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Fasting Does Not Increase Endurance by Dr. Gabe M. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise Some people think (incorrectly) that fasting before a race or competition will increase their endurance. Fasting weakens and tires you. How long you can exercise a muscle dep ... Read on »

Chronic Fatigue Syndrome - a new explanation by Dr. Gabe M. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise Sixty-seven percent of 101 patients diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) were found to be infected with a retrovirus called XMRV ( Science, published online October 8 ... Read on »

The Potassium Deficiency Myth by Dr. Gabe M. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise Sports drink promoters have convinced many athletes that they need special drinks to replace potassium during exercise. A recent study of female soccer players confirms that t ... Read on »

Metabolic Syndrome and Diabetes by Dr. Gabe M. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise As the standard of living in a country increases, so does the incidence of Metabolic Syndrome. Today, one of three North Americans will suffer premature death from the consequ ... Read on »

Preventing Muscle Cramps by Dr. Gabe M. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise Most older textbooks explain that muscle cramps are caused by lack of water (dehydration) and lack of salt. However, studies on endurance athletes show that athletes who cramp ... Read on »

New Rules for Sunscreens by Dr. Gabe M. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise If you use sunscreens, be sure to reapply them frequently. Many sunscreens contain the filters octylmethoxycinnamate, benzophenone-3 or octocrylene, which reflect ultra violet ... Read on »

Large Thighs are Good by Dr. Gabe M. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise Large thighs appear to confer health benefits, not risks. A study reported this month shows that people who have small thigh muscles, independent of how much fat they have in ... Read on »

CRP Better Predictor of Heart Attacks than Cholesterol by Dr. Gabe M. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise Blood tests for cholesterol and C-reactive protein (CRP) both help to measure heart attack risk, but CRP may be more important. CRP measures inflammation which indicates an ov ... Read on »

Osteoarthritis: Treat with Exercise by Dr. Gabe M. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise A review article from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver shows that exercise does not increase the rate of knee damage in people with osteoarthritis, and usually ... Read on »

Preventing Loss of Muscle Strength with Aging by Dr. Gabe M. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise As you age, you lose muscle size and strength much faster than you lose endurance or coordination. Researchers at the University of Nottingham in England show that a major cau ... Read on »

What Causes Prostate Cancer? by Dr. Gabe M. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise We don't know what causes prostate cancer, but a study from Harvard School of Public Health shows an association between the common sexually transmitted infection, Trichomonas ... Read on »

Use Lactate Threshold instead of Maximum Heart Rate by Dr. Gabe M. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise My report on the unreliable Maximum Heart Rate formula brought many questions on how heart rate SHOULD be used for training. Competitive athletes often use a guide called lact ... Read on »

NSAIDs Interfere with Proper Training by Dr. Gabe M. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise Ibuprofen and other NSAIDs (Non Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs - Motrin, Advil, Alleve and so forth), taken before or after exercise, interfere with the benefits of trainin ... Read on »

Your Appendix is Not Useless by Dr. Gabe M. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise You may have had your appendix removed because doctors believed that it was a useless vestigial organ. Now researchers have found that it serves as a storage tank for healthfu ... Read on »

Tennis Elbow: New Treatment by Dr. Gabe M. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise Physical therapists at the Nicholas Institute of Sports Medicine and Athletic Trauma in New York City report that eccentric exercises offer a simple and effective cure for ten ... Read on »

Burning on Urination May be STD Infection by Dr. Gabe M. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise One in three single, sexually-active Americans who have more than one partner carry a sexually transmitted disease that may not respond to treatment. These people may have no ... Read on »

Faster Runners Have Longer Strides by Dr. Gabe M. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise When most experienced runners go as fast as they can, they run at close to the same stride rate. For example, a video at the New York City Marathon showed that the top 150 run ... Read on »

New Explanation for DASH Diet Success by Dr. Gabe M. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise If your systolic (heart contraction) blood pressure is above 120 mm/hg before you go to bed at night, you have high blood pressure and are at increased risk for heart attacks, ... Read on »

Getting Rid of Belly Fat by Dr. Gabe M. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise Sit-ups will not get rid of belly fat because you cannot get rid of fat in a certain area just by exercising the muscles underneath that fat. You will lose the most belly fat ... Read on »

Caffeine May Help to Prevent Alzheimer's by Dr. Gabe M. Medical Doctor

Posted in: Blog Posts in Exercise Two studies in the July 2009 issue of Journal of Alzheimer's Disease show that the equivalent of five cups of coffee a day reverses memory loss in mice with Alzheimer's diseas ... Read on »

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