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Who doesn’t enjoy a warm drink in the morning? The desire to have something warm in the belly first thing in the morning seems to be a universal human desire. According to Traditional Chinese Medicine, starting our day with a warm drink supports a healthy stomach, spleen and pancreas which gets the ball rolling for a healthy day… year… life! The dilemma is that I don’t want to tweak my adrenals with coffee, dose myself with fluoride from tea, or spike my blood sugar with hot cocoa. So, what’s left??? I have a confession to make… We are among the army of multiple generations we call the ‘Twinkie generation’. What we mean by the Twinkie generation is anyone who was raised as a child to think that Twinkies (or name your childhood favorite sickeningly sweet non-food) are a perfectly fine addition to a daily diet. One of the results of regular sugar consumption is the desire to have something sweet in the morning. (After all, isn’t breakfast supposed to be sweet!?) So, our path has leadus in search of yummy, nutrient dense, non sweet morning foods. I’ve often looked at our stock pot simmering with delicious bone broth in our kitchen with longing eyes. After all, bone broth makes every meal more delicious and is the ‘secret ingredient’ behind any excellent soup or sauce (not to mention how incredibly awesome it is for our oral and whole body health!) It’s true that I’ve even had a cup of it by itself when I just couldn’t resist. The problem is, by itself, bone broth isn’t a really tasty cup for me. Necessity is the mother of invention… Recently, while cleaning up after dinner, I sipped the last of the juice of our customary relish bowl of saurkraut we have with dinner. Anyone who aspires to eat real food knows the delicious and very healthy tart flavor of kraut and its juice. Then it hit me… What about putting kraut juice in a cup of bone broth? So, I immediately grabbed an empty mug, ladeled half a mug of bone broth out of our stock pot and poured some kraut juiceoff an almost empty jar of kraut into the mug. It was delicious! The ‘warm your belly’ rich flavor of bone broth combined with the tart, gut healing nature of saurkraut. Once I realized that even kids find it delicious, I knew I had found the perfect ‘warm the belly’ drink. After a quick google search, we found that the only reference to this combination is in Dr McBride’s awesome GAPS diet book. Truly, the combination is really stellar for our health if you take a moment to think about it… Real food lovers… Give it a try the next time you want a mug of something to warm your belly on a cold morning. No sugar to freak your blood sugar, no caffeine to tweak your adrenals. Just a yummy combination of bioavailable minerals and fats and enzyme rich, stomach and liver tonic. It just might be the Holy Grail of real food winter time drinks! What are your thoughts? Have you tried this delicious, nutritious combination before? Please share your experience in the comments below. We love to hearwhat you have to say! About Will and Susan We are on a mission to help the world navigate to optimal oral health. Get access to our FREE video tutorial series "The 5 Steps to a Healthy Mouth" newsletter & special discounts. It's time we as a culture learn the proven strategies to stop tooth decay and gum disease so together we can help future generations have a better start. We hate spam too. Your information is safe with us.
