by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Nov 13, 2023 | Deaths of Famous People
Matthew Perry was an American and Canadian actor who became famous as Chandler Bing on the NBC-TV sitcom “Friends,” which ran from 1994-2004 and won a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy. Perry made it through all 10...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Nov 13, 2023 | Nutrition
Don’t believe ads that say coconut oil is healthful because it contains medium chain triglycerides that can raise the good HDL cholesterol a little bit. Medium chain triglycerides are only a small part of the fat in coconut oil. Ninety-two percent of the fat in...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Nov 13, 2023 | Nutrition
The rate of obesity in the U.S. is worse now than it has ever been: 43 percent are obese, 10 percent are morbidly obese, and childhood obesity rates have tripled from five percent in the early 1970s to more than 19 percent now (USAfacts.org, April 26, 2023). If you...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Nov 13, 2023 | Deaths of Famous People
Actor Richard Roundtree was the first black-action-movie-star hero, playing private detective John Shaft in the 1971 film Shaft and its sequels. He has been credited with changing the way black men were portrayed in films. In 1993, at age 51, he was diagnosed with...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Oct 27, 2023 | Fitness
A new study supports several previous studies showing that running is as effective as anti-depressant drugs in treating depression and anxiety, and offers far more health benefits than drugs do (J Affective Disorders, May, 2023;329(15):19-29). The study included 141...
