Dr. Cate Shanahan’s book: The FatBurn Fix

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Why the new book? What’s the new info?

Deep Nutrition promises “This book describes the diet to end all diets.”

If you read Deep Nutrition,  you know that Luke (my co-author) and I describe the ultimate, gold standard, global, you’d-see-it-everywhere-you-go Human Diet, the diet that sustained human health until the modern era and that, from the moment you adapt it, starts fixing nearly every chronic medical condition–including overweight.

Deep Nutrition focuses on gaining health more than on losing weight.

Deep Nutrition does not address the special problems that a person who struggles with weight must overcome.

Deep Nutrition was intended to help readers free themselves of medications and look and feel better about being overweight. It teaches that too much sugar and unhealthy PUFA-rich seed oils (PUFA=Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids) sets us up for serious chronic health problems. And it teaches the four pillars of the Human Diet, the essential food categories that support optimal health at every age.

Deep Nutrition also was inspired in part by my personal history as an athlete prone to injuries that I didn’t know came from a poor diet as a child, devoid of ‘meat on the bone’ (one of the Four Pillars of the Human Diet).

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It helped. I feel great.

"It’s helped. I feel great."

Kobe Bryant

NBA baskeball player

This has been life changing

"Let me tell you this has been life-changing. I have all of her books, in audible and ebooks! I have gotten rid of all the hateful 8 oils. I have trained my body to eat its own previously toxic body fat. Download that pod it's a game changer!"

Megyn Kelly

Broadcaster / The Megyn Kelly Show

Life changing

Deep Nutrition changed my life.

Jesse Watters

Fox News Primetime host

Saved my life

I would like to thank you for literally saving my life. Back in February, I had to be hospitalized while on vacation in Phoenix with an A1C of 11% and had to start taking 2 types of insulin and 2 other meds. I read the Fatburn Fix in April, and followed the program to a tee, and I’m down by 15 pounds, 6.8 A1C, and only one once weekly diabetes medicine. Prior to reading the book, it was almost impossible for me to lose weight as a diabetic. 

Leontyne Tompkins

I feel free

For the last month, I have really been reading all labels on everything. I have completely remove those 8 oils you talk about. I must tell you, I feel great! I have more energy and I am now 197 lbs (have always been around 205 to 210lbs). I eat potatoes with real butter, grass fed steak, pasta with the right toppings. I eat everything! I seem to crave less sugar. I love it! 

Robert Kirkendall

I feel so much better

I had terrible aches and pains everywhere in my body, my hands, shoulders and knees. I feel so much better and the way I feel is motivating me every day! Thank you

Mike Deb Wootan Burcin

Better than ever

I am an anesthesiologist in Orlando and a huge fan of both of your books! I have been incorporating your principles for the last 10 months and feel that my health is better than ever.

Marnie Robinson, MD

My allergies disappeared

The biggest difference for me (and a surprising one) is that my allergies have almost completely disappeared! This is a big deal for me, because I’ve had allergies most of my life and they have often affected what I do which is a teaching music in [a public school district].  In general, I feel much better and have more consistent energy throughout the day.

Erica Turrell

Heart Palpitations have Stopped

I’ve lost 20+ pounds (also fasting 16-24 hours daily) and haven’t had palpitations except for one occasion — I had a mini bag of Fritos for the first time in July. And, I feel better now on a daily basis than I ever did all through college.

Mike Wright

Deep Nutrition and Fatburn Fix reader

I’ve lost over 50 pounds

I’ve lost over 50 pounds. I’m 56 years old. Cutting processed food and unhealthy fats from my diet was one of the first things I did on my health recovery journey...I went cold turkey off the bad oils. Emptied my pantry into the trash and just started eating real food

Mitzi Wilkinson Champion

Knowledge I didn’t know I needed

Your Fatburn Fix book is amazing, my friend. Thank you! I’m an Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner and I know my stuff. This is the extra layer of knowledge I didn’t know I needed. Well done!

