CONNECTIONS to HEALTH

The Elixir of Life If you've been following our detoxification series, which finished last month, you will know all about the importance of alkalising your body. If your body is too acidic all sorts of ghastly things can happen. Brouhaha Depending on how much you keep an eye on these things, you may be aware of the brouhaha in certain areas of the alternative health press surrounding a certain product which will alkalise your body. It is quite expensive but there is no doubt that this has amazing effects on the body. Other benefits Not only does it alkalise the body but it also stimulates your metabolism, so burns fat and therfore gives you lots of energy for you to use; reduces appetite and so also weight; and improves your immune system. Take it for about three months to see all the benefits. For more information just do an internet search, or you could try this book. The Honey, Garlic and Vinegar Miracle.  Buy from Amazon   Tall order Who wouldn't want all that? But it does seem like a tall order. Anyway you can buy this super elixir or you can make your own, quite cheaply, with ingredients that you can find in your kitchen. Let me rephrase that. You can make this from the ingredients that we can find in our kitchen, whether or not the same ingredients are in your kitchen depends on what you usually buy. The Recipe You will need organic manuka honey, organic cider vinegar and a small organic bulb of garlic. The honey doesn't have to be manuka (but it is the grooviest honey around) but make sure whatever you use is raw and unpasturised. Make sure the apple cider vinegar is unfiltered as some of the good stuff is removed by the filtration process. Take one cup full of honey (we just use a jar of it). One cupful of vinegar (we use a honey jar full). Eight raw peeled cloves of garlic (we just use one small bulb). Mix at high speed in a liquidiser for about a minute or so. Transfer to a glass bottle and seal tightly. Store in the fridge for 5 days then it is ready to use. Use Adult dose is 10ml (two teaspoons) in a glass of water or fruit juice before breakfast. Our experience has been that using orange juice takes the curse off the taste. Nathan, our little boy, even has it in orange juice too. We're all stinkers together!

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