Lemon Juice AND Cayenne Pepper Before Breakfast

Ryan and I have splitting a lemon and adding water almost every morning for a couple of years. See Lemon Juice Before Breakfast. A couple years prior to that we were drinking orange juice with cayenne pepper, but that fizzled out. Now Ryan has the brilliant idea to combine the two and really boost the morning detox (the body is naturally detoxing in the morning). Yowza! Talk about a wake me up!

What is the deal with cayenne pepper? It is great for many reasons that you can read about here: Health Benefits of Cayenne Pepper. This article is a bit more direct if you need a quick read: Health Benefits of Cayenne Pepper | Herbs and Spices | Health Benefits.

What do we do? We are using ¼ teaspoon in liquid every morning. Yesterday we put it in our lemon juice water, but it takes too long to drink and burns the throat. Today I put it in a small amount of water and downed it after the lemon juice. Much easier that way. When the warm feeling eventually begins to fade we will up the dose.

Bottoms up!

Comments

[Maria Droujkova]

I would bury cayenne in some fat to prevent burning, because it's fat-soluble and not water-soluble.

[Laura Combs]

Thanks for the suggestion. What kind of fat are you thinking? I want to take it uncooked.

Thanks!

Laura Combs

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[Rachel]

I just found your site and I love it. I am starting the GAPS diet again and it seems like all of your recent posts are something that I'm researching myself. Thanks and keep it up!

[Tamara]

if you add some olive oil to this concoction, it becomes a gentle liver flush!

[Laura Combs]

Well, I tried adding a bit of olive oil and had anything but a gentle liver flush...I have never been so constipated. In 1 week I almost outgrew my clothes. Two 5 gallon colonics later I am back at normal size.

I saw my Dr. of Oriental Medicine the day after my first colonic, and he said there is not gentle liver cleanse...you prepare for it, you do it, and it is a pretty massive cleanse. He said I was just constipating myself...No kidding! I need to write a blog on that process.

[Cayenne Pepper Diet]

Thanks for the links to the great sites on cayenne pepper diets.