Jennifer Dillman

Fatburn Fix reader

Lost a solid 20 lbs and my bloodwork is great

I have lost a solid 20 lbs and my bloodwork (after 3 months of eating your way) was even better! I was metabolically healthy (per your book) before I read your book, but barely. Lowering my weight, sealed the deal! I have been talking about you and your book to anyone who will listen...Thank you for all you’ve done and what you continue to do! You are changing lives for the better!

Missy Cramer

FatBurn Fix reader

Lost 20 lbs I could never shed

I love your Fatburn Fix!  Has helped me so so much!  I have had the dreaded weight all my life - 20 or so pounds I could never shed.  I have lost that now. I only eat 2 meals a day lunch and dinner with a glass of milk or cappuccino around 4 to hold me over. No snacking and not bad oils.  It has been the key to unlocking my fatburn.  I work out in the am and believe I am burning fat for energy not from food!

Lauren Smith

http://mcmahonmed.com

I feel great

My waist is four inches smaller. I feel great and many of the minor aches and pains that I had (knees and lower back) are gone. Also, my muscle tone is amazing, even though I have not increased my workout routine.

Richard Janelle

Completed Dr Cate's online course

The go-to for strength and conditioning coaches

Whenever I advise my clients about eating to perform I go straight to what I have learned from Dr. Cate. Her book Deep Nutrition has become the go-to for strength and conditioning coaches across the country.

Kent Matthes

Major League Baseball Agent with WME Sports

Dismantles the lie

Dr. Cate dismantles the lie that seed oils are healthy, which may the biggest lie about nutrition and health because it’s so insidious.  

Ken D Berry, MD

Author of Lies My Doctor Told Me

She knows the chemistry

Dr. Cate alerts us to the harms of seed oils and she’s convincing because she knows the chemistry better than anyone.

Dr. Drew Pinskey, MD

Globally recognized internal medicine and addiction medicine specialist, media personality, LoveLine Host, and New York Times bestselling author

No one is better at communicating nutritional truth

Dr. Cate has had the single greatest impact on how we talk to people about fueling for both performance or durability. While we all are a little unique, the foundational principles of human nutrition are immutable. If you are looking to create a more durable, resilient body, no one is better at communicating nutritional truth than Dr. Cate.

Dr. Kelly Starrett

Physiotherapist coach and New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author

Highly recommend The Fatburn Fix

Dr. Shanahan has had a significant impact on my practice of medicine. I am known as a Low Carb Doctor, but I never really appreciated the negative effects of processed seed oils on the health of my patients. I highly recommend The Fatburn Fix to my patients and have a loaner copy in my waiting room. It is amazing how quickly blood sugars and overall health improves with cutting seed oils. It is not just about the carbs!

Dr. Brian Lenkzes, MD

CEO of LowCarbMD San Diego, co-host of Low Carb MD Podcast and host of Life's Best Medicine Podcast

Respected in the sports world

Dr. Cate reordered my diet when I was with the L.A. Lakers, and the benefits, for me personally, were felt immediately and have served me to this day. I’ve come to take real food so seriously I started a small family farm. I know of no M.D./nutritionist more respected in the sports world than Dr. Cate Shanahan.

Chris Kaman

NBA Player

Brought seed oil issue front and center

Cate brought the seed oil issue front and center. Healthy fats matter. So much so that I created an entire product line to swap out bad fats with good.

Mark Sisson

Founding Father of the Primal/Paleo Movement

Optimal health starts with food

If you want to understand how optimal health starts with food, start with Dr. Cate. Her book Deep Nutrition leaves you with an appreciation of the profound relationship between our genes and the planet, inspiring us to be good shepherds of both.

Dallas Hartwig

Attribution author of The Whole 30

Helped me with endurance

Deep Nutrition really helped me with endurance. I started to feel better as a player. I was able to run more, I was able to be more active …and I just decided to keep going with it to this day.

