Dr. Gabe Mirkin on Health, Fitness and Nutrition.

Roman Gabriel was a quarterback in the National Football League for 16 years, with the Los Angeles Rams from 1962 to 1972 and the Philadelphia Eagles from 1973 to 1977. In 1969 he led the NFL wit...

https://drmirkin.com/histories-and-mysteries/roman-gabriel-and-death-from-natural-causes.html

Competitive athletes train by "stressing and recovering," and healthy people who do not compete in sports can gain greater benefits from their exercise programs by using this same training princi...

https://drmirkin.com/fitness/use-stress-and-recover-workouts-even-if-you-exercise-just-for-health.html

Most of you already know that weight gain, diabetes and heart attacks are associated with eating pro-inflammatory foods such as mammal meat, sugar-added foods and fried foods. However, you may no...

https://drmirkin.com/nutrition/eating-very-fast-or-eating-late-at-night-may-increase-weight-gain.html

A recent analysis of 86 studies found that "there is no association between nuts and weight gain, and in fact some analyses showed higher nut intake associated with reductions in body weight and ...

https://drmirkin.com/nutrition/more-good-news-about-nuts-and-peanuts.html

Akebono Taro was the first non-Japanese-born wrestler ever to reach the highest rank in Sumo wrestling and he was also one of the tallest and heaviest Sumo wrestlers ever at 6' 8" in height and m...

https://drmirkin.com/histories-and-mysteries/akebono-taro-500-pound-sumo-wrestler-dead-from-heart-failure.html

Each muscle fiber is made of a series of blocks called sarcomeres that are lined up end to end. Each sarcomere is attached to the one next to it at a "Z line." Muscle fibers do not contract equal...

https://drmirkin.com/fitness/muscle-fibers-and-sarcomeres.html

Researchers at the Mass General Hospital report that stool samples from more than 1,400 participants in the Framingham Heart Study grew certain bacteria, such as Oscillibacter or Eubacterium copr...

https://drmirkin.com/nutrition/colon-bacteria-for-your-health.html

A new study found that a two-year program of personalized instruction on specific lifestyle changes helped to delay and prevent loss of memory in a study group of 172 people who were at high risk...

https://drmirkin.com/health/morehealth/lifestyle-changes-can-help-to-prevent-dementia.html

O.J. Simpson died from the complications of prostate cancer on April 10, 2024, shortly after he had received chemotherapy. He was 76 years old. He was respected as one of America’s best footbal...

https://drmirkin.com/histories-and-mysteries/o-j-simpson-aggressive-prostate-cancer.html

Too much sun exposure can cause skin cancers, but getting small amounts of sunlight on your skin for short periods may have some benefits beyond providing vitamin D The problem is that nobody rea...

https://drmirkin.com/health/morehealth/benefits-of-sunlight-beyond-vitamin-d.html

Almost all skin cancers are caused by repeated damage to the DNA in skin cells from excessive exposure to sunlight. Every cell in your body is programmed to live for a limited time and then die. ...

https://drmirkin.com/health/morehealth/how-to-avoid-skin-cancer.html

Seiji Ozawa was a classical music conductor who was famous through an incredible number of recordings, radio and television appearances, and world tours. He was the lead conductor of the Chicago ...

https://drmirkin.com/histories-and-mysteries/seiji-ozawa-how-cancer-can-cause-heart-failure.html

Everyone should get vitamin B12 and vitamin D tests on their routine medical blood tests, particularly if you have diabetes or have risk factors for diabetes. A recent study from China found that...

https://drmirkin.com/nutrition/everyone-should-get-blood-tests-for-vitamins-b12-and-d.html

When you exercise in hot weather, you don't need special sports drinks or power bars. A review of 46 studies shows that a person can prolong endurance by eating before and during exercise (Scand ...

https://drmirkin.com/fitness/what-to-eat-and-drink-for-hot-weather-exercise.html

Ancel Keys was a prolific American scientist who is best known for his early work on heart attack risk factors in the 1950s. His theory was that dietary saturated fats and cholesterol raise blood...

