by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Oct 29, 2017 | Heart Health
“You Can Exercise Yourself to Death, Says New Study” was the headline in The New York Post on October 17, 2017. Headlines like that are likely to discourage people from exercising and thus to shorten their lives. The entire article was a disturbing and...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Oct 28, 2017 | Nutrition
Because it’s been programmed into our genes, people prefer calorie-dense foods (Am J Clin Nutr, 2016 Aug; 104(2): 446–453), such as:• pastries and desserts that are loaded with sugar, starch and fats,• fried foods full of calories and advanced glycation end...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Oct 28, 2017 | Deaths of Famous People
Vera Caslavska was the heroine of the 1968 Olympics, not because she was the dominant athlete at these games in which she won four gold and two silver medals in gymnastics, and not because she had won 35 medals in the Olympics, World and European championships. ...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Oct 22, 2017 | Fitness
More than 80 percent of North Americans over the age of 85 suffer from some form of dementia. A new study in rats helps to explain why exercise could help to prevent or delay this dreaded condition (Sci Rep, 2017 Sep 7;7(1):10903). A group of rats were kept in cages...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Oct 22, 2017 | Deaths of Famous People
Ted Corbitt ran more miles in training, often up to 200 miles a week, than any runner I ever heard of, yet his fastest time in a marathon was a mediocre 2 hours 26 minutes 44 seconds, almost 24 minutes slower than the present world record for that distance. Top...
