by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 2, 2020 | Fitness
Everyone should try to keep on moving their muscles every day. Sitting around for long periods of time can cause you to become diabetic and increase your risk for a heart attack, and lying in bed for long periods puts you at increased risk for heart failure and...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Feb 23, 2020 | Heart Health
Having high blood levels of the bad LDL cholesterol (>100 mg/dL) is associated with increased risk for heart attacks and premature death, and is the single most important predictor of forming plaques in your arteries. The American Heart Association, American...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Feb 22, 2020 | Fitness
Fifty-two percent of North Americans spend $41 billion a year on over-the-counter food supplements. A review of 277 clinical trials on 992,129 participants, using 24 different supplements, found that nutritional supplements were not associated with increased lifespan...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Feb 18, 2020 | Deaths of Famous People
Paul English was Willie Nelson’s drummer and best friend for nearly sixty years. In 2014, English told a Rolling Stone writer that Willie Nelson had saved his life, saying, “If I hadn’t gone with Willie, I would be in the penitentiary or dead.” They...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Feb 16, 2020 | Heart Health
Many studies show that eating meat every day is associated with increased risk for heart disease, but until now we have had little data about the effects of eating meat less often than that. A new study from Cornell and Northwestern Universities followed 29,682...
