by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 5, 2023 | Nutrition
On February 27, 2023, Fox News reported, “Add an egg (or 3) to your daily diet for heart health. Eggs may significantly reduce heart health risk, a recent study finds.” The Fox News report said, “The study found that eating one to three eggs per week could...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jan 6, 2023 | Nutrition
Researchers at the Cleveland Clinic found that people with high blood levels of a chemical called phenylacetylglutamine (PAG) are at high risk for heart failure that affects more than 6.2 million North Americans (Circulation: Heart Failure, Dec 16, 2022;e009972). PAG...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Dec 31, 2022 | Diabetes
A study from Australia found that middle-aged women who ate meat daily were significantly more likely to be diabetic and have uncontrolled high levels of blood sugar than those who ate a plant-based diet with little or no red meat (Nutrients, Oct 6, 2022;14(19):4152)....
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Dec 23, 2022 | Nutrition
A study from the Cleveland Clinic and Tufts University found a 22 percent greater risk for heart disease for every 1.1 serving of meat per day (3.3 oz. cooked lean meat). This study followed more than 4,000 men and women older than 65 for an average of 12.5 years, and...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 8, 2022 | Nutrition
Researchers followed 27,078 Finnish men for 31 years and found that the more dietary cholesterol and eggs a person ate, the greater the premature total death rate and death from heart attacks (Circulation, April 1, 2022;145). They reviewed 41 other prospective studies...
