Overarching Self-Help/Health Dietary Principles
Introduction
While I have gotten sick and injured over the years, every issue since getting out of the infantry in 1987 (over 37 years ago as of this writing) has been resolved without the use of alternative medicine remedies (chiropractors, salves, herbs, lotions, supplements, tinctures, essential oils, etc.), or even so much as setting my eyes on a doctor.
I'd grown up doing much hiking, backpacking, and camping off and on, and had spent three years of my early teens hitchhiking back and forth across the US. In addition, as an adult, I spent 14 months out-of-doors on a walk-about across the US (with no credit cards or cash in my pockets). Because of these things, I've often not been near medical facilities when sick or injured. That, coupled with being self-employed since getting out of the military, and so never a part of any health plan(s) or able to afford (and/or not wanting to spend the money) to see doctors; I began realizing through self-experimentation how to go inside and listen to my body for ways of self-treatment.
Usually, an acute injury-specific treatment comes in the moments following an injury, but, there have been times when it's come in advance of injury! Frequently noted, but not realized, has been the significance of some tidbit of knowledge, only to have an aha-moment regarding it later when illness or injury occurred. Someday, the treatment that comes might be to go the "standard" care route, but that's not been the case in nearly four decades so far. This "going inside" is something everyone can cultivate.
The longer we live, the more people we know or hear about who have died, or are dying. The vast majority, in both cases, much too early for their ages, and from things that need not be.
I realize that while a few may someday venture out as I have outlined above, they may not do so immediately; and some may never. The linked to videos below represent a sampling of hundreds of hours of, likely over a thousand, videos I've watched in the past more than a decade. This, in trying to find and piece together concepts to help others in their unbelief as they wrestle with their health issues. The videos express clearly worded, easily integrated, principles. They're provided here as a reference for you, to provide you a single link to share with others that pretty much covers all the bases; and to save you from having to spend the same amount of time pouring over so many videos to create your own list as I have done.
Of the two broad categories of injury, acute and chronic, the videos address the latter, the chronic. Chronic injury, by its nature, creeps up on you, and so might not manifest "before it's too late". You must stay ahead of chronic injury.
(Speaking of chronic injury, I find no evidence that the many ailments we're told are inevitable with "aging" are true – necessarily – even the many said to be "hereditary". Virtually all appear to be the result of life choices. By and large, the (so called) inherited (so called) diseases are rooted in that the children tend to eat the same diets as they were raised eating. The only real difference being the trend toward each successive generation eating more, frequently, what are progressively more unnatural "foods." These food-poseurs are highly processed and ultra refined (including the processing/refining done at home). They're near devoid of nutrients (and grossly unbalanced nutritionally for what nutrients are there). Their macros are combined — which near never occurs in nature and so the body hasn't had to deal with that so much before (examples being, carbs combined with fat and/or carbs combined with protein — also, savory combined with sweet, etc.). And, all that, outside their season(s), in such abundance, every day of the year... which confuses, overwhelms, and wreaks havoc on the body.)
And, so, successive generations are becoming increasingly sicker, earlier, with multiple maladies, for longer.
(I have been looking for the reference to something I read early on: [something to the effect of] "What is referred to as "chronic diseases" today, used to be referred to as "diseases of civilization." And before that, "diseases of captivity." Apparently, as far back as we've found civilizations who thought it's important to keep records, there's been descriptions of ailments. And, while called something different than we call them today, their descriptions align to descriptions of diseases on our list of chronic diseases? [I believe they've been able to confirm this recently too with various testings?])
The selected videos are significant and applicable because, besides the ability to address virtually all manner of chronic (and related) ills that plague our modern civilizations too (mental, physical, psychological, etc.), they express in differing words a number of complimentary dietary general principles I see repeated. Examples, being: 1. "The body, fed only what, and in the form(s), nature's God intended, has the building blocks required to self-heal, and then is superbly equipped to do so"; 2. "Unless and until the matter of one's diet is addressed, virtually all attempts to maintain health or to heal are reduced to mere vain pursuits – only to have to be repeated, ad nauseam" (pun, not intended); (to wit), 3. "If whatever one is eating (and/or not eating) doesn't keep them well, then whatever they're eating (and/or not eating) is incorrect in either their understanding and/or their application"; and, conversely, 4. "Whatever one is eating (and/or not eating) to make oneself well, should, by definition, be what keeps them well."
There are, of course, exceptions to the above (though, few, and far between); but, again, general principles...
