by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 5, 2024 | Nutrition
Everyone should get vitamin B12 and vitamin D tests on their routine medical blood tests, particularly if you have diabetes or have risk factors for diabetes. A recent study from China found that vitamin D deficiency (hydroxyvitamin D less than 20 ng/mL) is common in...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 4, 2024 | Fitness
When you exercise in hot weather, you don’t need special sports drinks or power bars. A review of 46 studies shows that a person can prolong endurance by eating before and during exercise (Scand J Med Sci Sports, 2018 May;28(5):1476-1493). However, even the most...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 3, 2024 | Deaths of Famous People
In the 1950s, Ancel Keys had a theory that dietary saturated fats and cholesterol in animal products raise blood cholesterol and blood pressure to increase risk for heart attacks, a leading killer of North Americans. Also in the 1950s, John Yudkin was the leading...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 31, 2024 | Nutrition
A study of more than 20,000 U.S. adults, average age 48 years, found that those who limited their eating to a period of less than eight hours a day had almost double the risk of dying from heart disease, compared to those who ate meals over 12-16 hours per day...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 31, 2024 | Deaths of Famous People
John F. Kennedy was probably the sickest U.S. President ever. He suffered from a disease called Autoimmune Polyendocrine Syndrome, which was not described genetically until 1981, 18 years after he was assassinated (Medicine, 1981;60(5):355-62). This disease made him...
