by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 26, 2023 | Fitness
A review of 31 published studies found that the COVID-19 epidemic has forced many people to stop exercising, which will increase their risk for several diseases that can shorten their lives (Int J Environ Res Publ Health, 2020;17:6265). COVID-19 is caught mainly by...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Oct 8, 2022 | Fitness
A review of 16 major studies found that just thirty minutes a week of strength training is associated with up to a 20 percent reduced risk for dying from any cause, or from cancer, heart disease or diabetes. Adding aerobic exercise reduced risk for dying by 40 percent...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 7, 2020 | Fitness
When you read about people dying of “natural causes,” it usually means that they died of heart failure because they spent too much time lying in bed. When you become inactive, you lose your skeletal muscles at an alarming rate, and losing skeletal muscle...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 2, 2020 | Fitness
Everyone should try to keep on moving their muscles every day. Sitting around for long periods of time can cause you to become diabetic and increase your risk for a heart attack, and lying in bed for long periods puts you at increased risk for heart failure and...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Dec 2, 2018 | Joints & Bones
The majority of people with arthritis are inactive, overweight, diabetic or pre-diabetic. The CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (November 9, 2018; 67(44);1238–1241) found that 32 percent of adults with arthritis have pre-diabetes or diabetes, 56.5 percent are...