Dwight Howard

NBA Player

Silver bullet for me

Dr Cate’s teachings helped me lose 60 pounds like it was nothing. It was like a silver bullet for me.

Paul Grewal, MD 

Dr Grewal Internal Medicine, MD, author of Genius Foods

Radically improve your health…

Dr. Shanahan has provided a solid reference that deserves a place in the library of anyone who is seriously interested in nutrition. Her perspective on the vital role that healthy fat has in our diet is novel and, if implemented, can radically improve your health.

Dr. Joseph Mercola

Author of Fat for Fuel and Founder of Mercola.com

Pull up a chair…

I have based my work on the idea that getting the right kinds of healthy fats into your body and avoiding the worst fats is essential to optimal health. I've interviewed dozens of the world's top experts about this, and I know of no one who speaks more eloquently on this topic than Dr Cate. If she’s talking fats, pull up a chair. Take notes.

Dave Asprey

Author of the Bulletproof Diet

The key to unlocking my fatburn

I love your Fatburn Fix!  Has helped me so so much!  I have had the dreaded weight all my life - 20 or so pounds I could never shed.  I have lost that now. I only eat 2 meals a day lunch and dinner with a glass of milk or cappuccino around 4 to hold me over. No snacking and not bad oils.  It has been the key to unlocking my fatburn.  

Lauren Smith

Saved my life

I would like to thank you for literally saving my life. Back in February, I had to be hospitalized while on vacation in Phoenix with an A1C of 11% and had to start taking 2 types of insulin and 2 other meds. I read the Fatburn Fix in April, and followed the program to a tee, and I’m down by 15 pounds, 6.8 A1C, and only one once weekly diabetes medicine. 

Leontyne Tompkins

> Tears of joy

 I'm crying tears of joy and appreciation for all you've done for me and my health! Without Deep Nutrition and Fatburn Fix, I would literally still be in the vicious cycle I'd been fighting all my life! In a nutshell - I am no longer a compulsive overeating addict suffering under the crushing 'thumb' of all food and alcohol.     

Penni Wicks

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One chapter, called “Beyond Calories,” discusses how the standard advice to “eat less and exercise more” never worked for my patients, and how focusing instead on the information in our food helped revitalize people’s health. But for the most part, weight loss took a back seat because not all of my patients had weight trouble, and those who did experienced so many health improvements before they lost much weight.

The FatBurn Fix extends the “beyond calories” conversation. The book takes you along for a deep dive into the unexamined relationship between the ridiculous amount of PUFA now in our diets, and what that does to our metabolism. It explores how your metabolism affects your mood, your energy, and your risk of diseases. It talks about when calories matter and when they don’t. And most of all, it talks about how PUFA in our body fat interferes with our ability to burn body fat, thus turning your body fat from a source of energy on demand to an inflammation-prone burden.

The FatBurn Fix focuses on helping you burn your body fat. 

Most people intuitively feel their weight has something to do with their medical problems. And that losing weight will help.

The assumption is that losing weight is the first goal; that weight loss alone helps people’s health. But that’s exactly backward. 

It’s true that weight gain and diabetes and conditions like gout, arthritis, fatty liver and auto-immune diseases all run together. But we’ve got our cause and effect reversed. The reality is the process of developing diabetes starts before you gain weight.  It starts the minute you begin to lose your natural ability to burn body fat. When you can’t burn your body fat, you gain weight. Inability to burn body fat makes you feel like eating more and exercising less. And that makes you gain even more weight.

It’s not you that wants to overeat. It’s not you that doesn’t have the energy to exercise. It’s your metabolism. If you’ve gained and been unable to lose or lost multiple times and regained, it’s your metabolism that’s the problem. Not YOU. Not your willpower.

The FatBurn Fix also shows you that even aside from weight gain, even if you gain very little weight or none at all, once you’ve lost your ability to burn body fat, your metabolism begins a downward spiral of worsening health.

