The Reason For The Season

Hi, this is Dr. Daniels, and you're listening to Healing with Dr. Daniels. This is the Sunday, December 26, 2021 edition. Yay! Today's title is The Reason for the Season. But first, an update on mom. Mom continues to do well. I've called her a few times, and though she hasn’t answered the phone, I have a separate report from my daughter that she's doing well. She’s become concerned about her house being clean, and my daughter is helping her find someone to clean it. This means mom is actually getting out of bed and walking around the house. Yay! A major improvement from being semi-comatose a year ago. So mom is continuing to improve. That's the mom story.

Next, we have Vitality Capsules. Yay! Our sponsor. You can go to vitalitycycle.com and get your Vitality Capsules, whether that’s extra strength in the orange bottle or regular. This is an internal cleanser that is gentle enough but effective for everyday use. Many of you probably would like to get those three bowel movements a day to help you have a wonderful turpentine experience. You can also go to vitalitycycles.com and get your free report, The Candida Cleaner,which tells you all about turpentine. And, of course, the Vitality Capsules help you get those three bowel movements a day.

Now, let’s talk about turpentine. Yay! I haven't got a spoon, so I’m going to move my keyboard out of the way to avoid getting sugar all over it. I use a U.S. teaspoon, which is five cc's. I get a heaping spoonful of sugar—that’s a good amount. Of course, label your sugar container because it could be salt, vitamin C, or something else. Next, we have turpentine. Here’s a little turpentine bottle. Mine is brown, but it can be in a clear bottle—it doesn’t matter. Unscrew the top, and you need to know how much to use. Right up to where the bulb gets narrow is two and a half cc's, which is the amount I take—half a teaspoon. Squeeze the air out, dip it in, suck it up—perfect. Now, squeeze this right onto the sugar. You’ll see the sugar turn a little grayish, which is normal. Your goal is to cover most, but not all, of the sugar in turpentine. That’s perfect. We’ll put the top back on our turpentine. Yay! Then, drink enough water to get it all the way down—you don’t want to stop in your throat; you want it to go all the way down past the chest plate.

Next, we have Shilajit. Shilajit is very important because the mineral cycle on Earth is broken, especially if you live in a first-world country. Normally, people eat food, get the minerals they need, poop out the minerals, and the poop is used to fertilize plants, which people then eat to get the minerals back. It’s a simple loop: person, poop, fertilize plant, plant grows, person eats the plant, gets the minerals, poops out the minerals, fertilizes the plant, and so on. However, with flush toilets, the minerals are literally flushed into streams and the ocean instead of being used to fertilize plants. Plants are now fertilized with NPK (nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium) or, even worse, veganically with composted plants only, which means minerals are still missing.

This is where Shilajit comes in. You can see it’s a little gooey. I’ll take it off here because it looks like it’s on its way out anyway. The amount you need is 200 milligrams. I used my finger—yep, and that’s about 200 milligrams, maybe a little more. Shilajit can be like a tarry liquid or almost like plastic, depending on the humidity and temperature where you are. It’s starting to dissolve a little bit, so I’ll give it some help. As you can see, it’s not easily dissolving, so it’ll probably dissolve by the end of the show or a little later. I take Shilajit about five days a week, which works out pretty well. Who cares about trace minerals anyway? Well, your body makes enzymes, which do the work—make your muscles contract, help your brain think quickly, and all kinds of amazing things. Every one of these enzymes requires a trace mineral cofactor to work well, and that’s where Shilajit comes in. In Russia, it’s known as the "destroyer of weakness." It literally destroys weakness and brings your body back to being strong.

Which brings us to my progress. I’m not sure if I covered this last time, but I do Taekwondo, and I’ve graduated to my yellow belt with a green stripe. Honestly, I never thought I would make it. This was quite a feat. I was just going to Taekwondo class, doing my kicks, getting my exercise, and then I became aware that there’s a belt—it's called competition. If I pass the test, I get my next belt. I asked what I needed to do, and they showed me an incredibly complex sequence of Taekwondo moves that span about a minute and a half. They didn’t tell me to do this or that—they just said, "Start," and I had to have the whole routine memorized and do it. It looked complicated, but then I thought, "Hey, wait, wait, wait. You need to make sure you’re strong enough to do those one-foot pivots and kicks in the air. But this is your Alzheimer’s test, right?" It’s my chance to see if I can memorize this routine. It’s short, but it has about 100 different moving parts and changes. If I can master this, then I can put off Alzheimer’s for at least another minute.

I’m happy to report that I completed my routine and exam with not a single error. Absolutely perfect! My teacher, who thought I would never pass, was relieved, and my classmates clapped and cheered. It was really quite an entertainment.

