by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jan 28, 2017 | Nutrition
Many people who want to follow a high-plant diet are concerned about pesticides. The Environmental Protection Agency estimates that 20,000 farmers and their families are poisoned by pesticides each year, but no studies have shown pesticide poisoning from routine...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jan 28, 2017 | Deaths of Famous People
February 15th is the 75th anniversary of the Fall of Singapore in 1942, described by Winston Churchill as “the worst disaster and largest capitulation in British history”, when the combined forces of 85,000 British, Australian, Dutch and Indian troops...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jan 22, 2017 | Other Diseases & Conditions
I had my appendix removed when I was a child because the doctor told my mother it was a useless organ that might someday burst and cause horrible problems. After generations of children had their appendices removed for no reason, researchers have found that perhaps it...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jan 22, 2017 | Nutrition
I have reported before on TMAO (trimethylamine N-oxide) that is produced by certain bacteria in your gut when you eat foods that contain lecithin, carnitine and choline, such as meat, eggs and dairy products. High levels of TMAO in the bloodstream have been associated...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jan 13, 2017 | Nutrition
In the United States since the end of World War II, there has been an increasing epidemic of obesity and diabetes that has not been slowed by the associated epidemics of: • ineffective popular diets, • countless drugs prescribed by doctors to treat obesity...
