by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 10, 2013 | Fitness
Sit-ups can strengthen your belly muscles, but doing them incorrectly can hurt your back. Sit-ups should be done while you lie on your back with your knees bent enough for the soles of your feet to touch the floor. Place both hands on your chest and slowly raise your...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 10, 2013 | Nutrition
The only ways to lose weight (without surgery or prescription medications) are: 1. Take in fewer calories, 2. Burn more calories, or 3. both. Altering gut bacteria may help people to lose weight in the future. A review of several studies showed that eating a diet...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 10, 2013 | Fitness
Elastic compression stockings have no effect whatever on exercise, according to a study from France (European Journal of Applied Physiology, July 2006). They neither increase nor decrease endurance, strength, speed, recovery, or blood flow to the limbs. The study did...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | May 10, 2013 | Nutrition
Of the many factors causing more than 40 percent of Americans to die of heart attacks and 35 percent to become diabetic, the strongest are eating too much and exercising too little. Being Fat Makes You Even Fatter Having diabetes is one of the strongest risk factors...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 31, 2013 | Deaths of Famous People
One of the greatest tributes a physician can receive is to have a medical condition named after him. For example, I had the pleasure of knowing Dr. Mike Leventhal and remember how all the residents in training with me treated him with the greatest reverence because he...
