by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Mar 3, 2023 | Nutrition
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is concerned that the mercury levels in some fish and shell fish may be harmful to you, particularly for pregnant women and growing children, so they have published a chart classifying fish by mercury concentrations. Too...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Feb 25, 2023 | Deaths of Famous People
Wilt Chamberlain was possibly the greatest basketball player and the greatest athlete ever. The 63-year-old Chamberlain was reported to have died of heart damage called myocarditis, but how could arguably the world’s greatest and fittest athlete die of heart damage? A...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Feb 23, 2023 | Diabetes
Both exercise and calorie restriction reduced liver fat in overweight and obese adults, but only exercise had a dose-dependent effect in reducing liver fat and reducing belly fat (Br J Spots Med, Jan 20, 2023). Storing fat in your belly is a stronger risk factor for...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Feb 23, 2023 | Heart Health
Researchers followed more than 110,000 people for nine years and found that the more free sugar a person takes in, the greater the risk for heart disease (BMC Medicine, Feb 14, 2023;21(34)). Each five percent increase in free sugar intake in a participant’s...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Feb 19, 2023 | Deaths of Famous People
Tim McCarver was twice a major League all-star catcher and was a member of two World Series-winning teams during his 21 years of playing for the St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, Montreal Expos and Boston Red Sox. After his playing career, he became a TV...
