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Dr. Mirkin will speak on healthy eating to Nutz for Nutrition group at FishHawk Recreation Center

Dr. Gabe Mirkin
Dr. Gabe Mirkin

Dr. Gabe Mirkin, a Villager and Villages-News.com columnist, will speak in August to the Nutz for Nutrition group at FishHawk Recreation Center.

The Nutz for Nutrition, all Village of Gilchrist residents, are opening up their meeting to fellow Villagers who would like to hear Mirkin’s program on “Eating Healthy; Weight Control using intermittent fasting.”

The group will meet from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Aug. 11. You can RSVP to Phyllis at memawann.phyllis@gmail.com   

Mirkin hosted a popular call-in radio show on fitness and health that was syndicated in more than 120 cities. He has written 16 books including The Sportsmedicine Book, the best-selling book on the subject that has been translated into many languages. He did his residency at the Massachusetts General Hospital and over the years he has served as a Teaching Fellow at Johns Hopkins Medical School, Assistant Professor at the University of Maryland and Associate Clinical Professor in Pediatrics at the Georgetown University School of Medicine. Mirkin has run many marathons and is now a serious tandem bike rider with his wife, Diana, often doing 30-60 miles in an outing.

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