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- It's like a salty party in my mouth.
When it comes down to fasting,
everything that ever poses a problem
has to do with minerals.
So I came up with this drink
that's gonna help you balance out your minerals,
help you retain the minerals within your body
even during a period of time when you're not eating.
So let's break down the recipe
and get right to the science as well.
So all of the ingredients that I have in front of me
will make sure that you don't break a fast.
Okay, we've got some salt, we've got some lime juice,
we've got apple cider vinegar,
we've got cream of tartar and we've got water
and I'm gonna break down how everything works together.
First and foremost,
I've got 10 to 12 ounces of regular purified water
and all I'm gonna do is add about two tablespoons
of apple cider vinegar to it.
Just gonna eyeball that there.
Now, the whole reason that I'm using apple cider vinegar
is simply because it is high in acetic acid.
Now, I've talked about this in other videos before
but all acetic acid is is a carboxylic acid
and what that means is as a synthetic carboxylic acid,
it ends up enhancing your body's mineral uptake.
Now, I've talked about so many times
the biggest issue that you face when you're fasting
is usually your minerals, okay?
You end up depleting minerals
especially if you're hydrating a lot which you should be
so we wanna do everything that we can
to preserve our mineral intake.
The other thing that it's gonna help you do
is help you maintain your blood sugar a little bit better.
Maintaining your blood sugar throughout the period of a fast
can help you immensely when it comes down to cravings.
When you have these big rises and falls in blood sugar,
that's what's gonna stimulate you to want to eat
and want to engorge yourself with food
that you shouldn't be touching when you're fasting
but also, it's gonna increase your insulin sensitivity.
It's gonna make it so that when you do break your fast,
you're going to have a better effect
from the food that you do eat.
So it's very, very important
that you have the apple cider vinegar in there.
Okay, next up, we have a very small amount,
we have about a quarter to a half teaspoon,
your call how much you really wanna go with this,
of cream of tartar.
Now, cream of tartar is super high in potassium.
It's a byproduct of winemaking believe it or not
and it has no insulin response
so it's not going to break your fast.
One teaspoon of this stuff
has over 495 milligrams of potassium.
That's a lot of potassium.
You might be wondering why do you need potassium so much
when you're fasting?
Well, you need a lot of minerals but when you're fasting,
you burn through potassium really, really fast
and when you have low levels of potassium
or your levels of potassium and magnesium
are out of balance, you can end up feeling very, very weak
and when you end up feeling very weak,
it's gonna make your fast that much more difficult.
It also has to do with the balance between sodium
and potassium which I'll get to in just a second.
So you don't need much of that stuff
but next we're gonna move on
to a half a teaspoon of pink Himalayan salt.
Now, the simple reason that I'm using pink Himalayan salt
is so that you end up having a full abundant profile
of minerals, okay?
There's not just sodium in this stuff
but the primary reason we're using it is the sodium.
Again, when you're fasting, you're depleting minerals a lot.
As you're drinking water
and your cells are going through their autophagic response,
you really are burning through minerals.
So sodium is critical.
What's gonna happen is when you eat your first meal
after fasting, your body's gonna be so hypersensitive
to sodium, you might find that you bloat up,
you retain water
and if you keep your sodium level somewhat elevated
throughout the course of your fast,
it's going to diminish that contrast effect.
It's gonna make it so you have a lot better of a reaction.
Now, additionally, we need to make sure
that we have this balance of sodium and potassium
within the body.
If you have too much potassium and not enough sodium
and too much sodium and not enough potassium,
it throws off the ion exchange.
You see, there's this very delicate balance
and it involves something known as sodium/potassium ATPase
which is an enzyme that helps the cell regulate water
and minerals that come in and out of it
that ultimately create energy.
So yes, by having sodium and potassium
in balance in this drink,
you can increase your energy levels naturally
without caffeine throughout your period of fasting
but also make it that much easier
when you do break your fast.
Okay, then lastly, I have a simple ingredient
and I have the juice of one whole lime.
Now, here's the thing with limes.
A lot of people will say, okay, limes,
there are some calories in that, is that gonna break a fast?
It's a tough gray area to really understand.
The fact is is that technically
if you're doing a long-term fast, it would break your fast.
It technically has a caloric effect
but if you're just intermittent fasting,
you're doing it a few times per week,
it is such a negligible effect,
it's not gonna trigger an insulin response,
that insulin response like something you would get
from branched-chain amino acids, that's what we wanna avoid.
So I'm just gonna add the juice of one lime here
and that's about all we're really gonna need
to get the effect.
The reason I'm using limes instead of lemons
is simply because limes contain a high number of limonoids.
Now, lemons have limonoids as well but limes have even more.
In fact, eight different kinds of limonoids
and there was one study in particular
that I thought was pretty interesting
that really showed how limonoids could benefit someone
that is really going through a fasting period.
Now, this study was published
in the Journal of Agriculture and Food
and it found that limonoids increased levels
of glutathione S-transferase in your body.
All that means is that it's helping stimulate
the production of glutathione.
Glutathione in the body
is our body's inherent ability to detox, okay?
The liver produces glutathione,
all of our cells produce glutathione
and it has the ability to neutralize free radicals
that are flowing around through our body
through traditional cellular metabolism.
Now, when we're fasting,
our bodies are sort of in this cleansing detoxing state.
So why not add the extra benefit
of boosting our glutathione levels
so that we can detox even better?
So the limes are actually gonna help you
get more detoxing benefit out of your fast
which therefore makes it that when you do break your fast,
you're gonna feel a lot better
and get more of an effect from your food.
So that's all there is to it and you're gonna mix it up.
Now, mind you, you can add some monk fruit if you want.
Monk fruit won't break a fast, neither will Stevia.
I'm honestly drink the stuff straight up
'cause I don't mind the taste
but if you need it a little bit sweet,
a little bit of Stevia will help you.
I just want you to keep in mind,
any time you put something sweet on your tongue,
Stevia, monk fruit, Splenda, whatever,
it's going to likely make you hungry later on down the line.
Any kind of super sweet mechanism like that
is going to likely trigger your body
to crave sugar in the future.
So just mind you on that so that you don't end up
having cravings later on down the road.
And there you have it.
This will not break a fast.
And quite honestly, it's kind of a salty,
citrusy weird treat.
So you may be wondering, where's the magnesium?
Jigsaw's a magnesium company.
Well, the simple fact of the matter is
you should be taking Mag SRT from Jigsaw
throughout your fasting window
simply because it's going to give you
the sustained release magnesium that you need
to maintain your blood levels of magnesium
throughout the course of your fasting period.
So add some Jigsaw Mag SRT on the side with this drink
and you're in business.
As always, keep it locked in here with Jigsaw Health
and I'll see you in the next science Saturday.