by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Oct 24, 2021 | Heart Health
Daily aspirin can help to prevent heart attacks, but the United States Preventive Services Task Force now recommends that: • adults 60 years and older should not take aspirin to help prevent a first heart attack, and • those 40-59 years old who are at high risk for...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 1, 2021 | Nutrition
Two studies show that the more processed foods you eat, the more likely you are to suffer a heart attack or colon cancer: • Researchers followed 3,000 middle-aged people, average age 53, for 18 years and found out that the more ultra-processed foods they ate, the more...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jan 29, 2021 | Nutrition
A review of 17 different studies involving more than 560,000 people who suffered 37,000 heart attacks and strokes, followed for 10 years, found that compared to those who ate the lowest amount of fried food per week, those who ate the most suffered: • a 28 percent...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Nov 28, 2020 | Men's Health
A study of 21,469 U.S. male health professionals, ages 40 to 75, found that those who followed a Mediterranean diet had a markedly reduced rate of erectile dysfunction (JAMA Netw Open, Nov 13, 2020;3(11):e2021701). The more closely they followed the dietary rules, the...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 31, 2020 | Heart Health
People who have had heart attacks are also at high risk for certain cancers because the same lifestyle factors increase risk for both and appear to be far more important than genetics in determining your likelihood to suffer both conditions. It works both ways. People...
