by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 1, 2023 | Nutrition
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report that 39 percent of adults ages 60 and older take multi-vitamin pills, spending more than $8 billion on them each year. Highly respected researchers at Harvard and Columbia medical schools conducted a...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 26, 2023 | Nutrition
WHO (World Health Organization), the United Nations’ health agency, advises that most people should not use non-sugar sweeteners to replace sugar in foods (UN News, May 15, 2023). They report that artificial sweeteners: • have not been shown to help people lose...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 19, 2023 | Nutrition
Chronic inflammation damages healthy tissues in the body to cause many diseases and chronic health problems. Foods that can cause a high rise in blood sugar are one source of inflammation (” pro-inflammatory foods “). Pro-inflammatory foods turn on your...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 11, 2023 | Nutrition
A review of 14 studies with a total of 224,049 participants found that the MIND diet (“Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay”) is associated with reduced dementia risk for middle-aged and older adults (JAMA Psychiatry, May 3, 2023),...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 5, 2023 | Nutrition
On February 27, 2023, Fox News reported, “Add an egg (or 3) to your daily diet for heart health. Eggs may significantly reduce heart health risk, a recent study finds.” The Fox News report said, “The study found that eating one to three eggs per week could...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 22, 2023 | Nutrition
A high rise in blood sugar after eating increases risk for obesity, diabetes and heart attacks (BMC Medicine, Feb 14, 2023;21 (34)). Glycemic index (GI), which measures how high blood sugar rises after you eat a food, is almost the same for honey and sugar: 55 for...
