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This Menu:

The following posts are in alphabetical order (by category and title):

1. Carbohydrates:
   1. Carbohydrates, A Review (not quite finished)
   2. Carbs: Resistant Starch (RS)
   3. Carbs: Inulin (a non-starchy carb)
2. Cholesterol; see Notes on Natural Health & Healing Topics, A-C, under “Cholesterol”
   1. Higher cholesterol levels (both HDL, LDL) are associated with longer life; from Mercola; saved pdf copy at HEALTH-NUTRITION / PODCASTS-ARTICLES / MERCOLA > Cholesterol-HigherLevelsAssocWithLongerLife.pdf
3. Choline and related nutrients
   1. Choline, Inositol, and Insulin Resistance; see also Insulin Resistance section below
   2. Choline & Lecithin
   3. Other sites:
      • Chris Masterjohn’s Choline database (1)
4. Dairy:
   1. Does Commercial Milk Make You Sick? (moved from my old iWeb blog)
   2. The Rising Cost of Milk (moved from my old iWeb blog)
5. Diet and Health topics:
   1. Calories: Not all Calories are Created Equal
   2. Detox and Detox Diet 
      • Detox Diet Considerations; see also:
        • Detox (About), including Introduction to Several Detox Methods;
        • Detox with Bentonite Clay (Included in Detoxing from Heavy Metals & Other Toxins); see also Heavy Metal Toxicity (Overview)
        • Detox from Toxic Heavy Metals; see also “Heavy Metals” section, below, for more articles on this topic
        • Detox Your Liver (see Cat’s Notes About the Liver which has been moved from Notes on Natural Health Healing Topics, J – P under “Liver Detox”)
        • Glyphosate (Roundup): How to Detox from Your Body
        • Heavy Metal Detox: see also “Heavy Metals” section, below, for more related articles
        • Other sites:
          • TTAC: 3-Ways to Detox with Iodine: Detox from Halides, Heavy Metals, and Boost your Liver and Kidneys (4a)
          • TTAC: Why Detoxification Is Essential for Health (+7 Most Common Toxins) (ref 4b)
   3. Diet For Health
      • Part 1: General recommendations
      • Part 2: Cat’s diet summary (includes keto summary)
      • Part 3: Procuring healthful food
   4. Diet Solution and Metabolic Type, Cat’s notes from the Diet Solution video
   5. Food Combining: Acidifying and Alkalizing Foods (includes charts)
   6. Health Recovery Diet, with Coconut Oil
   7. Heavy Metals:
      • Heavy Metal Toxicity (Overview)
      • Heavy Metal Toxicity: Testing and Treatment (was “HM_TestTreat” on iWeb)
      • Heavy Metal Exposure & Damage  (was “HM_Exposure” on iWeb)
      • Heavy Metal Toxicity Symptoms (was “HM_Symptoms on iWeb)
      • Heavy Metal Detox (Detox from Toxic Heavy Metals)
        • Chlorella and Cilantro Heavy-Metal Detox Protocol (moved from Detox from Toxic Heavy Metals)
        • BioSil and Pectasol-C Heavy Metal Detox Protocol (moved from Detox from Toxic Heavy Metals, but needs more info)
      • Mercury Toxicity:
        • Disease and Exposure (was “HM_MercuryExposure” on iWeb) 
        • Affects of Mercury Toxicity (was “HM_MercuryAffect” on iWeb)
      • Other sites (on Heavy Metals):
        • Green Med Info: Five Natural Detoxifiers for a Healthy Year [focus on heavy metals]
        • Dr Mercola: jahealthadvocate.com/healing-therapies/dr-mercola-and-chris-shade-on-heavy-metal-detoxification (2017 article) [NOTE: Mercola closes down his articles after 2 days, so JA Health Advocate copied and posted this article for future reference.]
