by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Aug 19, 2023 | Nutrition
Eating fermented foods is healthful because they contain many short chain fatty acids (SCFAs) that can reduce inflammation and lower high blood pressure, high cholesterol, high insulin and high blood sugar levels (Gut Microbiome, May 27, 2023;4 (e11):1–16). A...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 16, 2023 | Nutrition
North Americans are spending just short of $3 billion per year on plant-based yogurt. A study from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, found that plant-based yogurts may be more healthful than dairy yogurts because they contain less sugar, salt and saturated...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 8, 2020 | Nutrition
Two highly-respected Harvard professors, Dr. Walter C. Willett and Dr. David S. Ludwig, think that North Americans don’t need to drink milk (N Engl J Med, Feb 13, 2020; 382:644-654). An earlier comprehensive review of the world’s literature came to the...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Oct 27, 2019 | Deaths of Famous People
This is the story of a world-famous scientist who noticed that the Bulgarian peasants in Eastern Europe lived to very old age, that they ate yogurt every day, and that yogurt is loaded with lactobacilli bacteria. He published his theories on aging in Nature of Man...
