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Supplements and Whole Foods I Use in My Morning Smoothie

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

by Catherine M. Haug,  July 2007; updated Feb 2017; Apr 2019; May 2022 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 … Continue reading

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Diet Solution and Metabolic Type

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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