by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 24, 2023 | Nutrition
Eating carbohydrates contained in plants is associated with reduced heart attack and stroke risk, while eating sugar added to prepared foods and drinks is associated with increased heart attack and stroke risk. Researchers evaluated data from 110,497 healthy people...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Dec 29, 2020 | Nutrition
USDA’s Dietary Guidelines are updated every five years, and most of the changes are based on the report from the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee that was released July 15, 2020, followed by a month-long comment period that ended August 13. The final guidelines...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Nov 14, 2020 | Nutrition
A study from the University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, found that mice fed diets high in sugar developed severe colitis by increasing harmful colon bacteria and decreasing healthful colon bacteria (Sci Transl Med, Oct 28, 2020;12(567):eaay6218). The...
