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Health Benefits of Apple Cider Vinegar
Apple Cider Vinegar in its natural undistilled form is a powerful healing and cleansing agent. Hippocrates found as early as 400 B.C. that it has antibiotic and antiseptic properties that fight germs and bacteria. It was sold as a health drink on the streets in the Middle Ages and Samurai Warriors drank it before battle to increase their strength & power.
There is also more recent scientific evidence of Apple Cider Vinegar Benefits. It has been found to relieve muscle pain after exercise, balance pH levels, sooth sore throats, and normalize weight.
Here's a rundown of some medical uses of vinegar which may show promise.
- Diabetes. The effect of vinegar on lowering blood glucose levels is perhaps the best-researched and the most promising of apple cider vinegar's possible health benefits.
- High cholesterol. A 2006 study in rats showed evidence that vinegar could lower cholesterol.
- Blood pressure and heart health. Another study also found that people who ate oil and vinegar dressing on salads five to six times a week had lower rates of heart disease than people who didn't. But was it all about the vinegar?
- Cancer. A few laboratory studies have found that vinegar may be able to kill cancer cells or slow their growth.
- Weight Loss. For thousands of years, vinegar has been used for weight loss.
Apple Cider Vinegar and Weight Loss
How does it work?
No one is really sure how apple cider vinegar works to promote weight loss. But it is generally believed that the nutrients, enzymes, and organic acids in apple cider vinegar cause weight reduction by acting as an appetite suppressant, by increasing your body's metabolic rate, by reducing water retention, and by helping you maintain a feeling of well being.
How Much to Take?
In his book, Folk Medicine: A New England Almanac of Natural Health Care From A Noted Vermont Country Doctor
In the 1970s, apple cider vinegar became popular once again, this time by proponents who had read Jarvis’ book and suggested that apple cider vinegar along with kelp, vitamin B6 and lecithin could help people lose weight by speeding metabolism and burning fat at a faster rate.
Dr D. C. Jarvis, M.D., calls for the taking of one or two teaspoons of apple cider vinegar in a glass of water before each meal.
Patricia Bragg is her book: Apple Cider Vinegar, 56th Edition: Miracle Health System (Bragg Apple Cider Vinegar Miracle Health System: With the Bragg Healthy Lifestyle)
With any method, don’t expect instant results or rapid weight loss, the weight will be lost gradually, as it should be to allow the body's fat cells to adjust to their new size. You can speed things up dramatically however, by combining Apple Cider Vinegar with regular exercising, healthy eating, and drinking lots of water.
Add Apple Cider Vinegar to fruit or vegetable juice to improve the flavor. This kind of weight loss tends to be permanent.
Good nutrition is the number one contributor to healthy longevity.
How is Apple Cider Vinegar Made?
Apples are among the most health-giving fruits available as they contain a host of nutritious properties: Phosphorous, Cholerine, Potassium, Sodium, Magnesium, Calcium, Sulphur, Iron, Fluorine, Silicon, plus many trace elements. All of these are found in pure Apple Cider Vinegar..
Apple Cider Vinegar is a natural product, resulting from the fermentation of apple juice to hard apple cider followed by a second fermentation to apple cider vinegar. This natural product retains all the nutritional goodness of the apples from which it was made plus it is fortified with the extra acids and enzymes produced during the two fermentation steps. It's the sum of all these ingredients that give apple cider vinegar its amazing health benefits.
The best type of apple cider vinegar to use is one made from cold pressed, organically grown whole apples, in which no chemicals or preservatives have been added, which contains the "mother of vinegar", and is not pasteurized. The "mother of vinegar" is a natural gelatinous substance formed during the last fermentation step.
This type of wholesome apple cider vinegar can be readily found in most health food stores and even in some general grocery stores.
Or visit the Bragg Online store to order your Apple Cider Vinegar
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