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 | Jan 30, 2022 | Nutrition
Studies on meat from mammals and processed meats continue to show increased risk for heart attacks and certain cancers (Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr, Jul 20, 2021; International Journal of Epidemiology, Feb, 2020;49(1):246–258). The largest review ever of the prospective...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jul 18, 2020 | Other Diseases & Conditions
A study from Wuhan, China showed that non-diabetic COVID-19 patients with high blood sugar levels on admission to the hospital were more than twice as likely to die within a month and four times more likely to suffer the most serious complications caused by that...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jul 18, 2020 | Heart Health
People who are at high risk for suffering a heart attack because they have a genetic factor that causes high LDL (bad) cholesterol should be treated with severe restriction of added sugars and all refined carbohydrates (BMJ Evidence-Based Medicine, June 2020). The...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 15, 2015 | Heart Health
A review of studies on sugar-added foods shows that people who take in 10-25 percent of their calories from sugared beverages and foods suffer a 30 percent higher risk for heart attacks, compared with people who take less than ten percent of calories from added sugars...