Now, today’s title: The Reason for the Season. Yes, the holiday season is upon us. Depending on where you stand on things, you’re either annoyed, upset, thrilled, or maybe just concerned about how you’re going to celebrate. I wasn’t raised in the church, so I had difficulty grasping the whole event—how much energy to give it and what I should do to properly observe it.

Our family always had a big meal with lots of homemade cookies, which we started making after Thanksgiving. Mom would make the dough, and us kids would roll it out, cut out the cookies, and decorate them with sprinkles. By the time Christmas rolled around, we had sugar cookies, ginger cookies, Mexican wedding cake cookies, and Annie’s cookies—an endless variety of cookies. Every year, my parents bought amazing gifts that we unwrapped with great excitement. My uncles, who had no children, would even come just to see the excitement on our faces as we opened the gifts.

One year, my siblings and I found the hiding place for the gifts in the attic and opened them about two weeks before Christmas. Of course, my mother found out and was heartbroken. She never purchased gifts after that. She thought we believed in Santa, and now she felt we didn’t believe in Santa, which ruined the whole gift thing for her. This left me confused. Was the season about Santa? What about the elves, mistletoe, Christ, Muhammad, or Moses? Did I have to believe in one or all of them? If I picked one, would the others be mad at me? I didn’t know.

In college, I was pre-med, and it became clear that celebrating the season was a way to get behind in school. Then there was medical school—celebrating Christmas was stealing time from my education. When I started working, the pay to work during a holiday was double, even triple, so the reason for the season became blurry. It appeared to be time better spent elsewhere.

However, now from the vantage point of being 64 and in a different culture, it’s all becoming clear. I’m in the tropics—there’s no snow, but there are six-foot Styrofoam snowflakes suspended from tall trees. Christmas trees, 30 feet tall, are impressively decorated. Nativity scenes are far more grand than I ever saw in the United States.

It’s easy to take a side—materialism, yay or nay, or religion, yay or nay—but as I looked at the people in the decorated parks and joined families in celebration, I realized it didn’t matter if there was a Santa, if the elves were real, if Rudolph ever existed, if his nose was red, if the sleigh really came from the North Pole and arrived at all the houses, or which day anyone believed in. None of that mattered because the real reason for the season is to celebrate—celebrate being alive. That’s it. If you have friends, celebrate the friendships. If you have family, whether you talk to them or not, celebrate the fact that you have them because that’s how you were born—one of them gave birth to you. The real reason for the season is to celebrate.

What are the real gifts? There are lots of gifts, but the real gifts are kind words, a smile, and a listening ear. As for kids, I suspect a simple piece of candy and some attention would do it. The idea that celebrating the season is attached to spending a tremendous amount of money is optional. If you want to spend a lot of money, sure, go ahead. But if you don’t, you can still celebrate. The point is to celebrate.

What happens if you don’t celebrate? I can tell you because I didn’t celebrate for many years. If you don’t take the time to celebrate life, being alive, and the positive people in your life, you’ll reach a point where you’re not aware of these people, friendships, and their value. That’s why it’s so important to take time to celebrate that. There’s a formal week or two period from Christmas to New Year’s where you’re basically commanded to celebrate life. You don’t have to wait and do it one time a year—you can do it two or three times a year. Many people do it during the holiday season and maybe a birthday. But it’s important to commit yourself to celebrating and recognizing, being thankful not only for your life but for the lives of your friends and family. You can even extend that to the lives of people who make your lifestyle possible—people who plant your food, make the heat in your house possible, or build your house. Really go for it, throw yourself into the celebration, and don’t get caught up on the details of whether or not the people around you share the same religion or beliefs in terms of materialism. Recognize that each and everything they do is their way of celebrating life, and appreciate that they are celebrating it. Appreciate being part of their celebration. That’s what I’ve done, and at this point in my life, it’s made a big difference.

When I was younger and had kids, there was stress that they tried to pull parents into, like, "Did I get my kid a big enough toy?" For me, that pressure was unbearable, so I decided to go to the dollar store. Everyone got a present from the dollar store, and that was it. The rest of the year, you get whatever you need. The pressure of shopping was overwhelming—emotionally and psychologically—so I just didn’t do it. But whatever you feel comfortable with, that’s the thing to do. The important thing is to attach the meaning of celebration to it and celebrate life. That’s the reason for the season.

Now, let's get into some questions. First question: Can you tell me the name of the book you mentioned some time back about truth and discernment of truthful statements? Nope, because I forgot what book it was and in what context I mentioned it.

Next question: I’m a 65-year-old male and have had a good-sized testicular hydrocele on the right side for some years now. I originally had surgery scheduled several years back but decided at the last minute not to have it done. I understand my condition is not dangerous, just an inconvenience. Conventional medicine offers no other options, and not being keen on surgery, I was holding out for a good alternative. I tried a homeopath and Beemer PEMF treatments, neither of which was effective. Now that I’m retired, I can focus on the situation. Do you have any suggestions for me?

