Any reason I shouldn’t add ACV, lemon, other flavors?

I’m trying to make it a little more palatable like a broth by adding some ACV, lemon, turmeric, ginger, cayenne and other spices. I think either the lemon or ACV reacted to something I put in there though and the taste is really off. Does anyone else add stuff to their juice to make it more like a broth? I also read that consuming sodium bicarbonate can cause potentially fatal metabolic alkalosis...?? Is there any reason I should be concerned about that? I wanna do the diet but struggling a bit.

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No, what you will do with the ACV and Lemon Juice and Cole already talked about this, is that you will burn the enamel off your teeth.

Why are you using spices?? The spice are just going to make everything harder on you, it’s going to increase your hunger and make you miserable.

I have been drinking Bob’s Red Mill Baking soda, 2 tsp in a gallon of water EVERY SINGLE DAY FOR 3 YEARS. You are NOT GOING TO DIE.

If you keep making silly modifications, let’s face it, because YOU’RE WEAK AF, Then you are NEVER going to get anywhere.

Look in the mirror, you see that? That’s what “trying to make things taste good” got you.

Drink the damn salt water. Lose the damn weight.

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I’ve added cayenne and ginger powder to make it more palatable. It’s good. I also add ACV sometimes just because I like how it tastes. But I only do IF now (18:6) and only drink the ACV version during my feeding window. I’m concerned about my teeth with the ACV, but I still drink it. It’s only 1 tbsp per day at most, so I don’t think it’ll hurt my teeth (at least, I hope not. I like my teeth).

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Baking soda is fine. You can die from too much of anything that’s in Snake Juice, including salt. You’ll be fine with reasonable amounts. The body contains bicarbonate and uses it from baking soda. Use less than the snake juice recipe if you are still worried. Any dietary bicarbonate is better than nothing.

You can add those other things, but in doing so you take the risk of messing up your process. If the snake juice tastes too good that may cause you to crave other things. Water that’s too sweet or tasty can stimulate some amount of insulin response. Personally, I dial back the salts and add things like lemon crystals, vitamin c powder, etc., and that works great for me, but I wouldn’t prescribe it to anyone. Some people need that hard reset of tasting nothing but salty water for days on end.

Try it out, but beware.