The Tangy Life

Today was better. I woke up on the wrong side of the bed, but the day sure got brighter. I was buying lemons at Trader Joe's and the lady who rang me up asked if I cooked with lemons a lot. I told her that I actually drink lemon water in the morning. She was stunned.

So, I thought I would share the "why" to why I do that;-).

Our bodies fast when we sleep (no food or water). When you wake up in the morning, your body has done its best to push the toxins out of your cells and fat tissues and into your blood stream to be removed. The BEST thing to do is to drink a quart of water with some lemon juice in it (and I add fresh minced garlic as well) and drink it down BEFORE anything else goes into your body. This helps to flush away all the nasty toxins as lemon is very cleansing and the water is, well, obviously hydrating.

The worst thing you can do is eat a huge breakfast right when you wake up. Since your body has been fasting, your metabolism is running really slow AND if you eat that huge breakfast right when you wake up, it will absorb the toxins which will in turn go right back into your body. That's the part they forgot to tell us in school when they were giving us test tips!

Anyway, I made the most delicious raw recipes today:
*Cinnamon Rolls (Straight out of David Wolfe's "Superfoods" book
*Aphrodisac Balls (Again out of the "Superfoods" book
*Tomato soup
*Pate
*Collards spice
Pictures & details soon.

Anyway, all in all I feel light. Detox central today, if you know what I mean;-)

I love you.
Terra