The Healthy 7 Or Are They

(0:02) Introduction: Hi, this is Dr. Daniels, and welcome to the Healing with Dr. Daniels podcast.

(0:07) Topic Introduction: Today's topic is "Life's Simple Seven: Not Simple at All." The purpose of today's podcast is to highlight medical recommendations for being healthy. And the question is, are these recommendations really healthy? Do they have anything to do with health at all? And if they don't, why don't they, and what's really going on here?

(0:39) Source of Information: As always, we have an endless source of information from the medical industrial complex itself. This comes from Medscape, and the topic is "Life's Simple Seven: Not Simple at All." This is out of New Orleans, dated September 10th, 2019, hot off the press. The American Heart Association's 2010 program for enhancing cardiovascular health in the U.S. population has, shockingly, fallen far short of its lofty goals.

(1:17) Effectiveness of the AHA: New research suggests the American Heart Association is ineffective. Let's see if we can't sort this out. Out of a possible 14 points for ideal health, average individual scores are less than half that. Over an 18-year period ending in 2016, health status has actually declined. This research was reported at the American Heart Association's Hypertension Scientific Sessions.

(1:50) Life Expectancy in the U.S.: In the United States, if you are not using prescription narcotics, heroin, or cocaine, then your life expectancy is actually increasing. The American Heart Association is sounding the alarm that health status is declining, but this is patently false unless you're using narcotics or heroin.

(2:19) Hispanic vs. Non-Hispanic: In the U.S., there's a distinction made between Hispanic and non-Hispanic people. This insinuates racism into medicine when, in reality, cultural practices are what influence longevity. It's the cultural practices, not skin color or language, that need to be identified. For example, non-Hispanic white women under the age of 45 had the best scores—50% were in the ideal range of 10 to 14. But no other group came close to this.

(3:12) AHA's Strategic Goals: The LS7 program was developed by the American Heart Association to track and improve cardiovascular risk and outcomes as part of its strategic impact goal for 2020 and beyond. As an individual, you have to ask yourself: will reducing your cardiac risk increase your life expectancy? The answer appears to be no. The number of people classified as dying from heart disease remains the number one cause of death, yet people are living longer. So, we have to question the link between reducing cardiac risk and being healthier.

(3:57) Demographic Factors: Demographic factors were associated with large differences in these scores. No group had optimal scores or showed a reduction in risk factors over time. In general, fewer people are smoking. However, compared with the earliest period (1999-2004), no improvements in cardiac risk factors were observed after 2004.

(4:37) Life's Simple 7 Metrics: The Life's Simple 7 focuses on seven metrics related to heart disease and total health: smoking, diet, physical activity, body weight, blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood glucose levels in the absence of pharmacological treatment. The 10-year goal was a 20% reduction in cardiovascular disease and stroke-related mortality by 2020 and a 20% improvement in cardiovascular health for all Americans. Individuals who achieved these metrics were shown to have less heart disease, kidney disease, lung disease, and even cancer.

(5:23) Metrics and Patient Health: The discussion here shifts subtly from patient health, length of life, and quality of life to metrics—specifically, the numbers associated with these seven metrics. Most people, even doctors, don't realize this subject change.

(6:09) Study Analysis: These variables were assessed in 32,000 participants of the National Health Nutrition Examination Survey program between 1999 and 2016. Everybody was 20 years of age and older, categorized as non-Hispanic white, non-Hispanic black, or Hispanic white, and all were free of heart disease. For each item, zero points were given for poor, one point for, and two points for optimal. The maximum score was 14.

(6:47) Average Scores: In the analysis, average scores were below the ideal range of 10 in all demographic groups, with values ranging from a high of 9.3 for non-Hispanic white females under 45 years of age to a low of 6.3 for non-Hispanic black females. Scores fell dramatically with age.

(7:09) Longevity vs. Metrics: The longest-lived population in the U.S. is Hispanics. Notice that this longest-lived group does not have the highest score or the lowest score, indicating that what's being measured in these seven principles may not actually indicate health. In the multivariate analysis, age was found to be the most powerful factor. However, age is something you can't control.

