by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 22, 2024 | Diabetes, Uncategorized
A new position statement from the International Diabetes Federation says that a blood sugar level greater than 155 mg/dL (8.6 mmol/L) one hour after eating a meal means that a person should immediately be referred to a diabetes prevention center and instructed to...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Dec 11, 2023 | Diabetes
Statins may raise your blood sugar levels, but your doctor is still likely to recommended them if you have risk factors for heart attacks or strokes. Reviews of many studies show that statins can raise blood sugar levels, which increases risk for diabetes and...
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 | Feb 3, 2023 | Nutrition
Always try to move your muscles before and after you eat because moving muscles helps to prevent a high rise in blood sugar after eating that can damage cells and increase your risk for diabetes, blood vessel damage, heart attacks, strokes, some types of cancers, and...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Sep 29, 2022 | Nutrition
Researchers followed more than 934,000 cancer-free people for 34 years, during which more than 135,000 died from cancer. Those who drank more than two sugar-sweetened beverages per day were at increased risk for death from 20 different cancers (Cancer, Epidemiology,...
