Disclaimer
Last updated: October 3, 2026
Not medical advice
The Honduran Way's books, website, emails and videos share traditional Honduran home recipes for educational and cultural purposes only. They are not medical or nutritional advice and are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, prevent or manage any disease or condition. Statements about drinks and ingredients have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration.
Talk to a qualified health professional before changing your diet or drinking habits, especially if you are pregnant or nursing, take any medication, or live with a health condition. Never stop, delay or replace a prescribed medicine or treatment because of something you read or watched here. If you think you have a medical emergency, call 911 or your local emergency number.
What our grades mean
Every drink in our books carries an A, B or C grade. The grade is our plain-language summary of general, publicly available evidence and public-health guidance at the time of writing. An A means good evidence agrees the drink is sensible for the stated everyday use; it is not a claim that the drink treats anything. Evidence changes, and a grade is not a substitute for advice about your own health.
Food safety and specific cautions
- Fermented ("living") drinks such as chicha contain some alcohol, which increases the longer they ferment. They are not for children, during pregnancy or breastfeeding, for anyone avoiding alcohol, or before driving. Follow the clean-jar and timing rules in the book, and throw out anything with fuzzy mold, a bad smell or slime.
- Eggs in celebration drinks must be cooked to 160°F (71°C), as the recipes say.
- Honey is never for babies under 1 year old.
- Hibiscus (jamaica): if you are pregnant or take blood-pressure or other daily medication, ask your doctor before drinking it regularly.
- Ginger: ask your doctor if you take blood thinners.
- Cinnamon: common cassia cinnamon contains coumarin; keep it to normal food amounts.
- Caffeine is noted on coffee and chocolate drinks.
- Allergies: some recipes contain nuts, seeds, milk, eggs or grains. Check every ingredient list against your own allergies.
- Follow general food-safety guidance: clean hands and tools, safe water, refrigerate within 2 hours, and when in doubt, throw it out.
You are responsible for how you prepare, store and serve any recipe. The publisher is not liable for any outcome arising from the use or misuse of the information in our books or on this site.
Prices and savings
Costs, "instead of" store prices and yearly savings in our books and on this site are rounded, approximate 2026 US retail figures. They vary by city, store and how much you drink, and they show the size of possible savings; they are not a promise that you will save any particular amount.
About Doña Dilcia (AI-generated content)
Doña Dilcia is the AI-generated storyteller character of The Honduran Way. Her face, voice and video appearances are created with artificial intelligence, and her life story and family memories are fiction. She is not a real person, a doctor, a nutritionist or a licensed professional of any kind. Any resemblance to a real person is coincidental. The recipes and methods she presents are real Honduran home traditions, written down for American kitchens by The Honduran Way. Some photographs on this site and in our books are also created or edited with AI.
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