Audio Links
To be added.
Image Links
Bristol Stool Chart [1]
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Papers Links
To be added.
Video Links
Dr Daniel Amen
- TEDxOrangeCoast - Daniel Amen - Change Your Brain, Change Your Life (Duration: 19::09) https://youtu.be/MLKj1puoWCg?si=KvruW2MLilVw4lAX
- The most important lesson from 83,000 brain scans | Daniel Amen | TEDxOrangeCoast (14::36) https://youtu.be/esPRsT-lmw8?si=CYXYTbm74Xezw5OU
Dr. Peter Ballerstedt
- Dr. Peter Ballerstedt - 'Ruminating on Protein: Plants & Animals' (27::50) https://youtu.be/lzsEqV0Bjcs?si=CDvxJoStgrjomA5H
- Dr. Peter Ballerstedt - 'When is 'Protein' NOT Protein?' (1:04::16) https://youtu.be/-VY8YNhEpXw?si=FcTZWhWT-u6Q3_qa
Dr. Ken Berry
- I was Wrong about EXERCISE for WEIGHT LOSS (Doctor Confession) 2024 (9::35) https://youtu.be/wajA4Hc_rI4?si=kGXPAPRiTgWxRwkF
Dr. Ben Bikman
- Saturated Fat with Dr. Ben Bikman (28::54) https://youtu.be/ifmeiWoVRo0?si=cU6g4AAGvrrn0fFy
- Salt and Cardiometabolic Health with Dr. Ben Bikman (31::00) https://youtu.be/pfsZ649u-aE?si=ip2bP71j5HXjLE-G
Dr. Robert Cywes
(the #CarbAddictionDoc)
- Ep:01 Understanding Human Nutritional Biology and Evolution - by Dr. Robert Cywes (14::29) https://youtu.be/gz9Ez2IqtAI?si=HToIUvUg_Dg6iBhz
- Ep:02 Understanding Carb Addiction Part 1 - by Dr. Robert Cywes (15::27) https://youtu.be/QKEmTZRShII?si=s8IWCjV6tpSzzHql
- Ep:03 Understanding Carb Addiction Part 2 (14::48) https://youtu.be/nU3vvmVktcI?si=u1P8lXc4p2-5Uvka
- Ep:13 Ketogenic Rules For: Eating Vegetables (9::56) https://youtu.be/QsmvSFECBtQ?si=RWtFcFlKlFvFNsIe
- Ep:14 Ketogenic Rules for: Eating Fruit (6::25) https://youtu.be/fTO1LH3dPGg?si=hxhTHAXTSY3pxUTE
- Ep:15 Ketogenic Rules for: Eating Animal Products (11::10) https://youtu.be/YiCcKJ95wbo?si=2oviK1YZ7GD0JY7X
- Ep:49 Why Keto and Carnivore Diets fail 98% of the Time (13::50) https://youtu.be/9DLWzpWogsU?si=YcjtJWtN0Iioxp17
- Ep:71 WHY I LAUGH HYSTERICALLY AT CARB ADDICTS ON A KETO DIET (5::11) https://youtu.be/BCILNNerZOY?si=eob7gpUWGomvDzO8
- Ep:94 THE PSYCHOLOGY BEHIND CARB ADDICTION (15::57) https://youtu.be/Get4BoWSJvk?si=ovtYiSH88oJSQ5MC
- Ep:148 WHEN SHOULD WE EAT ON A KETO DIET? MINDBLOW TIME (11::26) https://youtu.be/pFjl1S4g2Vw?si=DuOYjit58sUkO-M1
- Ep:167 ARE YOU A CARBOHYDRATE ADDICT? SEPARATING TRUTH FROM THE SOUNDBITE (20::28) https://youtu.be/q81tBF6xk6g?si=FUmYAkYIE2srrzYe
- Ep:168 AVOID KETO DIET FAILURE: 3 CRITICAL ADDICTION FACTORS (21::53) https://youtu.be/NyB83VSr_oM?si=E7zZt3R3MF9OO6Zr
- Ep:170 TREATING YOUR CARB ADDICTION: START HERE (14::41) https://youtu.be/8lJ6b0b6PqY?si=B38dRar8XIXdRsHA
- Ep:171 THE DARK SIDE OF CARB ADDICTION (16::58) https://youtu.be/rMJrLOS3B3Q?si=5bR4h8WDwEZjVvwE
Dr. Michael Eades
- Dr. Michael Eades - 'Paleopathology and the Origins of the Low-carb Diet' (30::11) https://youtu.be/uncd7SvT94c?si=K0WhsjPdpjeXHQFq
- Dr. Mike Eades - 'Does Fat Really Burn in the Flame of Carbohydrate? (23::01) https://youtu.be/7MTNJNAZPiw?si=FuRFzJxqylj6ny4g
