Hello, welcome to the Lizar Wellbeing show with me, Liz Earle. I hope you have had a really lovely Christmas.

Well, on Mondays, you take the reins and it's your chance to ask me anything that's on your mind.

And I'll share some of the evidence-based science-backed research and data to hopefully help and inspire you along

your journey to living a better second half. So I got a lovely message from Lisa about our recent

tip and she says, hi Liz, I tried aloe vera gel on my cold sore and it was gone in six days

when they usually take over two weeks to shift.

I was blown away. Thank you. Great. Isn't it lovely to get feedback? Well, if you have a question

for me, do get in touch. All the contact details are in the episode description and in the notes

at the end of the show. Well, coming up today, Debbie needs some inspiration for breakfast on her busy mornings.

Anita wants to know about supplements for joint pain.

Philippa asks for makeup and skincare recommendations for her nieces.

And I'll be talking about my favourite thing to add to my morning coffee.

And then finally, Louise has a question on eyelid surgery.

So let's kick off them with a simple question that I've been asked on an Instagram comment.

And you say, Liz, I keep hearing you mention a mineral supplement on Instagram.

Is it Shillijit? What is it? Does it replace electrolytes?

Or is it something else entirely?

Well, hi there. Yeah, the mineral supplement that you will have seen me scooping into my coffee on Instagram is indeed Shillijit. Now, this is a natural mineral-rich resin. It looks like a thick, black, gooey, sort of tarry paste. And it seeps from the high mountain rocks in Asia and the Himalayas, for example,

and it's been used for centuries in Ayurvedic medicine.

And what makes it especially interesting, I think, is its broad range of trace minerals

and its naturally high levels of something called fulvic acid.

Now, fulvic acid, it sounds a bit technical, but it's

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