by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Aug 7, 2016 | Fitness
If you have children with exceptional athletic ability, make sure that you encourage them to study hard in school and prepare for a lifetime job outside of their sport to support themselves. Taking drugs that can harm you gives athletes a major unfair advantage over...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Aug 7, 2016 | Deaths of Famous People
Our very close friend Pat Connolly, as a 16-year-old high school student, fell down while running at close to world-record pace in the finals of the 1960 Rome Olympics 800-meter race and failed to finish (see the film below). Distraught and crying, she walked...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jul 31, 2016 | Nutrition
A study from New Zealand showed that 30 per cent of alcohol–related deaths were from cancer, and 60 per cent of those deaths were from breast cancer. One third of these deaths were associated with an average of fewer than two drinks a day (Drug Alcohol Rev, June 16,...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jul 31, 2016 | Diabetes
North America’s epidemic of obesity, diabetes and heart attacks appears to be fueled by: • storing fat in the liver, muscles and around organs, rather than just in fat cells, • excess calories, • sugar added to foods and drinks and • lack of exercise. Where you...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jul 31, 2016 | Deaths of Famous People
Sometimes you do everything right and you still die from a disease, even though you have none of the known lifestyle risk factors. When Eartha Kitt died at age 81 of colon cancer, her daughter said that, "she ate huge amounts of vegetables and their house in...
