by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 10, 2013 | Nutrition
Should you avoid white potatoes and eat sweet potatoes instead? Both white potatoes and sweet potatoes contain a variety of nutrients. Here’s the comparison: 7-ounce white potato with skin: 220 calories, 5g protein, 51g carbs, 20mg calcium, 115mg phosphorus, 2.8mg...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 10, 2013 | Nutrition
The only ways to lose weight (without surgery or prescription medications) are: 1. Take in fewer calories, 2. Burn more calories, or 3. both. Altering gut bacteria may help people to lose weight in the future. A review of several studies showed that eating a diet...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 10, 2013 | Nutrition
Of the many factors causing more than 40 percent of Americans to die of heart attacks and 35 percent to become diabetic, the strongest are eating too much and exercising too little. Being Fat Makes You Even Fatter Having diabetes is one of the strongest risk factors...
