many studies show that vegetarians have a significantly reduced risk for certain cancers (BMC Med, 2022;20(1):73) and heart attacks (Eur Heart J, 2021;42(12):1136-43), but there is some controversy on the effects of vegetarian diets on bone fractures. Vegetarians may...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Nov 30, 2023 | Nutrition
The greatest increase in “junk foods” (tasty processed foods with low nutritional value) in our food supply occurred when tobacco companies such as Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds owned the world’s largest food companies (Public Health Nutr, 2023 Jan;...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Nov 13, 2023 | Nutrition
Don’t believe ads that say coconut oil is healthful because it contains medium chain triglycerides that can raise the good HDL cholesterol a little bit. Medium chain triglycerides are only a small part of the fat in coconut oil. Ninety-two percent of the fat in...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Nov 13, 2023 | Nutrition
The rate of obesity in the U.S. is worse now than it has ever been: 43 percent are obese, 10 percent are morbidly obese, and childhood obesity rates have tripled from five percent in the early 1970s to more than 19 percent now (USAfacts.org, April 26, 2023). If you...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Oct 27, 2023 | Nutrition
Eating two servings of meat from mammals per week can increase risk for type II diabetes by 62 percent, and the more meat you eat, the greater your chance of developing diabetes (Am J Clin Nutr, October 19, 2023). Replacing meat from mammals (“red meat”)...