        • Dr. Mercola: mercola.com/article/mercury/detox_protocol.htm [I’ve saved this as pdf on Cat’sKitchen: Mercury Detoxification Protocol]
   8. Important Nutrients: We may not get enough
   9. Ketogenic Diet (Intro)
      • Daily Outline
      • Carb/Protein/Fat (CPF) Counters (Tables)(by food category)
      • Cyclical Ketogenic Diet (CKD) and Metabolic Mitochondrial Therapy (MMT)
   10. Notes on Natural Health/Healing Topics Menu
6. Dietary Fats & Oils; see also “Cholesterol,” above
   1. Intro: Includes a Menu for this section, plus intro text
   2. About Fats, an Introduction (includes the old iWeb “Fat’s Menu”)
   3. Fats & FattyAcids
   4. Omega-3 Fatty Acids
   5. Omega-6 Fatty Acids
   6. Butyrate (4- carbon fatty acid)
   7. Saturated Fats Part 1: The Good Rap (originally from Foods About on iWeb site)
   8. Saturated Fats Part 2: A Big Dupe
   9. Saturated Fats, Part 3: A Bad Rap
   10. Healthful fatty foods and oils (and not-healthful fats to avoid)
   11. Artificial Trans-Fats no longer Recognized as Safe
   12. Chemically-Altered Fats
7. Fasting
   1. Veggie Juice Fast Menu
   2. See also Insulin Resistance section, below, regarding fasting to reduce risk of Insulin Resistance and Type-2 Diabetes
8. Fulvic and Humic Acids (from rich, ancient soil) < need article; until then, see
   1. Catsfork: Detox from Toxic Heavy Metals (Fulvic and Humic Acids Section)
   2. Catsfork: Notes on Natural Health/Healing Topics: Fulvic and Humic Acids
   3. Other sites:
      • Green Med Info: greenmedinfo.health/blog/little-known-miracle-life-fulvic-acid
      • Green Smoothie Girl: greensmoothiegirl.com/fulvic-acid-humic-acid/
9. Heart Health
   1. His & Hers: Matters of the Heart (originally from The EssentiaList)
10. Herbs; see also Herbs and Spices (About)
    1. Top 26 Herbal Supplements You’re Not Taking (5); I note that I do take several of them.
11. Homeopathy: Introduction to Homeopathy, an introduction to a natural form of healing
12. Insulin Resistance (IR), High Blood Sugar, and Metabolic Syndrome
    1. Cat’s Notes on Health Topics H – I; scroll down to “Insulin Resistance”
    2. Choline, Inositol, and Insulin Resistance
    3. Supplements, Herbs for Insulin Resistance
    4. Cat’s Notes on Health Topics H – I; scroll down to “Insulin Resistance”
    5. Fasting to Reduce Insulin Resistance and Type-2 Diabetes  and related article by Dr. Mercola (6)
    6. The following (with one exception) have been moved and updated from my old iWeb blog:
       1. Insulin: Master Regulator
       2. IR Intro: Insulin, IR and Metabolic Syndrome
       3. IR: A Look at Causes; see also my pdf: “Adipose Tissue: White and Brown Fat” as “Brown Fat” is discussed in this article.
       4. IR: Controlling and Reversing this Disease
       5. IR: Hormone Imbalance-I (about 5 hormone blocks and healing a leaky gut); new Apr 29, 2021; updated May 7, 2021
       6. IR: Hormone Imbalance-II (video links, from Rosemarie Lascalzo)
       7. IR and the Leptin Connection
       8. IR: Leptin and Lectins
    7. I’m also just learning about the connection between mTOR and Insulin Resistance (Oct  ’21). See my notes from a video: “The CEO of Aging” with Dr Ron Rosedale (see 82 min video at vimeo.com/531097610, tho it may only be available for a short time).
       • From Wikipedia: mTOR stands for “mammalian target of rapamycin.” … “The mTOR pathway is a central regulator of mammalian metabolism and physiology.” 
