[Angela Foster] (0:00 - 0:13)
What you were mentioning there in the morning, I think people underestimate, just we think of caffeine as waking us up, but when you put minerals in your water, I feel like it really wakes up your brain. Oh, the buzz. Yeah, definitely, you can feel that sort of electrical charge, because we are electrical beings.

[Liz Earle] (0:14 - 0:52)
Yes, completely, just a little bit of salt, and I actually like Celtic sea salt. You can get lots of different brands, and it comes from salt plains in northern France, the coastal region, and it's very pure, it's unpolluted, but it contains high levels of different trace minerals. It's slightly damp when you buy it, it's kind of weird, and it's slightly greyish in colour.

I used to use a pink Himalayan rock salt, but there were some concerns and some studies looking at high levels of heavy metals. So I think that's something that needs to be considered quite carefully. But the other thing that I do really like, I don't know whether you're into this at all, is shalajit.

[Angela Foster] (0:53 - 1:08)
I tried one form of it, and I didn't particularly, I don't know, I didn't get on with it that well, but then I have since tried fulvic and humic minerals in another form, which I definitely have enjoyed and seen benefits with.

[Liz Earle] (1:09 - 2:30)
So fulvic minerals, I think, are great, and I have a reverse osmosis water purifier at home, and it's great because it takes out everything. It takes out all traces of pharmaceuticals, fluoride, chlorine, the whole thing. It takes out microplastics.

It really is very, very, very pure. But the problem with that is it takes out all the minerals. So if you're going to drink, like drinking distilled water or reverse osmosis water, you need to remineralise it, otherwise you're likely to be missing out.

So then I have a little mineral dropper that I put just a few drops in a jug. So I think fulvic minerals are really interesting. They are, again, coming from rock sources.

They contain traces of many, many micro-minerals that we need in just the tiniest, tiniest bit, but actually even that tiniest bit is helpful for the body. And shalajit, I actually really like. It's this sort of black, gooey, like rock resin from the Himalayas.

It has a very strong earthy taste. And when you first taste it, you think, oh my gosh, this is just rank. I can't have this.

But for me, I'm addicted now. If I don't put a little dot of shalajit in my morning coffee, my body is like going, hello, where is it? We really need it.

[Angela Foster] (2:31 - 2:31)
You put it in coffee?

[Liz Earle] (2:31 - 2:33)
I do. Yeah.

[Angela Foster] (2:33 - 2:35)
How does that alter the taste or not so much?

[Liz Earle] (2:35 - 3:07)
It does. It does alter. I mean, you're only using a tiny bit.

It's highly concentrated. And you need to be careful to buy it from a really reputable source because it's quite expensive and there is a whole market, unfortunately, in the kind of adulteration of shalajit and what people are selling you. But it's a tiny dot and I just, I love it.

You know, Angela, I've got really used to that. It kind of, it's almost like sort of like muddy soil taste. That sounds really disgusting, doesn't it?

But yeah, my body is calling out for it.

[Angela Foster] (3:07 - 3:23)
You're still selling me. You're still selling me on it. I'm going to try it because if you tell me that your body now sort of craves it in coffee, that tells me that there's something right that, yeah, it feels that it needs.

I might try it again because so far, my latest thing is putting creatine into my coffee.

[Liz Earle] (3:24 - 3:24)
Great.

[Angela Foster] (3:24 - 3:56)
Yeah, I do that too. Yeah. But do you know with creatine, it's interesting, isn't it?

Because I've been running some experiments with creatine because everyone talks about the bloating. And then I was finding from the research that if you put it in something warm, it dissolves so much better. And as long as you're well hydrated, you won't get that.

But then on and off I kind of do. And I think it's also because I'm sometimes a bit low in potassium. So then I'll do these experiments where I'll be like, okay, I'm not going to have creatine for two weeks.

And in the beginning, I'm sort of like, oh, I don't notice any difference now. I'm absolutely fine without it. And then after about two or three weeks, I realised, no, I feel so much better with creatine.

[Liz Earle] (3:57 - 5:13)
I feel better with it. I think there is potential to look at the different types of creatine. I think the bloating often comes with creatine monohydrate.

And there's another form, I think it's called HCL. Yeah. HCL.

Are you using that? Yeah. And that has less bloating.

So I would certainly, if you're going to do your experiments. I love the fact that you're experimenting on yourself because that's exactly what I do. I think it's important to look at the research, but I always say, look at the me search as well.

Because how does it affect you? This is what I'm thinking. How's it going to affect me?

What's going on in my body? Because we are genetically different. And what works for one person is not necessarily going to work for somebody else in the same way.

Because we all have different genetic pathways and genetic variations. Our SNPs are different. And we can't just say it's a blanket.