(8:09) Age-Related Decline: People over the age of 45 were only 10% likely to have good LS7 scores. There's a huge age-related decline. However, the older a person is, the more successful they are at longevity. So, individuals with health insurance did not fare better than those without. Health insurance does not produce better health, even by their measure.

(9:17) Education, Income, and Health: Compared with non-Hispanic whites, who had the highest average score, non-Hispanic blacks had much lower scores. Hispanics, on the other hand, had scores comparable to non-Hispanic whites despite having less income, less education, and less health insurance. This suggests that getting more education, income, or health insurance is not the way to better health.

(10:19) Nutrition Among Hispanics: This may be partly explained by the better nutrition documented among Hispanics. Despite similarities in socioeconomic status, the nutrition among Hispanics is higher. This highlights the need for culturally tailored public and population health programs.

(12:00) Study Results and Misconceptions: The study suggests that poverty does not fully explain poor health. In fact, the study provides evidence to the contrary. The most discouraging finding was that in the period of 2005 to 2010, people were succeeding more in keeping risk factors under control compared to recent years. Things seem to be getting worse over time.

(13:08) Analyzing the Metrics: Let's take a closer look at these risk factors. First is smoking—everyone agrees that cigarette smoking is bad. As for diet, pretty much every health diet under the sun has been debunked. Physical activity—more than one person has dropped dead during or immediately after their daily exercise. And what about body weight? Hispanics have the highest obesity rate in the U.S., yet they live seven years longer. Cholesterol? Lowering your cholesterol has not been shown to extend life. Blood glucose levels? Slightly elevated levels called pre-diabetes have treatments that shorten life expectancy.

(19:02) Metrics vs. Health: So, of the seven metrics, only smoking and blood pressure are proven to shorten life expectancy. This means you may need to be skeptical of these government guidelines. These metrics cannot be expected to increase life expectancy because many of them don't correlate with longevity.

(20:19) Ignoring Metrics: So, what's a person to do? Ignore these metrics. The only ones worth paying attention to are smoking and blood pressure. Quit smoking, and if you can't quit, vape or switch to organic cigarettes. For blood pressure, it is a marker for processed food in your blood vessels. You can go to vitalitycapsules.com and get your free report, The Candida Cleaner, which includes a diet that will help you unclog your blood vessels.

(25:00) Taking Turpentine: As usual, first, we're going to take our turpentine, and then we're going to answer some questions. We have our sugar, yay, our turpentine, yay, and I have a little dropper here. We're just going to fill this dropper up because once this dropper is filled up, well, it's half a teaspoon. There we go. We're going to put turpentine on that.

(26:28) Turpentine Application: I do not eat or lick the turpentine off my lips. If it's a little bit stuck on there, no, we don't do that. Then we're going to take our Shilajit. I take it because it's an excellent trace mineral source. We're going to put that in our water, let it sit while we answer questions, and then we'll drink it right down.

(27:27) Question Segment: Now, we're not able to get to all of the questions because we have a lot of questions. If you feel your question is an important one that needs to be addressed, appointments are available at vitalitycapsules.com forward slash appointment. I have a monthly program where I educate you in the natural healing space, how to handle health situations at home, and how to avoid the natural healing pitfalls that can actually ruin or destroy your health. Information about that is at vitalitycapsules.com forward slash heal at home. You can also get the vitality, the free report on turpentine and how to apply it in your life at vitalitycapsules.com.

(28:18) Kevin's Question: Kevin says, "Does it make sense that topical iodine in your diet might help reduce something possibly caused by its atomic cousin, bromine?" It does make some sense, but the question is, does it really work? The answer is, I don't really know. However, stopping the bromine in your diet and cleansing definitely works.

(29:23) Marie’s Question: Marie asks, "What are your thoughts on making a show or creating a program for a healthy weight loss plan, like when it's okay to do a water fast, juice fast, fruit fast, and so on?" Thank you. Yes, actually, I do have a weight loss program. It's called Weight Loss Now or 911 Weight Loss Now. I'll put a link to that so people can get it.

