Medscape Misleading Doctors About Statin Benefits for Breast Cancer
If you’re a health professional you should know that you can’t implicitly trust medical news outlets. They may be manipulating you!
Low Smoke Point Olive Oil on High Heat–Is It Safe?
Olive Oil has a Low Smoke Point. Can you still cook with it? We’ve all heard a thousand times high smoke point oils like soy and canola are the oils of choice for cooking–especially high-heat cooking. This is a particular concern for professional chefs who typically cook with temperatures far higher than those used by a home cook. If the oils aren’t smoking that must mean, the thinking goes, that they are chemically stable. No smoke, no free radicals, no toxins. No problems. But I want you to set aside, for a moment, everything you’ve been told about smoke point…
Seed oil Toxicity: Trend or Truth?
Since avoiding seed oils has become a trend, the newest trend debunks the idea that we need to avoid them. This post debunks the debunkers.
Guilt by Association: Salt Is Not Even A Little Bad For Our Health
You might think salt makes you bloated. It’s actually something else. We hear all the time that salt is bad for us. So my patients who notice swelling or bloating after eating salty junk food naturally assume salt caused their symptoms. But of all the ingredients in junk food, salt is the least likely to cause health problems. I grew up surrounded by messaging that salt was bad but I was always skeptical. Probably because my dad, a doctor, always snatched up the shaker and doused his food in salt before even tasting it. He’s done that his whole life,…
Chasing Body Ideals: The Role of Skeletal Proportion
We can’t all exercise our way into that ideal body shape. Some of us can, but many of us are limited by the geometry of our bones.
Blue Zones Website Misrepresents Diets
The Blue Zones book has powerfully influenced medical thinking on nutrition. But the Blue Zones website and Adventist Healthcare system contradict the reality of people’s diets that are presented in the book itself.
Who Teaches Doctors About Cholesterol-lowering Drugs?
Did you know that the cut off for “high” cholesterol used to be nearly twice as high as it is today? The number considered low enough has had to shift downward multiple times. Cholesterol-lowering “targets” are lower today than ever before. And lately, heart attacks are increasing.
Is dairy paleo? (part 2) Revising history with new perspectives on flocks of goats, femur bones and feckless nutritionism
If dairying began in the Paleolithic era, as I believe it did, then our genes have been depending on these nutrients for thousands of generations. Learn how your skeletal development can be sculpted by dairy products.
Why doesn’t meat taste like it used to?
Breeding low fat animals has altered muscle metabolism, and contributed to flavorless meat for reasons that go way beyond the lack of fat.
What is Synthetic Meat and How is it Made?
Synthetic meat producers claim nutritional, ethical, and environmental benefits. The media often repeats the claims. Are they misleading us?
Calorie free sweetener erythritol may clot blood in high risk adults
Is the calorie-free sweetener erythritol safe? The FDA did not evaluate long-term use, and new research suggests it may cause blood clots in people with high blood pressure and other risk factors.
Fasting for Weight Loss: What Does the Science Say?
Is fasting more effective for weight loss than regular dieting and calorie counting? Dr. Cate reviews the most important studies and wraps with her recommendations based on 20 years of experience.
Insulin Resistance And Metabolic Health Testing Using HOMA-IR
If you struggle to lose weight you may feel like your metabolism is “slowing down.” But what’s really going on is your metabolism is breaking down. This is not normal aging, and it’s fixable. But you have to understand what’s broken if you want to fix it
The Truth About Natural Flavors In Sparkling Water
Do you feel weird after drinking flavored sparkling water on an empty stomach? Find out about the new leeway the natural flavor industry has to add drug-like compounds to our drinks. I’ll focus on a natural flavor called linalool.
Dr. Cate on: Seed Oils 101: Nutrition Fact or Fiction
Kelly, from the Be Well podcast, interviews Dr. Cate on the hateful eight toxic factory-made seed oils. But the conversation also takes listeners all over the nutritional spectrum in this great conversation.
What is lactose intolerance and can it be cured?
People with lactose intolerance can actually enjoy many delicious types of dairy products. Find out what dairy products are naturally lactose free, what has the most lactose, and what strategies people are using to become more lactose tolerant.
Video Library on Statin Harms and Controversy
Library of videos on statin harms and how the industry continues to suppress the truth about these cholesterol-lowering pills.
Seed Oil Makes Sunburn Worse and Ages Your Skin
Find out why seed oils make sunburned skin more inflamed and how avoiding them protects your collagen and keeps you looking young
