by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 16, 2017 | Diabetes
Several studies show that the high blood sugar of diabetes can be caused by excess fat in: • the liver (JAMA, February 14, 2017), • the muscles (J Cardiovascular Pharmacology and Therapeutics, April 2017) and • the pancreas ((Diabetes Care, December 2015). Diabetes...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 9, 2017 | Nutrition
Researchers at Boston University and Harvard reviewed three studies following more than 225,000 adults over age 50, for eight to twenty years, and showed that being even slightly overweight can increase your risk of dying by six percent, and in those who are obese, by...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 9, 2017 | Joints & Bones
Several studies suggest that inflammation associated with a faulty diet, lack of exercise, overweight and lack of vitamin D increases risk for autoimmune diseases, but there is no strong evidence yet to show that any diet will cure auto-immune disease. Examples of...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 2, 2017 | Nutrition
A Swedish study of more than 106,000 men and women shows that both drinking milk and restricting fruits and vegetables are associated with increased risk for premature death (Am J Epidemiol, Feb 2017;185(5):345-361): • Women who drank three or more glasses of milk and...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Apr 2, 2017 | Men's Health
One in three North American adults have to get up to urinate more than twice a night, and a study presented at the European Society of Urology shows that the most common cause may be taking in too much salt (International Journal of Urology, Mar 14, 2017;24(3))....
