by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 5, 2017 | Nutrition
A review of 95 different studies involving two million people shows that just two and a half servings of fruits and vegetables per day is associated with a 16 percent reduced risk of heart disease, an 18 percent reduced risk of stroke, a four percent reduced risk of...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Feb 26, 2017 | Fitness
You can improve athletic performance at any age with proper training, even if you are over 100 years old. Traditional feeling among scientists is that aging is progressive and inevitable, and that your genetic programming causes you to age no matter what you do. This...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Feb 26, 2017 | Joints & Bones
Eighty percent of North Americans have X-ray evidence of osteoarthritis by age 65, and sixty percent have significant joint pain. Recent research suggests that osteoarthritis may be caused by inflammation, the same overactive immunity that causes heart attacks and...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Feb 26, 2017 | Deaths of Famous People
If you think that the Boston Tea Party caused the American Revolution, think again. The war was caused by a hereditary disease called porphyria, an attack of gout and lead in wine. In 1773, Britain’s East India Company was stuck with a huge amouont of tea...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Feb 19, 2017 | Fitness
Many years ago the Gatorade Sports Science Institute published a study showing that 46 percent of recreational exercisers are dehydrated (Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism, June 2006). However, the study did not say that the exercisers were harmed by their...