Take this dose of that for everybody, and it's going to work. Because of course it's not. You need to adjust dose and type and find really what your body is responding to.

But there are certain fundamentals that our body does love, like daylight, like hydration. I think that's a really safe ground, I think for everybody to be really investing in.

[Angela Foster] (5:13 - 5:31)
I agree. Mitochondria is a real theme in the book, because it's linked to energy. It's also linked to oestrogen.

And for women in midlife, that's really important, that bidirectional relationship with mitochondria. What are the other things that you do, Liz, for protecting and taking care of your mitochondria?

[Liz Earle] (5:32 - 8:07)
So the three principles, the first section of the book is based on the three pillars, if you like. One is light, one is water, and the other is energy. I called it energy because I didn't want it to sound too woo-woo, because it's really what we're talking about is vibrational energy and magnetism.

And we're looking at the Earth's energetic current. And the Earth has a resonance, it's actually called the Schumann resonance. And it's a slight hum, we can't hear it, but it's there.

And we have lost ancestrally that connection with it. We used to walk around barefoot, we used to spend all our time outdoors. And we would benefit from, that's basically the principle of grounding or earthing, when we have that direct connection with the body.

And obviously, we're now indoors, all our soles of our shoes are plastic, leather, you know, with synthetic glues and things that separate us. So if you can buy grounding shoes or grounding trainers and walk around in those outside, I think that's a benefit. But again, you know, getting out and having that natural connection first thing.

So when you're outside looking at the daylight, just make sure that you've got your shoes and socks off, and connect. You don't have to be on grass, you know, you can ground even on concrete, you can ground on stone, you can ground on soil, earth, rock, beach, sand. If you're wild swimming, that's a great way of grounding the body as well, because that gives you that same energetic connection.

And I think it's again, it's about really recognising what the benefits are to the body and what the mitochondria respond to. And the studies have been small, but they do exist showing that if you are grounding, you can lower your cholesterol, not your cholesterol, sorry, if you if you are doing your grounding, you can lower your cortisol level, and you can lower inflammation, and the body does just become calmer. And then other things that I love, like vibrationally, I love things like sound baths and gongs.

And I looked at the whole vibrational resonance of what happens to ourselves when we hear certain frequencies. And I've downloaded lots of solfeggio frequencies, which you can just get on any of the music providers, you know, Spotify, Apple, all of that, they all have free downloads that you can listen to. And there are different frequencies that tune into different wavelengths in the body.

Some are designed for healing, some are designed for energy and mental clarity. Some are designed for sleep and for calm. So it's Yeah, the height, I think the whole area of vibration is and vibrational healing is is fascinating.

And it's something that our mitochondria do respond to.

[Angela Foster] (8:07 - 8:49)
It's amazing. And I think just so much more, as you say, is going to come out in relation to this, because we know when we go to a sound bath, just how lovely that feel like you feel it vibrating through your body. It's just beautiful.

As I'm listening to you know, I'm thinking about a lot of the things that you speak about here. If I observe my Labrador, he just naturally does them he wakes as soon as it you know, he'll wake up as soon as the sun rises. If I go down early, there was one thing that was really fascinating me was he always will go and lick the tops of long grass early in the morning.

And I was like, what is it about that? Now, I hope I remember this correctly, because I researched it last summer. And I believe it's because of the morning light, there is easy water resting.

Oh my gosh, do you know that makes perfect sense?

[Liz Earle] (8:49 - 9:00)
That makes perfect sense that the dew would have easy water in it because it's been exposed to that early morning red light. How very fascinating. We should all be dew gatherers.

[Angela Foster] (9:00 - 9:01)
We should be.

[Liz Earle] (9:02 - 9:03)
I love it.

You already know your energy crashes in midlife, but did you know it's tied to your mitochondria and estrogen? In this clip, Liz Earle breaks down the surprising at-home and outdoor habits, including a totally free one, that support cellular energy and may help calm inflammation and cortisol. If you're constantly fatigued and looking for science-backed (not gimmicky) ways to support your hormones, this one's for you.

What You'll Learn

Mineralise Your Morning Water — Adding minerals to your morning hydration may help replace electrolytes and trace minerals, particularly if you drink reverse osmosis or distilled water.

Get Natural Morning Light — Early daylight is one of the fundamental environmental signals that supports your circadian rhythm, energy and mitochondrial function.

Explore Trace Minerals — Fulvic minerals and shilajit as sources of trace minerals and why quality and sourcing matter.

Reconnect With the Earth — Going barefoot outside combines morning light with grounding, an emerging area of research around stress and inflammation.

Focus on the Fundamentals — Before chasing complex protocols, prioritise the basics your body consistently needs: light, hydration, minerals and time outdoors.