Category Archives: Diet

Magnesium Chloride, Nano-Particle Supplement

By Catherine Haug, August 2022 In my article Minerals: Magnesium (About) I discuss why magnesium is so important, foods that are high in magnesium, and supplemental forms of magnesium. In this article, I discuss a new form I just learned about: … Continue reading

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Food Shortages and Other Crises: How to Prepare

Jun 27, 2022 I just read an interesting article from Dr. Mercola about the problem of food shortages that began with COVID-19, and how to prepare. Because he deletes his articles after 48 hours, I’ve saved a copy: HEALTH-NUTRITION /PODCASTS-ARTICLES … Continue reading

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Important nutrients, supplements: we may not get enough

By Cat, Jan 14, 2021; updated Jun 17, 2022 Back in 2021, I received an article from Ocean Robbins, on important nutrients of which we may not get enough. He opens his discussion with the following: “A predominantly plant-based diet … Continue reading

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Fat Soluble Vitamin K

By Cat, June 2007; Updated June 2019 Dr Weston Price, a dentist who studied indigenous people around the world, found that primitive peoples all had a diet rich in fat soluble vitamins, whether they ate largely meat, fish, or vegetables.  … Continue reading

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Fat-Soluble Vitamin F

By Cat, June 2019 Vitamin F is another name for essential fatty acids; see my post: Essential Fatty Acids: A Case of Balance for more about these essential fatty acids. Early in the research of Dr. Weston A. Price, he discovered a … Continue reading

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Fat Soluble Vitamin E

By Cat, June 2007; Updated June 2019 There are two main types in the fat-soluble vitamin E family: tocopherols and tocotrienols, each of which is divided into four sub-types: alpha, beta, gamma and delta, for a total of 8 sub-types in … Continue reading

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Fat Soluble Vitamin D

By Cat, June 2007; Updated May 2019 It is difficult to talk about Vitamin D without also discussing Vitamin A, as they are so intricately linked, metabolically, and are both fat soluble. Unfortunately, combining them in one article made it too … Continue reading

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Fat Soluble Vitamin A

By Cat, June 2007; Updated May 2019 It is difficult to talk about Vitamin A without also discussing Vitamin D, as they are so intricately linked, metabolically, and are both fat soluble. Unfortunately, combining them in one article made it too … Continue reading

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Vitamins: Water Soluble C

By Cat, June 2007; updated May 2019 Vitamin C is considered essential for humans because we lack the enzyme necessary to produce ascorbic acid in the liver from glucose. For this reason, it is vital that we include it in our daily … Continue reading

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Vitamins: Water Soluble B-Complex

By Cat, June 2007; updated 2016, May 2019, Nov 2021 There are 8 essential (cannot be made by the body and must be obtained from diet/supplements), and 4 “non-essential” B-vitamins (can be made by the body, but this ability decreases with … Continue reading

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