       • For more about mTOR, see pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19100909/;
       • For its effects on aging, see mTOR in aging, metabolism, and cancer (pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/23317514)
       • NOTE: pubmed and ncbi articles are about peer-reviewed, published scientific research
    8. Other Sites:
       • Broken Brain Podcasts list, Dr. Mark Hyman (2);
       • Broken Brain, Individual podcasts regarding IR:
         1. #223: How IR Destroys Your Brain, with Dhru Purohit & Dr Ben Bikman, 1 hr, 42 min (2a)
         2. #154: The Mind-Blowing Science of Fat-Burning and Insulin Resistance with Dr. Benjamin Bikman”  1 hr, 25 min (2b)
13. Minerals
    1. Minerals (About)
    2. Magnesium (About)
    3. Magnesium Chloride, 80% Solution
    4. The Importance of Dietary Magnesium (originally from The EssentiaList)
    5. Other Sites:
       • TTAC: 3-Ways to Detox with Iodine: Detox from Halides, Heavy Metals, and Boost your Liver and Kidneys (from The Truth About Cancer (4a))
       • Mercola: The Secret of Zinc’s Immunity-Boosting Power Revealed (6c)
14. Miscellaneous:
    1. Lectins: what they are, and how to deal with them
    2. MTHFR Gene Mutation: Dietary and Testing Recommendations
    3. Other Sites:
       • The Power of Mushrooms: Nutrition, Benefits, & Risks of Edible Mushrooms (3a)
15. Light: Sunlight, LED Light
    1. The Vital Importance on Sunlight; The work of Dr. John Nash Ott
    2. LED Light: Orange Glasses to Protect your Eyes (pdf), by Cat originally for The EssentiaList)
16. Supplements:
    1. Supplements vs Whole Foods (Intro) plus the following:
    2. Supplements for Insulin Resistance; see also Insulin Resistance section above
    3. Supplements to Reduce Estrogen Dominance
    4. Supplements I use (updated May 2021 for changes made since 2019)
    5. Supplements & Whole Foods in my Morning Smoothie
    6. Herbal Supplements you may not be Taking
    7. Probiotic & Prebiotic Supplements
    8. Other Sites:
       • Mercola article: User’s Guide for Timing of Nutritional Supplements; article link may no longer be available after 2/8/22, so I’ve saved it as a pdf: HEALTH-NUTRITION / PODCASTS / MERCOLA ARTICLES > NutritionalSupplementTiming_020622.pdf. See also my Notes on Health/Healing Topics Q-Z, under “Supplements”
17. Weight Problems:
    1. Obesity 101 (fats vs carbs)
    2. Obesity 102 (the importance of dietary fats to resolve a metabolic problem)
    3. IR: Hormone Imbalance-I (about 5 hormone blocks and healing a leaky gut); new Apr 29, 2021; updated May 7, 2021
18.  Vitamins: (Vitamins are classified as either water- or fat-soluble; fat-soluble vitamins are more readily stored  in the human body than water-soluble vitamins; this means that water-soluble vitamins must be taken more regularly).
    1. Vitamins: Intro
    2. Water Soluble Vitamins:
       • Vitamin B-Complex < needs minor updates
         • Choline, Inositol, and Insulin Resistance; ; see also Insulin Resistance section above
         • Choline & Lecithin
       • Vitamin C
    3. Fat Soluble Vitamins:
       • Vitamin A (includes section on A:D ratio, and Cod Liver Oil debate)
       • Vitamin D (See also The Vital Importance on Sunlight; The work of Dr. John Nash Ott)
       • Vitamin E
       • Vitamin F (a.k.a. fatty acids): see also Essential Fatty Acids: A Case of Balance
       • Vitamin K (two types: K1 or phylloquinone, ad K2 or menaquinone), a lesser-known vitamin
       • Other Sites
         • Food Revolution on Vitamin K: Benefits, How to Get It, and How Much You Need (3b)
         • Interesting note (3b): “Vitamin D, another fat-soluble vitamin, works closely with vitamin K to perform various bodily functions, like regulating calcium metabolism for bone and heart health.”

References:

1. chrismasterjohnphd.com/…/the-choline-database
2. Broken Brain: List of podcasts with Dhru Purohit: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/broken-brain-with-dhru-purohit/id1381257272
   1. #223: “How Insulin Resistance Destroys Your Brain with Dr. Benjamin Bikman“
   2. #154: “The Mind-Blowing Science of Fat-Burning and Insulin Resistance with Dr. Benjamin Bikman“
3. Food Revolution:
   1.  The Power of Mushrooms: Nutrition, Benefits, & Risks of Edible Mushrooms
   2. Vitamin K: Benefits, Where to Get It, and How Much You Need
4. TTAC (The Truth About Cancer:
   1. 3-Ways to Detox with Iodine)
   2. thetruthaboutcancer.com/body-detoxification-vibrant-health/ Cat’s note: There may be a security issue on the cited page regarding the link to download a new book: Detox Secrets for Vibrant Health; I’ve alerted TTAC (4/14/21) of this problem.
5. Top 26 Herbal Supplements You’re Not Taking a pdf file; I’ve saved my copy: HEALTH-NUTRITION / 2 PODCASTS-ARTICLES / eBooks> Herbs-Top26-ebook_092321.pdf
6. Mercola: [NOTE: because he removes his articles 24 hours after publishing, I save those of interest to me in: HEALTH-NUTRITION / PODCASTS-ARTICLES / MERCOLA ARTICLES > (file)]
   1. articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2022/02/25/fasting-for-diabetes.aspx       [saved MERCOLA ARTICLES > Fasting-TmtStrategy-Diabetes-IR_022422.pdf]
   2. The Secret of Zinc’s Immunity-Boosting Power Revealed [saved as [saved MERCOLA ARTICLES > Zinc-ImmunityBoostingPowerRevealed_MCL_041622.pdf]
   3.