Hi friends! Hope you all enjoyed wonderful holiday festivities!
Anyone else hate throwing up? For years, as soon as one of our kids got a stomach bug, I knew I would go down with them. It was inevitable, no matter how much hand washing, sanitizing, or Lysol spraying I did.
Enter Apple Cider Vinegar. Years ago, I was away at a conference with a bunch of moms, and one by one they came down with the stomach bug. One mom mentioned that she took a shot of ACV every morning to stay healthy. When we got to my house, a friend and I both downed our own shots of it. It was terrible. I thought there was a good chance I would throw up just from that.
A bit after that, I stumbled upon a Pinterest post called “The Healthiest Shot You’ll Ever Take.” I highly recommend you hop over there and read about the health benefits of the various ingredients. I’m not a nutritionist, so I won’t pretend like I know what I’m talking about. What I do know is that I keep a bottle of it on hand, specifically in the fall and winter. As soon as throats start hurting, we take shots. And definitely when I hear so and so in someone’s class threw up, I insist everyone drink it. We were at a conference last week for work and just before leaving, I heard some good friends were sick. So I packed it up and brought it to the hotel with us. Everyone is still healthy!
Our kids definitely didn’t buy into it at first. But when they were all throwing up, and I did not, I think they realized I was onto something. My daughter was the last to try. Her brothers kindly tricked her into drinking it by telling her it was lemonade. That did not go well. There may have been tears because she drank it wholeheartedly as if it were lemonade.
There are far more health benefits and different ingredients to add for various benefits, so do read that link above for more information. Due to my primary motivation of immunity, I don’t always use the collagen powder. Sometimes in my own cup, I’ll add a dash of ginger, turmeric and cayenne pepper.
The “Healthy Shot”
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups filtered water* (see note below)
- 7 tbsp apple cider vinegar with “the mother”
- juice of one lemon, two if needed to make it more palatable
- 5 tbsp collagen powder (optional)
- 1 tbsp raw honey
Optional add-ins:
- 1-2 tsp fresh or ground ginger, minced if fresh
- 1/2-1 tsp fresh or ground turmeric, minced if fresh (it will turn everything orange, so be careful)
- 1/2 tsp ground cayenne pepper
- Himalayan salt
Instructions
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Combine all ingredients in a Mason jar or other container with a lid.
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Shake until the honey is dissolved. Alternately, you can mix it in a bowl and whisk until the honey dissolves.
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Store in a glass container in the refrigerator.
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Drink a shot glass worth once a day (1 1/2 ounces).
Notes
*Sometimes I mix everything except the water. Then in the morning, I heat up water and add 2 tbsp of the mixture to a mug with 8 ounces of hot water. If you make it as a concentrate without water, just do make sure to dilute it when you drink it for the sake of your teeth and your stomach.