by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 12, 2013 | Nutrition
If you feel sleepy after eating, particularly after sweets or bakery products, you are normal. Eating sugary foods causes your brain to make large amounts of the neurotransmitter, serotonin, that makes people fall asleep naturally at night. Eating sugary foods or...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 12, 2013 | Fitness
If it hurts to touch a point that’s in the middle of one side of your buttocks, you probably have piriformis syndrome. This chronic condition is very difficult to diagnose, because other injuries may produce exactly the same symptoms. Similar pain may be the...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 12, 2013 | Fitness
One of the most common injuries in tennis and jogging is plantar fasciitis, pain on the bottom of the heel. A band of tissue called the plantar fascia extends from your five toes, along the bottom of your foot to attach on the bottom of your heel. When you run, you...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 12, 2013 | Nutrition
Note: I wrote this report in 2002, when Dr. Wrangham first published his thoughts on the connection between cooking and evolution. He has since written a fascinating book explaining and supporting his theories: Catching Fire: How Cooking Made Us Human . Highly...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 12, 2013 | Nutrition
Acrylamide belongs to a class of chemicals that form advanced glycation end products, also known by their first letters as AGEs. They are a group of molecules that are formed when sugar attaches on protein when starchy foods such as potatoes and grains are cooked in...
