by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jul 23, 2019 | Deaths of Famous People
Jim Bouton was not good enough to play on his high school baseball team but ended up as a professional All-Star baseball pitcher with the New York Yankees who won both of his starts in the 1964 World Series. He was also a best-selling author, movie actor, and...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jul 21, 2019 | Nutrition
Recently I reported a study showing that post-menopausal women who store fat primarily in their bellies are at increased risk for having heart attacks, even if they are not overweight (Eur Heart, June 30, 2019). Now another study shows that adults under age 50 who...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jul 21, 2019 | Deaths of Famous People
My favorite song ever is “Alma” by Tom Lehrer, based on the true story of Alma Mahler from her sensational New York Times obituary in 1965. Tom Lehrer was a student in the math department at Harvard just before I arrived there, and his satirical songs were...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jul 18, 2019 | Nutrition
The Good Food Book now available on Amazon as a Kindle eBook for just $0.99. Click the box below for details. The Good Food Book shows you how easy it is to make good food choices for ultimate health. Following Dr. Mirkin’s 80/20 goal...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jul 14, 2019 | Diabetes
A liver full of fat can be caused by anything that damages the liver. Doctors used to separate liver damage into that caused by alcohol and that not caused by alcohol (non-alcoholic fatty liver disease or NAFLD). Now we know that a liver damaged by excess alcohol has...
