What do you do when you wake up?

When I wake up in the morning the first thing I do is brush my teeth and scrape my tongue...now you are probably going to say, 'why would you do that before breakfast?'.

When we sleep bad bacteria in our body moves up into our mouths, ready to come out in morning, but if we go and drink some water or eat straight away, we are simply giving this bacteria a free ride straight back down into our gut. Now if you are healthy and have good intestinal flora, then nine times out of ten you will probably be fine swallowing your own bad bacteria again, but if you are run down you might fine yourself giving yourself the a mystery stomach ache and certainly if you are trying to get rid of the flu, you aren't doing yourself any favours!

Tongue scrapers can be purchased from any pharmacy or health store. Brush your teeth first then scrape down the middle and two sides of your tongue. I'm telling you when you see what comes off you will not believe that you have just been swallowing that all day.

Now you can have a glass of water, or two would be better! We lose a lot of fluid through the night and generally when we wake up thirsty this mean we are already dehydrated. So having a couple of glasses before breaky is a good way to get your daily water intake going. Two glasses down, only six to go!