by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 16, 2021 | Fitness
The hottest area of research in medicine today is about the bacteria in your colon called the microbiome. More and more studies show that exercise, in addition to a healthful diet, helps to increase the numbers of healthful bacteria in your colon that may prevent or...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jan 6, 2019 | Nutrition
Dietary sugar is supposed to be absorbed in the upper intestinal tract, but research from Yale suggests that taking in excessive amounts of sugar can cause some of the sugar to pass through the intestines unabsorbed. This sugar arrives in your colon where it can harm...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Oct 16, 2016 | Nutrition
With the ever-increasing epidemic of obesity in North America, almost 20 percent of children and more than 70 percent of adults are overweight, which increases risk for heart attacks, diabetes, strokes, arthritis and certain cancers. A new study of 84 children and...
