Catherine Shanahan
Catherine Shanahan is a board-certified family physician and nutrition author focused on metabolism, traditional diets, and processed fats. ((https://us.macmillan.com/author/catherineshanahan/)) She wrote Deep Nutrition, The Fatburn Fix, and Dark Calories; Deep Nutrition was named one of Sports Illustrated’s Best Health and Wellness Books of 2017, and she serves as director of the Los Angeles Lakers’ PRO Nutrition Program. ((https://drcate.com/))
Biography & Author's Journey
Catherine Shanahan built her career at the intersection of medicine, biochemistry, and nutrition. After earning a BS in biology from Rutgers University, training in biochemistry and genetics at Cornell University’s graduate school, and attending Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, she spent about a decade practicing family medicine in Hawaii. Shanahan has traced her interest in nutrition to her own experience as a competitive athlete dealing with injuries, but Hawaii proved to be the deeper turning point: there she studied ethnobotany and paid close attention to the food traditions of her healthiest patients. That mix of clinical practice, scientific training, and observation became the foundation of her later writing and public work. ((https://drcate.com/about-dr-cate/))
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"Dr. Cate Shanahan provides the best explanation I've found for how many modern foods are literally creating disease within our cells"
— Wellness Mama
"In the must-read, The Fatburn Fix, Cate Shanahan provides a concrete, evidence-based approach for people to approach metabolism and weight loss"
— Tro Kalayjian
"Dr. Cate Shanahan beautifully presents the scientific evidence why traditional foods can keep us lean and disease-free today"
— Vani Hari
"I know of no M.D./nutritionist more respected in the sports world than Dr. Cate Shanahan"
— Chris Kaman
"Dr. Cate Shanahan is a great leader in the crusade against refined seed oils as the single most destructive food to human health"
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