Or course, you can easily fix your metabolism. It’s a no brainer.

That’s why I wrote the FatBurn Fix

Between 2010 and 2013 I traveled the USA to visit the top weight loss MDs in the country. What I saw was not good. Most people were only able to lose a portion of the weight they wanted to lose before dropping out of the program and eventually coming back even heavier. Every last person blamed themselves for their failures and although the doctors kindly told them that it’s not their fault, it didn’t really help the fact that they felt like failures. The philosophy of these practitioners was that obesity is a disease and, like asthma or gout or so many other diseases, you can have flare ups.

I became convinced those ‘flare ups’ occur because of something we’re overlooking.

I found my answer when I starting paying attention to how having all that PUFA in our body fat disrupts our ability to use it for fuel. If you can’t burn your body fat, you’re going to have a really hard time losing weight. In fact, you’re not ready to lose weight until you can burn your body fat between meals.

Essentially, your body fat becomes less and less visible to your cells.

So your brain thinks you’re starving and forces you to go eat

When your body can’t ‘see’ your body fat, you feel tired and hungry and have a series metabolic problems that set you up to develop not just morbid obesity but also serious metabolic diseases including heart attacks, cancer and degenerative neurologic diseases.

When you’re not good at burning body fat you can’t jump right into an exercise program and expect to start burning fat, nor can you cut your calories for long enough to lose much weight before you get overwhelming feelings of extreme hunger or fatigue–or other problems. Losing weight without a healthy metabolism is an ordeal filled with deprivation and fatigue. That’s why its best to focus on getting good at burning body fat first, then focus on cutting back your calories.

That probably sounds surprising.

But I don’t think it surprises anyone for long. After all, it’s intuitively obvious that you have to be able to burn body fat before you are ready to lose body fat. Most people assume they’ll be able to burn body fat by exercising. But exercise does not burn much fat when your metabolism is damaged.

What happens if you try to lose weight with exercising or low calorie diets when your body fat is still invisible to your cells?

If you can’t burn your body fat, calorie restriction and too much exercise can make you feel so bad that you give up. It may also worsen prediabetes.

How can exercise backfire this way?

What’s happening is that your body resists burning body fat even during exercise because your body fat is loaded with pro-inflammatory PUFAs from a lifetime of eating seed oils. To get energy your body must burn more sugar than your bloodstream is designed to handle. When your body needs so much sugar, you feel hypoglycemia (brain fog, shaky, etc.) after certain meals or after you’ve been very active. What happens to you next is your body starts converting muscle protein to sugar. In fact, this can even further damage your ability to burn your body fat and turn a prediabetic into a diabetic.

If you’re healthy enough that you’re really good at burning your body fat, you can exercise and the weight will melt off. You can intermittent fast. You can also jump right in to a low carb or keto diet. Losing weight is relatively quick and painless.

How can you burn ‘invisible’ body fat?

You can fix the problem of ‘invisible’ body fat very easily. You can eat foods that help your body ‘see’ the energy stored in your body fat. You’ll start by learning which foods sustain your energy between meals and that will very quickly revive your body’s ability to burn fat for fuel. The Fatburn Fix also teaches you what kinds of foods  give you the feelings of satiety, so you can cut back on calories and never feel hungry. You’ll soon find that you actually get more energized the longer you go without eating.

The exact foods you need to eat to begin with are different from person to person. The tool I use to help identify what my patients need to eat is a quiz that give you a number between 0 and 100, something I call your FatBurn FACTOR. Knowing your FatBurn Factor is one of the tools you’ll get in the FatBurn Fix book that enable you to match your foods to the current state of your metabolic health.

In fact, you can take the FatBurn Factor quiz for free, right now, right here.

Whether you need to lose weight or just want to boost your energy and optimize your health, the FatBurn Fix will help. I hope you find it fun to read and useful.