- Dr Michael Eades - 30 years of flawed nutritional science (55::42) https://youtu.be/oyfDsv0t6YY?si=HPz5bhPuuKlj1Ugz
- Dr Micheal Eades - Cognitive Dissonance: The scientific evidence for LCHF ignored (1:13::29) https://youtu.be/wL5513xKw1k?si=6cT4vc-c5xM3WZLj
Dr. Georgia Ede
- Change Your Diet, Change Your Mind: Ketogenic Therapy for Mental Health w/ Dr. Georgia Ede (Duration: 17::37) https://youtu.be/tvvvLkth5Q0?si=9CvMJszlAc6YwiHW
Dr Gary Fettke
- Dr Gary Fettke - Disease-causing effects of high carbohydrate diets (42::37) https://youtu.be/VVjNqbaiSiY?si=0dRinR53NcoS7NnV
Dr. Max Gulhane
- 'Identifying & Eliminating Visceral Fat for Optimal Health' (38::10) https://youtu.be/pa6Gg2P67yM?si=hrSizz_wHn8LwjmN
- 'Animal fats and seed oils: the Good, the Bad, the Ugly' (34::50) https://youtu.be/ReEvstNhHmA?si=KpWl6CF4GzGXJYJy
Dr Zoe Harcombe
- Dr. Zoë Harcombe - 'What about fiber?' (29::56) https://youtu.be/4KrmpK_Lckg?si=o_j1TtaUrlFG4JRW
- Dr Zoe Harcombe - Should We Be Vegan (31::24) https://youtu.be/DsQMCUgjbZA?si=Il1PxTBsGou1OcVd
- Dr Zoe Harcombe - Nutritional nuggets to combat conventional dietary guidelines (45::06) https://youtu.be/9-PhPsJPzsI?si=-v0I8U-B0TUTX9u0
- Dr Zoe Harcombe - The Obesity Epidemic: What caused it? How can we stop it? (45::30) https://youtu.be/tPjKJfajhAw?si=V645al_MGWMvAoam
Ally Houston
- My Mental Health and Nutrition (8::52) https://youtu.be/KT2f4lcDq4A?si=CP2viiDevmBQIBpZ
Dr. Robert Lustig
- Hidden Belly Fat: The Warning Signs You're Overweight & Not Healthy | Dr. Robert Lustig (15::21) https://youtu.be/NZNVOHM2uM4?si=x3PFk65lXV5_Wuen
- "The BIGGEST Lie in the History of Medicine" | Dr. Robert Lustig (13::51) https://youtu.be/aD7y03rDmFE?si=qiW4iKgagt96GRib
Dr. Paul Mason
- Dr. Paul Mason - 'From fibre to the microbiome: low carb gut health' (22::41) https://youtu.be/xqUO4P9ADI0?si=lgq8PH3akpIrIvIm
- Dr. Paul Mason - 'The corrupt history of the food pyramid' (21::42) https://youtu.be/SOgH9LDwBzY?si=xlPCzRUeE0ArG2bz
Dr. Tim Noakes
- Tim Noakes on trial (15::20) https://youtu.be/rtmK8ZBsUJg?si=b2j6xPzlf8q2UZHF
- Full Timothy Noakes interview from Carb-Loaded documentary (38::00) https://youtu.be/ZDL-ZMKWIBI?si=ZymenE6Czz08aGEt
Dr. Ted Naiman
- How the Body Uses Protein vs Energy by Dr. Ted Naiman (26::34) https://youtu.be/dQJ2y-s4I6k?si=PpYl5wEgn9sA1jkd
Dr. Sean O'mara
- Eliminating Visceral Fat – Key to Optimal Health (2::00) https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Sny76k__104
- The BEST 17 min video to OPTIMIZE your health the most: What to Do & Track to BEST change your life! (17::38) https://youtu.be/XuFD5tMz9M0?si=XSF-a6cvzyzAc49y
- New Vegan 🌱 Client Scans Visceral Heart Muscle Fat! What Makes Visceral Fat Worse & Eliminates It! (11::09) https://youtu.be/wOpTWKfzGFo?si=--G08vNjCOKrf1uF
- EAT THIS WAY to Heal Your Microbiome & REVERSE Visceral Fat | Dr. Sean O’Mara (15::33) https://youtu.be/kK_nG-16_kk?si=QFJrYDz724dJ1g3U
- How to EAT for the Best Poops (It’s NOT High Fiber!) | Dr. Sean O’Mara (9::31) https://youtu.be/NDvUaN7lTPI?si=ZjT7y-rdGz-Yxi7F
- See "Image Links" below for Bristol Stool Chart.
