by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Sep 3, 2020 | Nutrition
A study of 20 healthy, normal-weight people found that changing their evening meal from 6PM to 10PM significantly increased their markers for becoming obese and developing diabetes (J Clin Endocrinol Metab, Aug 1, 2020;105(8):dgaa354). They had: • higher blood sugar •...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Aug 16, 2020 | Nutrition
Overweight people who lose weight without dieting after age 65 are at high risk for dementia (Age and Ageing, May 2019;48(3):367–373). For 15 years, the authors followed 257,523 overweight but otherwise healthy people and compared them to 161,927 people who had...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 20, 2020 | Diabetes
U.S. government data show that the number of newly diagnosed diabetics dropped from 1.7 million in 2009 to 1.3 million in 2017 (BMJ Open Diabetes Research and Care, May 28, 2019, 7(1)e000657). This number should not make anyone feel good because huge numbers of...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 20, 2020 | Other Diseases & Conditions
The American Cancer Society has just published a strong guideline document for preventing cancer (Ca: a Cancer Journal for Clinicians, June 9, 2020; https://doi.org/10.3322/caac.21591). Their recommendations are: • Avoid overweight and avoid weight gain in adult life....
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 15, 2020 | Deaths of Famous People
Harold Reid was the bass singer of the Statler Brothers, a quartet that was voted into the Country Music and Gospel Music Halls of Fame and was one of the most successful vocal harmony groups in the history of country music. They moved gospel harmonies into popular...
