by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jul 2, 2022 | Fitness
Top endurance athletes use hydration, nutrition, and sleep to help them recover from intense exercise (J Funct Morphol Kinesiol, Mar 2022;7(1):22). When you exercise for endurance, you use up glycogen, the sugar that is stored for energy in your muscles, and you...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 24, 2022 | Deaths of Famous People
Two hundred years ago, Reverend Sylvester Graham was treated by the scientific community as a nut because he claimed that white flour, meat and alcohol were poisons and that obesity was a sin. He inspired the development of graham flour, graham bread and graham...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 19, 2022 | Deaths of Famous People
Mark Shields was a political columnist, a television commentator, and an election campaign advisor to numerous democratic candidates. He was a regular commentator and analysist on the PBS NewsHour for 32 years from 1988-2020. He was one of CNN’s Capital Gang for...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 18, 2022 | Nutrition
Researchers followed more than 3500 Japanese adults, 40-64 years of age, for 20 years and found that those who ate lots of dietary fiber were at reduced risk for developing dementia (Nutr Neurosci, Feb 6, 2022;1-8:). Fiber is sub-classified as: • insoluble fiber that...
by Dr. Gabe Mirkin | Jun 17, 2022 | Other Diseases & Conditions
Fourteen patients with “mismatched-repair” colorectal cancers were given a drug called dostarlimab every three weeks for six months, and follow-up after two years found that none of the patients had any remaining evidence of cancer (NEJM, June 5, 2022). This is an...
