What could this conconction possibly be?

This would be a jar full of contents ready to culture to become ginger ale, a very healthy addition to your diet! Cindy started her blog, A Step of Health about a month ago, and almost daily she has incredible recipes, suggestions, and information on taking steps to greater health. I'm not just talking eating organic and skipping on artificial ingredients...it goes much further back, before refrigerators (hence all of the healthy "sprouting" and "culturing"), to find all of nature's recipes for healing, energy, and restoration.

I'll be honest. We eat very healthy, avoid a lot of unnatural ingredients in our household... if using grains or legumes, I try to sprout them a day or two before, nevertheless, I do get overwhelmed with the idea that our diet can be even more healthy and more beneficial...a lot of the recipes take time, which is something I'm a bit short on these days. I am excited for the day that I can fit in making my own bread, yogurt, cheese, etc., but for now, my priority is strictly rearranging our budget so that I can afford to buy them (or maybe I will be forced one day based on the economy, ick).

However, ginger ale is a recipe that does not take much time to pull together and the health benefits are worth any effort put forth... a few of the benefits (from Cindy's blog):

-Overall anti fungal, anti inflammatory, anti bacterial, anti everything... but in a healthy way :)
-Stops heartburn and acid reflux
-Digestion Aid and helps with gas and bloating
-Reduces inflammation
-Fever Reducer
-Morning Sickness help (with changes in diet)
-Mild headache remedy (I still use aspirin occasionally)
-Energy drink (when mixed with minerals and juice)
-Calms your nerves... a little bit :)
-Food poisoning relief (some - a good, healthy, active gut is your best defense against food poisoning.)
-Menstrual Cramp relief

It's also a great way to keep your system balanced and healthy...it should be something that your kiddos can drink daily to maintain their health specifically during the cold and flu season!

Since Cindy posted her recipe on her blog, I have been wanting to try to make it...except that I didn't have an air tight container that would work with it culturing on my counter...well, I found one the other day in Target and am happy to have gotten the process started.

In the meantime, before being able to find my specific jar, I discovered Kombucha tea drinks in our local grocery store in the health department...this stuff is A-MAZ-ING! Remember my post about ACV and acidolpholus? Well, this does the entire trick in one bottle. Plus it doesn't taste horrible (although it does take some getting used to). I've never had Red Bull, but if I can compare it to an energy drink, I would say that it has the same effect ten-fold. Plus, you're detoxing your body and balancing your system. Find it and try it! They're a bit expensive ($2.99/bottle), however Cindy's blog (of course!) just recorded how to make the tea yourself.

Resources:

Gingerale and Whey (required to make gingerale) Recipe

Kombucha Recipe

A Step of Health

Go on and whip up a jar of ginger ale or Kombucha tea and let's cheers to good health!