- Fermented Foods Lowers Gut inflammation & microbiome NOT - Fiber Rich Foods (fruit,veg, nuts, beans) (11::07) https://youtu.be/0T25L5yl0oc?si=Qpfcapdp8TQGNDw3
- NEW Study: FERMENTING Fruit Veggies Makes PolyPhenols More Effective, Eliminates Carbs & plant Toxin (21::58) https://youtu.be/xUhPXvgjzW0?si=Ic9NTK31hCNScFRo
- Sprinting – the single BEST exercise to OPTIMIZE humans (3::00) https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wDnF1sOo7LA
- The #1 BEST Exercise to Get Rid of Visceral Fat | Dr. Sean O’Mara (10::11) https://youtu.be/EUf9Ir3mNUk?si=MiIheg76OYUjYbSv
- Primal Squatting: Be Awesome! (6::10) https://youtu.be/B7ARkYUYmM4?si=BtQsLa-KHikgQMVt
Dr. Chris Palmer
- Harvard Psychiatrist REVEALS The #1 Foods You Must STOP EATING To HEAL Your BRAIN (13::07) https://youtu.be/LKJg0Kd59tk?si=u1t51b4uIu1BZHRe
- Metabolic Psychiatry: How Diet Impacts Mental Health | Chris Palmer | One Scientist's Mind (18::59) https://youtu.be/IQpPSYM6Bc8?si=S_ruC5Fg1bKwE6xx
Dr. Steve Peters
- The Mindset Doctor: The Secret Man Behind The World's Top Performers | E215 (2:04::16) https://youtu.be/G1hqsr5mkzA?si=oOCmvtYzG7q--KZ8
Dr. Stuart Phillips
- Caloric restriction vs. higher protein for aging | Dr. Stuart Phillips (8::15) https://youtu.be/Gr9rdkTo7wA?si=cTzIfw7C_mJDGPd0
- Can you eat too much protein? With Stu Phillips, PhD (5::42) https://youtu.be/PUfxNcc4x0E?si=vsDpz64pp3-vkOyi
- Why muscle declines with age and what to do | Dr. Stuart Phillips (5::21) https://youtu.be/OF2GwadVpeU?si=zi58db0M9UBZnHHg
- Exercise, age-related muscle loss (sarcopenia), and maximizing health span with Stu Phillips, PhD (5::22) https://youtu.be/THZ8QjApDPg?si=P533OHIY2Ixlsf1l
- Dietary Protein in Weight Loss: Advantage Protein by Stuart Phillips, PhD (48::45) https://youtu.be/15jtzjv8uOM?si=AwG4KIFWFK0hV_Nk
Drs. Simpson & Raubenheimer
- The most important dietary hypothesis you never heard of w/ Simpson & Raubenheimer (50::19) https://youtu.be/l_giDQHVG58?si=jZMQ6Px1L3ZfHhvV
- Protein Leverage with Drs. Simpson & Raubenheimer (1:07::15) https://youtu.be/rE9nFgSB544?si=QoroETIERCO2pgVC
Dr. Thomas Seyfried
- Thomas Seyfried, PhD Interview: The Metabolic Theory of Cancer (3::09) https://youtu.be/g973tmkWFMI?si=dg428lXRCkIzyi-g
- Supporting evidence (3::59) https://youtu.be/lZZCLlX05PQ?si=OIPDbGhDwepYbYyM
- Dr. Thomas Seyfried: Cancer as a Mitochondrial Metabolic Disease (54::21) https://youtu.be/KusaU2taxow?si=po2NYt3-vjKSmecg
Dr Bill Schindler
- Bill Schindler, PhD presentation: Ancestral Diets, Food Processing and the Domesticated Ape (42::39) https://youtu.be/pA06y9zbd_Q?si=xvM72XBJcZfxSFwI
Gary Taubes
- Gary Taubes - Why We Get Fat: An Alternative Hypothesis for Obesity (1:12::25) https://youtu.be/rSl4Kcx4XY8?si=TXaK6n58JbnGGgHC
Nina Teicholz
(investigative science journalist)
- Nina Teicholz at TEDxEast: The Big Fat Surprise (19::57) https://youtu.be/1CHGiid6N9Q?si=loXbfHpH-j1Lrp9U
- 'Vegetable Oils: The Unknown Story' (36::11) https://youtu.be/Q2UnOryQiIY?si=3nqydVMHI0-V09Qa
