by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jul 15, 2018 | Diabetes
It is long established that diabetics should restrict sugar and other refined carbohydrates. Now research shows that diabetics should also restrict meat. A review of nine separate trials showed that diabetics who switched to vegetarian diets had significantly lower...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jul 15, 2018 | Deaths of Famous People
Elizabeth Taylor was a British-American actress who was famous for more than 50 movies, two Oscars, eight marriages, countless lovers and a net worth at death of more than $600 million. Her eyes are the first thing you notice when you see pictures of her. Instead of...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jul 8, 2018 | Nutrition
The hottest area of medical research today may well be on the bacteria that live in your gut to affect how much you weigh, how long you live, and your susceptibility to many diseases. In the largest and most complete study of its kind ever, researchers analyzed genes...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jul 8, 2018 | Fitness
A study in mice suggests that having low levels of vitamin D may harm athletes and exercisers by limiting how long they can exercise (Aging, June 2018). Six-month old mice were put on a low vitamin D diet for one year. A six-month-old mouse is equivalent to a 25 year...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jul 8, 2018 | Deaths of Famous People
Donald Ritchie ran more than 208,100 miles during his lifetime as one of the best ultramarathon runners of all time. He set more than a dozen international records for distances from 50 kilometers to 200 kilometers. Exercise has been shown in hundreds of...
