by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jul 27, 2019 | Heart Health
A study of more than 100,000 healthy Chinese citizens followed for nine years showed that having very low levels of LDL cholesterol (<70 mg/dl) is associated with increased risk for bleeding into the brain, and the lower the LDL, the greater the risk (Neurology,...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jul 27, 2019 | Nutrition
The Paleo diet and other high-protein diets may be among the more harmful popular diets recommended for weight loss because they: • raise blood levels of TMAO, a marker for increased heart attack risk (European Journal of Nutrition, July 5, 2019:1–14), and • fail to...
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...
