by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Aug 14, 2022 | Fitness
Always try to keep at least a slight bend in your knee when you run or ride a bicycle. When you run, you are supposed to land on each foot with a partially-bent knee. Otherwise you transmit the shock of your foot hitting the ground directly onto your knees, hips and...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Aug 14, 2022 | Nutrition
A study from Israel found that two artificial sweeteners, saccharin and sucralose, significantly raised blood sugar levels in healthy adults. Transferring their colon bacteria to mice caused the mice to suffer the same elevations in blood sugar (Cell, August 19,...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Aug 12, 2022 | Nutrition
A new study found that short-term high protein diets may hinder muscle endurance and short-term high carbohydrate diets may increase endurance (mSystems, May 17, 2022;7(3)). This study found that what elite long-distance runners ate determined which types of bacteria...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Aug 12, 2022 | Fitness
A recent study found no significant difference in death rates between adults who exercised once or twice a week versus three or more times a week, as long as they exercised moderately for a total of 150 minutes or vigorously for 75 minutes per week (JAMA Intern Med,...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Aug 12, 2022 | Other Diseases & Conditions
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has declared monkeypox to be a public health emergency (New York Times, August 4, 2022), and the U.S. has recorded more than 7000 infections, more than any other country in the world. The only two states that have not...