Bonus Videos Links
- Five Marathons in Five Days - NO FOOD !!! (34::00) https://youtu.be/wRM_e9V0RN4?si=tBzSCk3Ywx_PEXmx
- How to Lose 1 Pound of Fat per Day (20,000 Calories in 5 Days) (32::30) https://youtu.be/lDgvkMKA7ds?si=lxCIIRLGce-0Alne
- My Identical Twin had not Seen Me in 5 Years! (1 minute) https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Bkc874GCYBI
- How to Sprint Like Dr Sean (Day 3 Carnivore Sprints – 1::00 [1 minute]) (https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hamDr3CwMI8
Precepts ==> Concepts (to keep in mind)
Dr. Francis Pottenger, Jr.
- Pottenger's Cats — A Study in Nutrition (on Future Generations) (14::46) https://youtu.be/wGlSK39ZnCw?si=vrAUQLrNtd5HcuQl
- Price Pottenger on Nutrition the bad effects of cooking on food + how bad sugar is for your teeth (24::18) https://youtu.be/cvUrHdZLp6Q?si=14CsZnQiTbVbkIZy
Dr. Thomas Dykstra
- "Insects do not compete with humans for food" — An Analysis of Plant Health Claims (10::08) https://youtu.be/36bagarxY10?si=lP741HXGOoRJIlXB
- How Brix Levels Impact Insect Pressure on Plants | Dr. Thomas Dykstra (1:25::52) https://youtu.be/bnNOvA3diDU?si=BbxwvCUexeUEVTz-
Recently Added
Salt (and Hypertension/High Blood Pressure)
- Is Salt Actually Bad For You? | Jason Fung (9::55) https://youtu.be/BIwhVshA1Nk?si=Ql1-1dYta_rWAIPr
- 7 Facts about SALT from a Doctor (Is Eating Salt Healthy?) (5::37) https://youtu.be/HnYiK61LaW0?si=BTRSuUbbUGj_wIXb
- Ep:07 Salt - by Dr. Robert Cywes (10::10) https://youtu.be/mW-kq-92DzU?si=F_Zhy49J4daMx-qo
- Ep:90 HYPERTENSION WILL KILL YOU. How to Radically Reduce your Blood Pressure. - by Robert Cywes (16::09) https://youtu.be/BQ1_1sURC9w?si=PsWtG71OgoTRNjDH
- Ep:188 THE TRUTH ABOUT HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE AND SALT - by Robert Cywes (20::15) https://youtu.be/6z95pV1FJVU?si=BJXlm3tsIhKZUEL0
- Ep:285 LIES AND MALPRACTICE: SALT - by Robert Cywes (18::08) https://youtu.be/5izUZSJJt1A?si=3xppmWEc44Dcs-sC
- Dr. Tony Hampton - What I've Learned About the Root Cause of Hypertension (21::51) https://youtu.be/bDihM0LL4hY?si=kONdK2_t51CCfACZ
Statins
- Dr. Paul Mason - 'The shady truth about statins' (20::04) https://youtu.be/I7r4j1u42V8?si=bUnPfSLYBWHTB6Yw
Comments
- Outline
- What's this all about?
- NOT "dieting" (not even "losing weight").
- What's this all about?
- Benefit the most from the links
- "Learn, and do"? No. Something more.
- Benefit the most from the links
- Make changes slowly.
- There's a recommended prescribed, and orderly, progression.
- Make changes slowly.
- What to expect.
- Not what YOU want, WHEN you want it (necessarily).
- What to expect.
- Salt
- You'll die without it (but it will kill you if you don't understand its properties, and its role in the body).
- Salt
- Teeth
- Never another cavity???
- Teeth
- Water
- Nobody talks about this (like I talk about it).
- Water
- Coaching?
- Available for "select" individuals.
- Coaching?
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