Recent Dr. Cate Articles

Dr Cate Incredulous In Front Of An Image Of An Abstract From JAMA With Headline
Science and Medical News
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April 15, 2025

Leading Nutrition Experts May Have Falsified Consumption Data In Widely Cited Seed Oil Study

JAMA Internal Medicine published the first-ever study comparing butter to seed oils. But did they fake their data? Time and again, I’ve seen supposedly peer-reviewed studies making claims in the abstract and conclusion that their data tables do not support. Especially seed oil studies. This latest journal is one of the worst examples I’ve come across. I’m going to break it down in this article. This paper is especially important. It’s the first, to my knowledge, to compare seed oils head to head with butter. More than 70 years have passed since health authorities started recommending we swap out butter…

Hangry Man Holding Knife And Fork Over An Empty Plate
Insulin Resistance
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February 4, 2025

Why do we get hangry?

Hangry is not normal hunger. Normal hunger is usually brought about by smelling food. It’s also common to feel normal hunger around our normal mealtimes because our digestive system has its own internal clock that keeps excellent track of time. (This is why your dog or cat always seems to know when it’s dinner o’clock.) Ordinary hunger does not make us angry or irritable. And unless we’ve gone for days without eating, normal hunger is a light stomach-grumbling sensation that goes away when we ignore it. Hypoglycemia makes us hangry. Hangry on on the other hand is hard to ignore.…

Row Of Supplements For Sale
Nutrition
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December 12, 2024

Why My Magnesium Supplement of Choice is Magnesium Oxide

TLDR: I use and recommend Magnesium Oxide because it is more compact and easier to swallow. Also, being physically smaller, we only need to swallow a single pill. Studies claiming it doesn’t get absorbed are suspect. My approach to supplementation is minimal. I do recommend magnesium as well as a few other minerals and vitamins. (To learn which ones and why click HERE.) One of the most common questions I get is Why do you recommend magnesium oxide and not one of the other more bioavailable magnesium formulations? This question reflects the common belief that some magnesium formulations don’t get…

Shelf Of Heart Healthy Mazola With The Words Is This Worse Than Sugar
Keto Diet
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October 13, 2024

Attention Keto Dieters: Seed Oil is Worse than Sugar

Fellow members of the keto community, keto dieters everywhere, we need to talk. I want to convince you that any amount of seed oils is way worse than small amounts of sugar. Ketones are not the miracle cure for all that ails us. A healthy metabolism is. The only reason we can’t see this is because we’ve been lied to about fats.  Seed oils destroy our metabolism. Sugar doesn’t. AFTER seed oils make us sick and insulin resistant THEN sugar can potentially become toxic to us. But because of HOW seed oils harm our body fat and mitochondria, cutting carbs…

Low Smoke Point Olive Oil On High Heat–Is It Safe?
Olive Oil
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June 10, 2024

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…

Himalayan Sea Salt Close Up For Salt Good Or Bad
Root Causes
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April 20, 2024

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,…

Blue Zones Book Cover Overlaying Map Of World Courtesy Of Commons.wikimedia.org
Anti Aging
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January 17, 2024

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?
Causes of Disease
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December 5, 2023

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.

Variety Of La Croix Flavors Against A Bubbly Background
Food
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November 9, 2022

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.

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