and the snow is up to your ankles, you will need to find extra ways to keep warm this winter.  With Europe in it’s longest *freezing* snap in 20 years, it would be fair to say that it is probably warmer in your fridge than what it is outside!

Which poses a problem for a lot of people.  How do you keep up drinking all the alkaline water? Simply, one sip at a time, but the better way to do it is to include more tea such as Dandelion, Nettle (with lemon) and Green Tea. Each is high in anti-oxidants and brings with it nutrients that support the blood, liver and kidneys. And they taste pretty good too.

You want to choose a green tea that is decaffeinated and organic.  Dandelion and Nettle can either be purchased in leaf form or supermarkets now stock a good range.   Getting a few cups of warm liquid into you, will keep you warm and hydrated!

Then of course there is always hot water with lemon, mint with lemon, ginger, lemon and ginger, lemongrass, and fennel.  All raw, just slice up and add hot water.

Drink up!

Salt is good for us, right?  Some salt, the right kind of salt, for most of us, yes, is good for us as it alkalises the blood and tissues and literally ‘turns the lights on’. We also need salt for other metabolic processing in the body…but what happens when we get too much?

That could be, because we are ingesting too much salt water (as some practitioners suggest) or getting too much on our food and in our products.

The intake of salt, is not black and white.  Just like there are mild alkalising regimes, and heavy alkalising regimes. How do you know if you actually need salt?  Simple, the body will crave it, and it will crave sugar as well.  Some people with certain metabolic blue prints will be able to handle the intake of salt, but more importantly, others will not.

The ones who cannot, may experience bloating, wind, heart palpitations, bloated eyes (underneath) and bloated limbs and joints. If so, you want to stop what you are doing immediately.  If you are taking any kind of medication, do not add extra salt.

There is a current ’suck it and see’ promotion with salt in our community. If you try it, and if you do not experience any side effects, then you are ok, apparently. If you try it, have made the expensive purchase, and you get the side effects, then what?  Too late to return the salt, and your body needs to eliminate the excess which is often uncomfortable.

Alkalising is not a one size fits all approach, no blanket covering here.   Wouldn’t you rather know upfront if more salt is required for your exact body metabolic blueprint instead of just being told to ‘take it’ because its good for alkalising?

If you are taking salts, you just need to know that your body’s requirement for this product will shift over time as you increase your alkaline buffers.  This means that you must reduce your intake.

Of something else to note: since the strong promotion of salts started 18 months ago from Dr Young, we are now finding that clients are ‘oversalting’ themselves and causing other upsets in their body because they didn’t get their sodium levels checked.   As you could imagine these people are not happy campers.

Ingesting ‘extra salt’ in your diet really requires your accountability – you need to get proper advice from a reputable practitioner if this is a good move for your body, not because it came in an email.  It must be appropriate, for you.

What’s it got to do with beef?  Nothing, its the topic that is my beef.