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Janet Starr Hull PhD, CN

Alternative Health and Holistic Nutrition

Grandma’s Nighttime Toddy Was A No-No

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a smilng old woman wearing a black hat
Grandma got a good night’s sleep using a “boozy toddy.”

Hopefully, you’re old enough to remember what this means – grandma’s nighttime toddy.

Back in the day before sleep aids, like sleeping pills, people had to invent various ways to make them sleepy. The nighttime toddy surfaced as a way to knock them out, but it was liquor, and this was a no-no for women many years ago.

So, grandma renamed her boozy sleep aid as her “nighttime toddy.”

When I was a kid in the 50s and 60s, my dad would make his cough syrup if I had a cold coming on, and THAT served as a good sleep aid, needless to say.

Pop’s Boozy Toddy

  • 2 tbsp fresh lemon juice
  • 1 tsp honey
  • 1/2 jigger bourbon (I was a kid, but pop used 1 jigger for himself – LOL)

Grandma’s nighttime toddy was similar.

She never had a cough.

I have a nighttime toddy for you, but it has no liquor. As a matter of fact, all the ingredients are very healthy for you.

Hullistic Healthy Nighttime Toddy

Note: The ingredient amounts depend on how much you want to drink, but 1 cup is recommended to consume like a hot tea.

a woman pouring 2 cups of tea in glass cups
A healthy nighttime “toddy.”
  1. apple cider vinegar
  2. lemon juice
  3. cinnamon

Mix together and heat before drinking.

The cinnamon removes the vinegar taste and creates a taste more like apple cider.

Good night ….

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