by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Feb 8, 2015 | Fitness
A Danish study agrees with most previous studies that regular joggers as a group live longer than sedentary non-joggers (Journal of the American College of Cardiology, February 2, 2015). However, most of the news media reported that this study showed that slow,...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Feb 8, 2015 | Deaths of Famous People
Gerty Cori was the first woman to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, in 1947, for the discovery of how muscles covert sugar to lactic acid for energy during exercise and how the lactic acid then travels in the bloodstream to the liver where it is...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Feb 1, 2015 | Fitness
A new study shows that exposing mice to cold temperatures increases their body’s production of calorie-burning “brown fat” (Molecular Cell, published online Jan. 8, 2015). You have two types of fat in your body: • white fat that your body stores...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Feb 1, 2015 | Deaths of Famous People
Andre the Giant was a professional wrestler who at 7' 4" and 520 pounds, won the World Wrestling Federation individual championship and World Tag Team Championship. He was also an actor in several Hollywood films. His huge size was caused by a pituitary gland...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jan 18, 2015 | Nutrition
Nuts are a rich source of fat, but many studies have shown that the fat in nuts is absorbed very poorly. Now a study explains why nuts are not fattening (American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2015 Jan;101(1):25-33). The fat in almonds is located inside the almond...
