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Catherine Shanahan

Catherine Shanahan is a board-certified family physician and nutrition author focused on metabolism, traditional diets, and processed fats. ((https://us.macmillan.com/author/catherineshanahan/)) She wrote Deep Nutrition, The Fatburn Fix, and Dark Calories; Deep Nutrition was named one of Sports Illustrated’s Best Health and Wellness Books of 2017, and she serves as director of the Los Angeles Lakers’ PRO Nutrition Program. ((https://drcate.com/))

Biographie et Parcours de l'Auteur

Catherine Shanahan built her career at the intersection of medicine, biochemistry, and nutrition. After earning a BS in biology from Rutgers University, training in biochemistry and genetics at Cornell University’s graduate school, and attending Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, she spent about a decade practicing family medicine in Hawaii. Shanahan has traced her interest in nutrition to her own experience as a competitive athlete dealing with injuries, but Hawaii proved to be the deeper turning point: there she studied ethnobotany and paid close attention to the food traditions of her healthiest patients. That mix of clinical practice, scientific training, and observation became the foundation of her later writing and public work. ((https://drcate.com/about-dr-cate/))

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I was shocked to discover the truth about the nutrition science all doctors and dietitians learn
-Why Your Genes Need Traditional Food
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Deep Nutrition was intended to help readers free themselves of medications and look and feel better about being overweight
-The FatBurn Fix
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Today, most of our calories come from either toxic seed oils or blood-sugar-elevating carbohydrates and sweets
-Deep Nutrition Made Simple
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The secret to weight loss is pretty simple: Burn more body fat than you build
-How Eliminating Seed Oils Boosts Metabolism & Fat Loss
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Once you understand where the real danger lies, your choices become simpler—not harder
-Why Avoiding Seed Oils Protects You Far More Than Going Glyphosate-Free
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So if you want fries, but don’t want fried arteries, use tallow
-French Fries are the Least Healthy Fast Food, But Not Tallow Fries
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And guess what: I got better
-Why go against the medical grain?
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I hope this story convinces you that the AHA does not have your best interests at heart
-Cholesterol: What the American Heart Association is Hiding from You

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