Yes. For those who don't know, a hydrocele is a cyst or collection of fluid in the scrotum. It generally surrounds one of the testicles. The cause is weak connective tissue, which allows fluids to pass through a membrane or barrier where they don’t belong. To address this, you need to eat more connective tissue. You could eat bull testicles—there are bull testicle recipes online, and I recommend not peeling off the connective tissue. Cook it whole. I’d recommend boiling or pressure-cooking it for about 30 minutes. The inside of the testicle cooks quickly, but the outside is tough and fibrous, which is the part you want. You can also eat cow tendons or a bowl of pho, which is tendon soup. Eat this about three times a week, and you should notice the hydrocele start to heal.

Next question: My son is 36 years old and severely autistic. I would like to give him turpentine, but coaching him to take a bit of water, then down a spoonful of sugar with turpentine, is something he won’t be able to comprehend or do. Any suggestions?

Go to vitalitycycles.com and download the free report, the Candida Cleaner, which explains how to use a sugar cube that he can chew and then swallow. Give that a try.

Next question: I’m worried about doctor visits these days because I don’t know what they may inject me with. How can I protect myself?

First, nothing has changed except your awareness. It was always the case that when you went to the doctor’s office, they might inject you with some unknown substance. You don’t know what it is, and quite frankly, neither does your doctor. This has always been the case. What I’ve done is dropped my health insurance. I have no health insurance, which means the doctor won’t get paid. I don’t make any doctor appointments, and I don’t live nearby a hospital. I simply make zero contact, and that’s what I recommend.

Next question: My 43-year-old daughter experienced a total body seizure after complaining about a terrible headache a month ago, but has not had one since. She was under a lot of stress from her job. I’m concerned that a neurologist will want to put her on meds for life. What else should she do?

You mentioned that you use healthy fats like liver and cholesterol hydration and proper rest and sleep to maintain seizure-free. That’s exactly what your daughter should do. She should eat high-cholesterol foods like liver—I recommend beef or pork brain—and stay hydrated. It sounds like she had a headache first, which is caused by dehydration or poisoning. So, she needs to stay hydrated and get proper rest and sleep. If that means losing her job, so be it.

Next question: I have type 2 diabetes. How can I get rid of it?

Go to vitalitycycles.com and download the free report, the Candida Cleaner, and follow that diet. Most will find their type 2 diabetes is gone in two weeks or less.

Next question: I’ve been dealing with an off-and-on ache in my side for three years, and my HIDA scan says my gallbladder is functioning at 8% when it should be at least 35%. Any advice?

Vitality Capsules Extra Strength has a lot of herbs like cape aloe, cayenne pepper, and cascara sagrada that stimulate the gallbladder to empty. Take Vitality Capsules with your meals. Also, stay well-hydrated. You can eat pickles with your meals—sauerkraut or sour dill pickles stimulate the gallbladder to contract. Your gallbladder only needs to contract at mealtime, so the doctor’s scan may or may not be representative depending on whether your gallbladder was adequately stimulated.

Next question: Several weeks ago, you shared a recipe for a facial scrub using Vitamin C powder, lemons, rice bran, and castor oil. I misplaced it. Can you remind me of the recipe?

It’s actually in my book, Do You Have the Guts to Be Beautiful, available on my website, vitalitycycles.com.

Next question: I heard in an old show that you mentioned making turpentine candy. How do you make it?

Turpentine candy was a total failure. It was gooey, overly sweet, and the effect of the goo overshadowed the effect of turpentine. It was just not a good experience.

Next question: I put a little Shilajit in my boiling water for noodles. Is this good to do for my husband to get needed minerals?

No, I don’t agree with that. He’s not really getting much Shilajit in his noodles. Maybe work the Shilajit into the sauce that you pour over the noodles, or see if you can fit it into something he’s going to drink anyway.

Next question: I did a urine test and was told it had protein and blood present. I’ve been having back pain for a month. What can I do to ease the pain?

Increase your water intake. Dehydration is the number one cause of kidney stones and back pain. Take your body weight in pounds, divide it by 60, and add one. That’s the amount of water you should aim for. The easiest way to get there is to convert all your present beverages to water. The type of water I recommend is distilled water.

Lastly, you were told blood and protein are present. How much? That makes a big difference. If you have trace protein and trace blood, that’s meaningless. Don’t allow yourself to be put in a tizzy. You can buy UroStix and check your own blood and protein levels at home.

That’s all the time we have for today. Remember the reason for the season. Have a happy season, and we’ll see you back in about a week.