by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Sep 29, 2022 | Nutrition
Researchers followed more than 934,000 cancer-free people for 34 years, during which more than 135,000 died from cancer. Those who drank more than two sugar-sweetened beverages per day were at increased risk for death from 20 different cancers (Cancer, Epidemiology,...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Aug 7, 2021 | Other Diseases & Conditions
Researchers at Rush University followed 837 patients with 19 different tests for memory and other brain functions. They found that higher consumption of foods and drinks with added sugars was associated with greater loss of ability to recognize objects and remember...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Dec 29, 2020 | Nutrition
USDA’s Dietary Guidelines are updated every five years, and most of the changes are based on the report from the Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee that was released July 15, 2020, followed by a month-long comment period that ended August 13. The final guidelines...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Nov 14, 2020 | Nutrition
A study from the University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, found that mice fed diets high in sugar developed severe colitis by increasing harmful colon bacteria and decreasing healthful colon bacteria (Sci Transl Med, Oct 28, 2020;12(567):eaay6218). The...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Oct 16, 2020 | Diabetes
Almost 50 percent of North Americans will eventually develop diabetes or pre-diabetes (National Diabetes Statistics Report, CDC, 2020), because we eat too much and exercise too little. This is sad because you can prevent and treat most cases of type II diabetes...