(29:54) Debbie’s Question: Debbie says, "Just wondering what Dr. Daniels thinks about gluten-free oats." All oats are naturally gluten-free. However, some oats are being grown in fields where wheat was planted the year before, so some oats are contaminated with wheat. But 100% pure oats are always gluten-free.

(30:25) Jeanette's Question: Jeanette says, "A mother gets headaches and the baby gets fevers every month or twice a month. How can this be avoided?" The answer is, the mother needs to detox. She needs to change her diet and maybe do some liver flushes. The problem is not due to hormones in the mother's milk; it's due to toxins, chemicals, and poisons.

(31:09) Christy's Question: Christy says, "I'm on a whole food plant-based diet but do use soy. I'd like to get rid of my hot flashes. What other diet changes do you recommend?" Get rid of your soy. If you're eating soy, that can cause hot flashes as well. You need to take a closer look at your whole food plant-based diet and eliminate all the processed stuff. That would be the coconut sugar, the coconut oil—all of the processed stuff—because that's what's giving you a problem.

(31:47) Enemas and Hot Flashes: Is the enema just with water? The enema can be just with water or with coffee. Either one will be helpful with hot flashes.

(32:11) Heather's Question: Heather says, "We've been off gluten, dairy, soy, corn, canola oil, processed sugar, meat, fish, and so on for a year. We juice a lot with smoothies, raw and cooked foods. We eat whole foods—vegetarians, fruit, potatoes, beans, mushrooms, avocados, herbs, and so on—no processed foods, and a little bit of grains. Maybe that's rice. Both my boys' bellies bloat after they eat anything. I took them off anything that could be inflammatory or harmful. We take your vitality capsules and do poop three times a day. My kids had skin issues, but that has healed. The bloating and undigested food in their stool will not resolve. I tried just smoothies, but that still bloats them. Food combining—I experimented with it too, and they still seem to bloat. What do you think is wrong, and what can we do?"

(33:11) Dr. Daniels' Response: The immediate thing to do is add fennel seed to their diet. Just give them fennel seed to chew on, like candy, and that will help with the bloat. You may also need to add back a little bit of liver for the kids, which will help with the bloating and their digestion.

(33:49) Numbness and Tingling: My question is, if I'm drinking enough water and I have three or more bowel movements every day as I take my vitality capsules, excellent, but I feel good, though I have numbness and tingling and vibrations down the left side of my body. I have them in my arm into my fingers. I also have tingling down my left leg into my foot. Sometimes there's an uncomfortable feeling in my chest as well. Thank you for your consistent help.

(34:12) Dr. Daniels' Response: The issues you're having appear to be electrical in your body. Electrical issues are handled by electrolytes. So, I would say add a little more, actually a lot more salt to your food and see if that tingling goes away. If that doesn't do it, then add some fat, like maybe some bacon.

(34:47) Paula's Question: Paula says, "Hi Dr. Daniels, what should a mother advise her 18-year-old daughter regarding birth control methods? Her father believes she should start the contraceptive pill right now." That will probably make him feel better, but taking the contraceptive pill is linked with getting breast cancer later in life. Having a baby right about now is linked with not getting breast cancer later in life. Actually, her getting pregnant now would be the healthiest thing she could do.

(35:31) Dr. Daniels' Response: I would say to you and your husband that taking care of a grandchild at this point in your life is far easier than nursing her through breast cancer 25 years in the future. So, I give her the talk that sex is her decision. If she gets pregnant, it would be better for her to have the baby, give it up for adoption, breastfeed for six months first, and then she's got all the health benefits of that. After that point, she should either use abstinence or a diaphragm.

(36:04) Rosalie’s Question: Rosalie says, "What causes interstitial cystitis?" Interstitial cystitis is caused by toxins and chemicals that are being stored in the lining of the bladder. Foods trigger the pain because those foods are processed. Another reason is that some foods, like maybe dried fruits, nuts, or crackers, cause dehydration and increase the concentration of chemicals entering the bladder. There is no neurological problem.

