A simple homemade electrolyte drink | MNN - Mother Nature Network

A simple homemade electrolyte drink | MNN - Mother Nature Network
Part of my doctor's regiment is to have electrolyte drinks as well as detox drinks. Amazingly enough, they are very similar! Here's to good health.

Homemade detox/hydration Drinks

YUM! I have started to make these more since the weather up here has gotten hot. But they are great all year round. Here are some of the benefits of these drinks vs. store bought drinks:
The antioxidant level is high because the fruit is fresh.
Water soluble vitamins and minerals such as vitamin C and potassium, are extracted into the water overnight.
Increased fiber intake with the fresh fruit.
Staying hydrated and enjoying the fresh taste and look of your drink.
Make sure you eat the fruit at the end!

So, here are a few tried and true drinks:

Blackberry/Sage:
10 cups of water, 1/2 cup blackberries and 3 leaves of sage, crushed slightly. Let sit overnight.
I was surprised at how good sage is in a drink. I'm stuck on it now and try it with many fruits. SAGE HAS THE HIGHEST ANTIOXIDANT LEVEL OF ANY HERB.

Watermelon/Rosemary:
1/2 cup watermelon and a good sprig of Rosemary to 10 cups of water. Same instructions.

Pineapple/Mint   (for you Megan!)
1 cup pineapple and 12 mint leaves slightly crushed to 10 cups of water. You get the instructions by now.

Ginger:
1 teaspoon of fresh ginger chopped in 10 cups of water.

A couple of my personal favorites: (I went a little crazy here, but I like to experiment)

Watermelon/sage/grapefruit/lemon - a surprisingly good combination.

Watermelon, mint, lemon.

* I add fresh lemon to almost every drink. Make up your own, and alter the size as you wish.  Adding 1/4 of a sliced grapefruit is amazingly good too, esp. with sage.

You get the idea; fresh fruit, herbs/medicinal plants, water, and let soak overnight. Sometimes I don't have the patience to let it sit, so I forgive myself and drink it down, then make another for soaking. Such is life. Live it.

Mayday 2013 March Around the Whitehouse

MayDay 2013 'Die-In' - Lyme Disease Protest

MayDay 2013 Part Two

Pic of my tick bite

Lovely, isn't it? This is one of the 4 known tick bites I have gotten over the years. Notice, the tick is still attached and NOT engorged, and infection is obvious. DO NOT believe the myth that a tick has to be on you for 24-48 hours in order to infect you. This tick bite was the second in the same year, about 3-4 years ago. It put me over the edge to becoming a failure to thrive person. I was dying slowly. Praise God for Dr. Jemsek, the only doctor out of many, who has a protocol to help all tick borne infections. If you are bit, get help right away. At least three weeks of doxycycline if you catch it right away. Don't stop until you find a doctor who will treat you. Trust me on this one. I had to do that myself.

up, down, all around

     I should be writing a post but I am too tired. I am in the middle of my last week of 'holiday' from treatment cycles. I have done so well! I have to keep telling myself how it used to be. I keep forgetting. Give me a good day or two, and my bad days are all but forgotten. So, why am I so tired? A bunch of reasons I suppose. Most of all, I have been super busy. Which is great, esp. since I used to have a much shorter 'shelf life' than recently. The biggest fallback to being busy is that it exacerbates symptoms if I am not careful. Yesterday I cleaned my poor house all day and fell asleep for the night at 7:00. Today I woke a little nauseous, but still went out. Tonight I am nauseous and tired and sweaty and clammy, and yucky. Monday I start my new treatment cycle. It will get better or worse, I don't know until I do it. I dread it and yet it saves me. Like Chemo for someone with cancer I suppose. You dread it, but it can make you better.
   Push through it Amy, you can do it.
   Goodnight. And pay no attention to the fact I make no sense.