According to an article from Dr. Gabe Mirkin, eggs do not cause heart attacks. He cites “the Physician’s Health Study followed doctors for 20 years and showed no association between eating eggs and heart attacks or strokes. However, the doctors who ate lots of eggs did die earlier than those who avoided eggs, possibly because [...] [...]
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I was reading Dr. Mirkin’s latest email newsletter and was struck by the lead off article about exercise, “More Exercise is Better”. I have heard, or read, that you should exercise 20 minutes or more at an intense heart rate for exercise to have any benefit. According to this article, “Dr. Paul Williams of the [...] [...] Dr. Mirkin writes: Hip Fracture Usually Requires Hip Replacement The most-feared injury among serious bicyclists is a broken hip. The femur hip bone is shaped like a shepherd’s crook. The blood supply to the ball at the top of the hip bone comes in through the neck just below the ball. If the neck or ball are [...] [...] Dear Dr. Mirkin: Won’t I be a better bicycle rider if I ride hard every day? If you exercise intensely when your muscles are sore, you put yourself at high risk for injury. The soreness you feel is from direct muscle damage. Putting great pressure on damaged muscles causes them to tear. Furthermore, sore muscles significantly increase your [...] [...] |
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