(36:53) Mojisola’s Comment: Mojisola just has a comment here: "I am excited because I've been gluten-free for seven years and started getting pains again earlier this year. Then I did the Candida cleanse and felt like a whole new me, even better than when I stopped eating gluten. Anyway, I recently moved to West Africa, and since I've been feeling so good using turpentine, I decided to try eating a wheat baguette again. I ate some and did not feel sick at all. So, I'm thinking, either I was reacting to the chemicals used in harvesting wheat in the U.S., or my sickness was always because of parasites, Candida overgrowth, and an unhealthy gut environment."

(37:36) Dr. Daniels' Response: Exactly. Your sickness was always because of the unhealthy gut environment.

(37:45) Mojisola’s Comment Continued: "I've been using turpentine as a malaria preventative. I'm feeling great, haven't gotten malaria. What are your thoughts on malaria healing and prevention without pharmaceuticals?"

(38:04) Dr. Daniels' Response: Apparently, it seems possible. You're not the first person who said that turpentine has really helped them cope with malaria.

(38:08) Mojisola’s Comment Continued: "The Candida cleanse changed my life, gave me my life back. Thank you so much for your work."

(38:16) Dr. Daniels' Response: You are welcome, Mojisola. Those of you who are listening can experience the same benefits. Go to vitalitycapsules.com and get your free report, The Candida Cleaner.

(38:24) Vitamins and Minerals: "Back in the mid-90s, another medical maverick said that taking vitamins without minerals was useless. Do you agree?"

(38:29) Dr. Daniels' Response: You would have lost that bet. There are many sources for minerals, and maybe what the medical maverick was saying was that if you're on a vegetarian diet, taking vitamins without minerals is useless. That would be true. But if you're on a meat-based diet, then all the minerals are right there in the meat. That's how the animal was able to live.

(39:11) Keto Diet and Turpentine: "My seventh week of my keto diet is going well for me after the first few weeks since turpentine is soaked into white sugar. I wonder if this would be okay. Sugar is a no-no on keto."

(39:17) Dr. Daniels' Response: Actually, it does seem to be okay. So, I would give it a try with the sugar. If you don't like that, then you can mix the turpentine with castor oil and take it topically. People are experiencing wonderful benefits with that.

(39:36) Dr. Daniels' Comment Continued: Thank you so much for all you do. I am the same age as you in good health and getting healthier. You are the dose of common sense much missing from the sick care system.

(39:55) Pain Management: "So, the question is, this person has pain. I'm just wondering what I could do to heal my pain. I have four kids, a personal hysterectomy (meaning the uterus is gone, but the ovaries are there), and back surgery. I hate medications, and that's all the doctors offer. I would love to schedule a consult, but funds will not allow. I did order the vitality capsules, praise God. Any advice would be greatly appreciated."

(40:12) Dr. Daniels' Response: We have to read into this. Since this person had back surgery, we can guess the pain is back pain, which is a collagen issue, and that's why surgery doesn't help. She should add chicken feet to her diet—chicken feet on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, a quarter to a half pound. Have that with plenty of water, vegetables, and rice.

(40:54) Skin Spots: Christina says, "I have a few spots on my arm and stomach that a nurse described as macules. They're small, red, and not flat. I've had them for at least 10 years. Do you know what causes them?"

(41:11) Dr. Daniels' Response: If you've had them for 10 years, they're really not anything to worry about. But let's say you want to get rid of them. Applying castor oil from the waist down for four days and then head to toe usually causes them to fall off.

(41:34) Shilajit Expiration: David says, "How long is Shilajit okay to consume after the package date? Does it go bad, or is it just less potent?"

(41:42) Dr. Daniels' Response: Shilajit never goes bad. Shilajit is already millions of years old. So, there's an expiration date on the Shilajit just because you have to put an expiration date on supplements. This is a product that is literally millions of years old, and that's how nature made it. So, it never expires. It will be good long after you are deceased.

(42:25) Turpentine Diet: Aaron says, "I have a question about the turpentine diet. I've been working to complete this diet for the needed amount of time so I can take the turpentine, but I have been unsuccessful at making it an entire five weeks."

