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Healthful fatty foods and oils (and not-healthful fats to avoid)

Posted on April 22, 2019 by Cat

By Cat, April 2019 (Image, right, from an article on Signature Foods; link has been lost) I’ve been working on moving my health articles from my old iWeb site to this blog; in that process I review and update each … 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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Fats and Fatty Acids

Posted on April 5, 2019 by Cat

by Catherine M. Haug,  January 2008 (some content moved from Saturated Fats: The Good Rap, originally from Foods About on iWeb site) (Photo, right, from Wikimedia commons (8a) Dietary fats are a popular topic these days, especially with the resurgence of the … Continue reading →

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Fats and Oils: Smoke Point

Posted on January 13, 2018 by Cat

By Cat, Jan 2018 The smoking point of fats and oils signals the temperature at which the fat/oil begins to break down; no fat should be used at a temperature above its smoking point. For example, for deep fry above … Continue reading →

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Essential Fatty Acids: A Case of Balance

Posted on January 6, 2015 by Cat

By Cat, Jan 2007; updated Dec 2007 (Photo, right, from Wikimedia Commons) Note: I published an earlier version Nov ’13 as Essential Fatty Acids: A Case of Balance, but I updated its status to ‘draft’ until I can compare them. … Continue reading →

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