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You Deserve the Truth
For decades, we’ve followed nutrition advice that has left us sicker and increasingly dependent on medications. I dig into the science to expose why that advice fails us and reveal what you were never told.
Your Body Knows How to Heal
Every cell in your body is infused with Nature’s incredible intelligence. Give your body the nourishment it was designed for, remove what’s working against it, and you give that intelligence a chance to do what it does best: heal.
I’m Fighting for Your Health
You’ve been bombarded with conflicting advice about what to eat and what to avoid. By pinpointing exactly where nutrition science went wrong, Dr. Cate cuts through the noise to reveal the simple truths you need to transform your health.
DARK CALORIES
How Vegetable Oils Destroy Our Health and How We Can Get It Back
“In plain language, Dr. Cate spells out the science that documents the dangers of seed oils, and her sensible advice guides the reader through all the misinformation and conflicting dogmas about how to eat. Dark Calories is an invitation to join the growing community of people invested in creating true health.”
—Andrew Weil, MD, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Spontaneous Healing, Healthy Aging, and more
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Recent Articles
Here are the latest articles that we have published to help you protect your health. Because the medical system does not know how.
What if our diet can cause cancer? An overlooked theory on carcinogenesis
Medical science has failed to cure cancer. It’s time to rethink the cause of cancer. Most of us have been taught to think the origin of cancer is a genetic mutation. A stray radiation particle, or some toxin, causes an unlucky DNA mutation. That mutation gives rise to a cancer cell, which divides and divides…
The Truth About Coronary Calcium Tests
What A Coronary Calcium Test Can—and Can’t—Tell You About Your Heart Attack Risk The way most doctors use these tests exemplifies structural failures of the healthcare industry as a whole. I’ve gotten numerous requests to write an article on coronary calcium tests over the years. Then I met George, whose experience within the medical system…
Menopause Symptoms Aren’t a Hormone Problem—They’re a Metabolic Problem
Menopause Symptoms Weren’t Always Common In the early 2000s, I was living in Kauai and working at the Kalaheo clinic as a family doc. At the time, I didn’t realize it—but I had a window into the past, a perspective on menopause that’s now almost impossible to find. Among my patients who were born and…
How to Lose Visceral Fat (And Why Most Advice Gets It Wrong)
We don’t like it, this spare tire of shame. We’d like to trade it in for a six-pack of pride. It’s not just vanity, either. As you’ve probably heard, belly fat—visceral fat—does not speak well of our metabolic health. But here’s what you probably haven’t heard. Visceral fat is not due to lack of exercise…
The Best Cure for Post Holiday Sugar Cravings
How to Stop Sugar Cravings After the Holidays If you struggle with sugar cravings, the holidays can feel like a complete derailment of your progress. But it’s not as bad as it feels. These cravings are not a personal failure—they reflect an underlying metabolic issue that was never fully resolved. Until that issue is addressed,…
The 2025 Dietary Guidelines Are Beginning to Acknowledge the Problems with Seed Oils
Why It Matters That Seed Oils Are Being Recognized as Ultra-Processed The US Dietary Guidelines will be released in just a few days. They are expected to make a historic change regarding refined seed oils. Departing from decades of guidance that treats these oils as an unqualified nutritional upgrade, they’re calling out the fact that…
It helped. I feel great.
"It’s helped. I feel great."
This has been life changing
"Let me tell you this has been life-changing. I have all of her books, in audible and ebooks! I have gotten rid of all the hateful 8 oils. I have trained my body to eat its own previously toxic body fat. Download that pod it's a game changer!"
Life changing
Deep Nutrition changed my life.
The go-to for strength and conditioning coaches
Whenever I advise my clients about eating to perform I go straight to what I have learned from Dr. Cate. Her book Deep Nutrition has become the go-to for strength and conditioning coaches across the country.
Dismantles the lie
Dr. Cate dismantles the lie that seed oils are healthy, which may the biggest lie about nutrition and health because it’s so insidious.
She knows the chemistry
Dr. Cate alerts us to the harms of seed oils and she’s convincing because she knows the chemistry better than anyone.
No one is better at communicating nutritional truth
Dr. Cate has had the single greatest impact on how we talk to people about fueling for both performance or durability. While we all are a little unique, the foundational principles of human nutrition are immutable. If you are looking to create a more durable, resilient body, no one is better at communicating nutritional truth than Dr. Cate.
Highly recommend The Fatburn Fix
Dr. Shanahan has had a significant impact on my practice of medicine. I am known as a Low Carb Doctor, but I never really appreciated the negative effects of processed seed oils on the health of my patients. I highly recommend The Fatburn Fix to my patients and have a loaner copy in my waiting room. It is amazing how quickly blood sugars and overall health improves with cutting seed oils. It is not just about the carbs!
Respected in the sports world
Dr. Cate reordered my diet when I was with the L.A. Lakers, and the benefits, for me personally, were felt immediately and have served me to this day. I’ve come to take real food so seriously I started a small family farm. I know of no M.D./nutritionist more respected in the sports world than Dr. Cate Shanahan.
Brought seed oil issue front and center
Cate brought the seed oil issue front and center. Healthy fats matter. So much so that I created an entire product line to swap out bad fats with good.
Optimal health starts with food
If you want to understand how optimal health starts with food, start with Dr. Cate. Her book Deep Nutrition leaves you with an appreciation of the profound relationship between our genes and the planet, inspiring us to be good shepherds of both.
Helped me with endurance
Deep Nutrition really helped me with endurance. I started to feel better as a player. I was able to run more, I was able to be more active …and I just decided to keep going with it to this day.
Silver bullet for me
Dr Cate’s teachings helped me lose 60 pounds like it was nothing. It was like a silver bullet for me.
Radically improve your health…
Dr. Shanahan has provided a solid reference that deserves a place in the library of anyone who is seriously interested in nutrition. Her perspective on the vital role that healthy fat has in our diet is novel and, if implemented, can radically improve your health.
Pull up a chair…
I have based my work on the idea that getting the right kinds of healthy fats into your body and avoiding the worst fats is essential to optimal health. I've interviewed dozens of the world's top experts about this, and I know of no one who speaks more eloquently on this topic than Dr Cate. If she’s talking fats, pull up a chair. Take notes.