(42:39) Dr. Daniels' Response: What you can do is just go halfway in the diet. Take the meats you're already eating and cut them in half. Then make sure you're pooping three times a day, and you're well hydrated, and it should work out pretty well.

(43:11) Mania’s Question: Mania says, "Hello, Dr. Daniels. Thank you so much for the information as PDF about candida that I received in my email. Very interesting. I would very much like to try this turpentine therapy to get rid of my horrible candida that sucks the life out of me. I've lived in Sweden and have had chronic fatigue syndrome for seven years now."

(43:32) Dr. Daniels' Response: We can stop right there. Chronic fatigue for seven years—the quickest way to get rid of your chronic fatigue is not the turpentine, but calf liver. Eat some liver.

(43:53) Turpentine for Children: Gabriel says, "Can I use turpentine for a four-year-old child with parasites, candida? How long, and what is the protocol?"

(43:57) Dr. Daniels' Response: Go to vitalitycapsules.com and download the report, and we talk about child use there. But the answer is yes. In the U.S., in populations where turpentine is used, they generally start giving it to kids as young as two months of age.

(44:22) Sedentary Lifestyle and Bowel Movement: Fiona says, "Does sitting continuously make the bowel lazy?"

(44:26) Dr. Daniels' Response: No, sitting makes the bowel lazy. Our cultural practice of sitting and not drinking enough water makes the bowel lazy.

(44:40) Vitality Capsules: "Do I take vitality capsules every day of the week or just on the days I take pine oil?"

(44:45) Dr. Daniels' Response: Take it every day of the week to keep the bowels moving.

(44:53) Turpentine and Hydrogen Peroxide: "Can I take turpentine with food-grade hydrogen peroxide?"

(44:59) Dr. Daniels' Response: No, turpentine depends on an acidic environment in your stomach, and hydrogen peroxide makes that environment alkaline. So, you can't take it together.

(45:32) Foot Problems: "What can you do for bad feet, thick, discolored nails, and skin peeling?"

(45:38) Dr. Daniels' Response: The quickest thing to do, Ricardo, is to soak in a gallon of distilled water with a quarter cup each of apple cider vinegar, honey, and salt. Use warm water, like 115 degrees, and soak for about half an hour. Then just get a towel and rub all that dead skin off. You can also use a foot file to get more of the dead skin off and even file back those nails. That would be an immediate solution. Then, of course, take a look at your diet and fix it. Go to vitalitycapsules.com and download the Candida Cleaner Report for guidance.

(47:11) Detailed Questions: Some of these questions are really detailed and have a lot of bits and parts to them. It's really better, Patricia, to make an appointment, and we can address all these things.

(47:29) Synthroid Replacement: "I have a hypothyroid problem. I’d like to replace Synthroid with natural medicine because Synthroid does have many side effects."

(47:42) Dr. Daniels' Response: You can get ThyroGold; it’s over the counter. Buy it online and use that to replace your Synthroid.

(48:02) Pre-Diabetes and Prostate Issues: Evo says, "I'm very impressed with you. I'm currently dealing with pre-diabetes, benign prostate hypertrophy, erectile dysfunction, and painful urination, dribbling, and other problems associated with enlarged prostate. The worst problem is the painful urination. I know you said stop all processed foods, but I like milk with my tea or coffee. You said almond milk is not good, but what about coconut milk? What about coffee?"

(48:44) Dr. Daniels' Response: Exactly, Evo. I think you just need to man up and skip the whole experience. Skip the tea, coffee, and milk—just skip it all. If you can't do that, you can get sunflower seeds, puree them in water (one cup water to one cup sunflower seed), and puree it really fine and smooth. That makes a nice milk that even tastes like milk.

(49:15) Final Thoughts: That’s it for the questions we’re able to answer today. Thank you very much for listening. Remember, you can have support either through an appointment at vitalitycapsules.com forward slash appointment, our monthly educational group at vitalitycapsules.com forward slash heal at home, or the Candida Cleaner Report at vitalitycapsules.com, which is totally free. As always, think happens, and we’ll see you next week.