by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 17, 2015 | Fitness
Every athlete who trains for competition in sports that require endurance learns sooner or later that after exercising long and hard, you feel sleepy and need to go to sleep to recover. Older people may need even more sleep after intense exercise than younger people....
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 17, 2015 | Deaths of Famous People
Fausto Coppi was the best international cyclist in the years before and after World War II because he was the best climber, time trialer and sprinter. He won the Giro d’Italia five times (1940, 1947, 1949, 1952, 1953), the Tour de France twice (1949 and 1952),...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 12, 2015 | Nutrition
Metformin, sold under the trade name Glucophage, is used to treat diabetes, but several studies show that it also helps non-diabetics to lose weight by reducing hunger (1). You may be overweight because your body makes too much insulin, especially if your store your...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 10, 2015 | Nutrition
Amid growing concerns about artificial sweeteners, many of my readers asked whether stevia can also change gut bacteria. Stevia is a sugar substitute extracted from the leaves of a plant, Stevia rebaudiana, and is almost 200 times sweeter than regular table sugar. In...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 3, 2015 | Deaths of Famous People
Diana and I just returned from a riverboat/cycling trip with almost 400 other bicyclists from Memphis to New Orleans. We visited the National Hansen’s Disease (leprosy) Museum in Carville, Louisiana and learned about Dr. Gerhard Hansen, a Norwegian physician who...
