by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 8, 2022 | Nutrition
Researchers followed 27,078 Finnish men for 31 years and found that the more dietary cholesterol and eggs a person ate, the greater the premature total death rate and death from heart attacks (Circulation, April 1, 2022;145). They reviewed 41 other prospective studies...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Feb 6, 2022 | Deaths of Famous People
Twenty years ago this week we lost Waylon Jennings, one of the all-time great voices of country music. Jennings was a singer and songwriter who rose from poverty to great wealth and fame, with 54 albums and 96 singles listed among the top sellers between 1966 and...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jan 30, 2022 | Deaths of Famous People
Meat Loaf was a singer who won a Grammy award for the Best Solo Rock Vocal Performance in the country for the song “I’d Do Anything for Love,” went on more than 30 tours to sell his records, and had three “Bat Out of Hell” albums that sold more than 65 million copies....
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Sep 14, 2021 | Deaths of Famous People
A huge number of studies have shown that running helps to prevent heart attacks, so I couldn’t believe the news that running guru Jim Fixx had died of a heart attack at age 52 after his daily run in Hardwick, Vermont. He was the guy who made running popular,...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Sep 3, 2021 | Diabetes
One of the definitions of “pre-diabetes” is a high rise in blood sugar after meals, and people with pre-diabetes are at significantly increased risk for suffering a heart attack or stroke (American College of Cardiology 70th Annual Scientific Session, May...
