Can Coconut Oil Help With Weight Loss (Part 2)
My latest post on coconut oil can help you determine if you should add coconut to you diet for weight loss, thyroid health, or other metabolism-optimizing purposes.
Dr Cate and Luke Relocate…(yes, again)
Dr Cate and Luke have always wanted to live in Napa, CA. Now's our chance!
Discover Urban Homesteading and Win Free Copy of Deep Nutrition
In much of the world, urban homesteading is an intrinsic aspect of daily life. The fact that people living below the poverty line in Africa, Asia, and South America still produce healthier babies than their counterparts in America should tell us something about the value of home-grown food and the farming skills involved in producing it.
Can Cancer Go Away Without Treatment?
The USPSTF has recognized that by treating tiny, early stage breast cancers so aggressively, doctors may also have unknowingly subjected hundreds of thousands of American women to unnecessary procedures, leading to needless complications including disfigurement and even death, all the while assuming they were saving people’s lives.
Who Should Get Vitamin D Testing?
We all know our skin makes vitamin D during sun exposure, so you’d think that most of us here in Hawaii would have plenty of vitamin D, right? Wrong. A study done on prototypical surfer-dudes in Honolulu, titled: Low Vitamin D Status Despite Abundant Sun Exposure (Binkely, 2007) found that, amazingly, more than half (51 percent) had less-than-optimal blood levels of vitamin D and were therefore putting their bodies at risk. At risk for what? Low vitamin D has been associated with overweight and obesity, as well as a variety of serious medical conditions, including cancer, heart failure, mental illness,…
Join Dr. Cate at Borders, Saturday August 8th at 2pm
Discussion and book signing of Deep Nutrition: Why Your Genes Need Traditional Food
Pay for Performance
Penalties for Doctors who Refuse to Sell Cholesterol Drugs On Wednesday July 9,2008 the Garden Island Newspaper published my Letter To The Editor (Thank you Garden Isle) I feel my patients and the people of Hawai‘i have the right to know some of what goes on behind the scenes at HMSA, our island’s number one health insurance company. This week, I will participate in a teleconference about a new initiative program created by HMSA as part of what they call “quality of care.” If you have diabetes, your doctor will be paid more if he or she convinces you to buy…
Cholesterol Pills For Kids – Stop The Madness!
I went for a job interview and was told that if I failed to get my patients LDL levels down to 100 (with drugs) "someone will sit down and talk with you."
The Best Steak in Hawaii
Grass fed steak is healthier than grain fed for three BIG reasons, and not because it's leaner!
The Best Steak In Hawaii (is a weight loss aid)
Buying (and marinating) dry aged steak is the ultimate secret weapon to creating unforgettable steak dinners!
Why go against the medical grain?
Here's the story about what led me to first to question and then to condemn the theory that cholesterol causes heart disease.
