by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Feb 18, 2018 | Other Diseases & Conditions
Chemotherapy and radiation used to treat cancers can help to prolong lives, but these treatments can also increase heart attack risk. The American Heart Association recently recommended that patients receiving chemotherapy or radiation to treat breast cancers should...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Feb 18, 2018 | Diabetes
Very exciting research from Princeton University explains how taking in sugared drinks and any sugar added to foods (not in whole fruits and vegetables) can cause diabetes (Cell Metabolism, Feb 6, 2018;27(2):351–361). The most common sugar source in foods contains two...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Feb 18, 2018 | Deaths of Famous People
John Harvey Kellogg was a medical doctor and director of the Battle Creek Sanitarium in Battle Creek, Michigan, a hospital, spa and expensive hotel that helped to heal sick people primarily by getting them to eat a plant-based diet. To help people eat more...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Feb 11, 2018 | Fitness
Everyone should try to exercise every day because exercise helps to prevent diabetes and heart attacks by lowering high blood sugar and stabilizing plaques. A review of 12 studies shows that exercising within three hours after eating lowers blood sugar levels...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Feb 11, 2018 | Heart Health
More people are taking fish oil pills than ever before, yet very strong data show that fish oil pills do not reduce risk for heart disease. Ten large randomized studies following 77,917 people for an average of 4.4 years showed that taking fish oil pills does not...
