by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Aug 13, 2017 | Deaths of Famous People
Sam Shepard was a prolific playwright, actor, screenwriter and director who: • acted in more than sixty films and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of pilot Chuck Yeager in The Right Stuff; • wrote 44 plays,...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Aug 6, 2017 | Fitness
You will not become more fit by doing the same training regimen every day. Athletes train by taking hard workouts on one day, feeling sore on the next, and not taking another hard workout until the muscles stop feeling sore. You cannot make a muscle larger or stronger...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Aug 6, 2017 | Deaths of Famous People
John Urschel, arguably the smartest player in the National Football League (NFL), just retired from football at age 26 to avoid concussions that can cause brain damage, known as Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy or CTE. He will finish his course work for a Ph.D....
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jul 30, 2017 | Nutrition
If you take a sugared drink while eating meat, the animal protein reduces your ability to burn off the calories from sugar by more than a third (BMC Nutrition, July 20, 2017). In this elegant new study, 27 healthy-weight adults spent two full days in a sealed...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jul 30, 2017 | Nutrition
Nobody has presented good evidence that eating meat from grass-fed animals is more healthful than the meat from corn-fed animals. The main health arguments for eating grass-fed meat are its lower fat content and higher content of omega-3 fatty acids (Meat Science,...
