Tag Archives: diet

Supplements and Whole Foods I Use in My Morning Smoothie

Posted on May 19, 2019 by Cat

By Cat, June 2007; updated May 2019. This was originally part of my article on Cat’s Kitchen, Supplements I Use. But that article was getting too long, so I moved the section on my Morning Smoothie to this article. For … Continue reading →

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Detox Diet Considerations

Posted on April 20, 2019 by Cat

by Catherine M. Haug,  July 2007; updated Feb 2017; Apr 2019 There are many foods that can aid the elimination of heavy metals, or help detox from the effects of heavy metal toxicity.  There are other foods that should be … Continue reading →

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Diet Solution and Metabolic Type

Posted on April 19, 2019 by Cat

by Catherine M. Haug,  December 2010 (originally The Diet Solution and Metabolic Typing); updated Apr 2019 I first learned about metabolic/nutritional typing from the Diet Solution video (1). I never ordered the books, etc., but I do think their program has … Continue reading →

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Health Recovery Diet with Coconut Oil

Posted on April 18, 2019 by Cat

by Catherine M. Haug,  September, 2007; updated April 2019. Image, right, from Wikimedia Commons This diet comes from the book Eat Fat, Lose Fat by Mary G. Enig and Sally Fallon (1).   I tried this diet for several months … Continue reading →

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Diet for Health, Part 2: Cat’s Diet Summary

Posted on April 17, 2019 by Cat

by Catherine M. Haug,  January 2007; updated February 2007, August 2007, July 2008, and April and May, 2019 I grew up in the 1950s-60s, when everyone in my rural community either grew/raised most of their food, or bought them from … Continue reading →

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Diet for Health, Part 1: General Recommendations

Posted on April 15, 2019 by Cat

by Catherine M. Haug,  Jan 2007; updated Feb & Aug 1007; Jan 2014; and April 2019 There is a lot of conflicting information about diet. For example, one day you hear coffee is bad for you; the next day you … Continue reading →

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Not all Calories are Created Equal

Posted on April 9, 2019 by Cat

Catherine M. Haug, December 2006, updated April 2019 (image and bread, right, by Cat) The calorie hypothesis: “If you want to lose weight, you have to consume fewer calories than you expend,” or put another way, “to lose weight, you … Continue reading →

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Detox (About), including several detox methods

Posted on February 24, 2019 by Cat

By Cat, Feb 2019 Detox (detoxification) is “the physiological or medicinal removal of toxic substances from a living organism, including the human body, which is mainly carried out by the liver.” (11) The main detox agent in our bodies is glutathione, … Continue reading →

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Good foods to fight insulin resistance and overweight

Posted on March 27, 2018 by Cat

By Cat, March 27, 2018 If you’ve read my health articles, you will know that I have insulin resistance and am overweight. I’ve known about the former since I was in my 20s, but back then (1970s), medical docs didn’t … Continue reading →

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