https://drmirkin.com/histories-and-mysteries/ancel-keys-cholesterol-debunker.html

A study of more than 20,000 U.S. adults, average age 48 years, found that those who limited their eating to a period of less than eight hours a day had almost double the risk of dying from heart ...

https://drmirkin.com/nutrition/intermittent-fasting-and-risk-for-heart-disease.html

John F. Kennedy was probably the sickest U.S. President ever. He suffered from a disease called Autoimmune Polyglandular Syndrome, which was not described until 1981, 18 years after he was assass...

https://drmirkin.com/histories-and-mysteries/how-doctors-contributed-to-john-f-kennedys-death.html

Human papilloma viruses (HPVs) can cause several types of cancer. There are 12 high-risk HPV types: HPV 16, 18, 31, 33, 35, 39, 45, 51, 52, 56, 58, and 59. Two of these, HPV 16 and HPV 18, are re...

https://drmirkin.com/health/morehealth/hpvs-cause-several-types-of-cancers.html

If you feel discomfort or pain in the skin of your feet while you are exercising, stop exercising immediately and correct the problem. Continuously rubbing your skin can cause very painful bliste...

https://drmirkin.com/fitness/blisters.html

A new position statement from the International Diabetes Federation says that a blood sugar level greater than 155 mg/dL (8.6 mmol/L) one hour after eating a meal means that a person should immed...

https://drmirkin.com/uncategorized/normal-fasting-blood-sugar-does-not-rule-out-diabetes-2.html

Dentists do not agree on whether it is better to brush before or after breakfast. I think you should brush after breakfast, but you should try to wait and brush at least 30 minutes after eating. ...

https://drmirkin.com/health/morehealth/best-times-to-brush-your-teeth.html

Joyce Randolph was a stage and television actress who died of “natural causes” at age 99 on January 13, 2024. She was the last surviving member of the cast of the Jackie Gleason television si...

https://drmirkin.com/histories-and-mysteries/joyce-randolph-last-of-the-honeymooners-dies-at-99.html

Each month North American doctors write more than three million prescriptions for the new weight-loss medications called GLP-1 agonists. Examples include semaglutide in Ozempic and Wegovy and tir...

https://drmirkin.com/nutrition/dangers-of-the-new-glp-1-weight-loss-drugs.html

It is well known that taking carbohydrates before and during endurance exercise helps to increase both speed and endurance. It is not as well known that taking carbohydrates before and during res...

https://drmirkin.com/fitness/eating-carbohydrates-before-lifting-weights-can-help-you-lift-heavier-weights.html

David Soul was the sad-eyed, blond actor who portrayed Detective Ken Hutchinson in the television series “Starsky & Hutch” from 1975 to 1979. He followed this by singing "Don't Give Up on Us"...

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Virtually all doctors agree that exercise helps to keep you healthy and to prolong your life. People who exercise into later life live longer than non-exercisers and are at reduced risk for high ...

https://drmirkin.com/health/heart/extreme-exercise-and-atrial-fibrillation.html

Since the 1940s, the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, 137.165 (a), has recommended that each pound of food made from flour should contain 24 milligrams of niacin to help prevent vitamin B3 defic...

https://drmirkin.com/nutrition/high-levels-of-niacin-may-increase-heart-attack-and-stroke-risk.html

Richard Lewis was a stand-up comedian, actor and author of two self-deprecating books, and for 11 years he played a fictionalized version of himself in the hit HBO series "Curb Your Enthusiasm." ...

https://drmirkin.com/histories-and-mysteries/richard-lewis-parkinsons-disease-and-heart-attacks.html

The macula is located in the retina in the back of the eye and provides central vision, most of the color vision and the fine details of vision. Age Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is a chroni...

https://drmirkin.com/health/morehealth/age-related-macular-degeneration-amd.html

Several older studies suggest that taking in one glass of wine per day for women or two glasses of wine per day for men is associated with reduced risk for a heart attack. However, a review of 10...

https://drmirkin.com/nutrition/no-amount-of-alcohol-is-healthful.html