Archive for August, 2008

More exercise, less high blood pressure

Submitted by Fitness & Health with Dr. Gabe Mirkin
People who continue to exercise throughout their lifetimes are far less likely to develop high blood pressure and the more they exercise, the less likely they are to develop high blood pressure (Journal of Hypertension, June 2008). In various studies, up to 91 percent of the North [...]

Measure Abdominal Fat, Not Just Weight

Submitted by Fitness & Health with Dr. Gabe Mirkin
Researchers at the University of Michigan report that not all people who are fat are at high risk for heart attacks (Archives of Internal Medicine, August, 2008). They showed that 51 percent of overweight adults (36 million Americans) have normal blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar, while [...]

Saturated fat risks cancelled by exercise

Submitted by Fitness & Health with Dr. Gabe Mirkin
The Masai of Kenya and Tanzania eat the same type of high animal-fat diet as North Americans, but they have a very low incidence of heart attacks. In spite of the large amount of saturated fats in their diets, they have lower body weights, waist measurements, blood [...]

Intrepreting your own intestinal biopsy

Submitted by The Food Doc Journal

Thousands of people are undergoing endoscopic exams daily without having tissue samples obtained. Sadly, though their exams may visually appear normal, under the microscope there are often microscopic findings that explain the symptoms that will respond to directed therapy. The gut is lined with superficial cells that contain a few [...]

Understanding your gut and intestinal biopsies

Submitted by The Food Doc Journal

Many people undergoing evaluation for celiac disease are confused by the terms used to describe the GI tract and its lining as well as the microscopic findings of small bowel biopsies. This article attempts to explain the terms in a manner that is understandable and that makes sense.
The gut is [...]