Apple Cider Vinegar and Honey…to Your Health
Doctor’s bills are very expensive. Prescriptions for medicines are also very expensive. Wouldn’t it be nice if we could avoid writing some of those checks to our medical care providers and to our local pharmacies? Maybe we can.
For a lot less money than what it costs to visit the doctor and pay for our prescriptions, we can try to keep ourselves healthy through the simple use of apple cider vinegar and honey. By consuming it regularly, we not only can help prevent a wide variety of problems, but also treat many of the health issues we might already have.
First off, here’s how to make this simple solution. In a 10-ounce glass of cold, filtered water, stir in two tablespoons of raw, unfiltered apple cider vinegar and two tablespoons of raw, wildflower honey. Then, either drink it as is or heat it up in the microwave oven for about 30 seconds and drink it as a tea.
Why apple cider vinegar and honey? Apple cider vinegar works as a “detoxifier” in your blood stream, cleansing various organs in the body. It also contains a high amount of potassium, which is important for the normal growth of the body and for the replacement of worn-out tissues. It can prevent blood vessels from hardening, and can act as a restraining influence on those who are overly excitable and nervous. Honey serves to
make the taste much more tolerable, and we all know how good this natural sweetener is for us.
Now, following is a list of ailments for which apple cider vinegar and honey can be beneficial. You won’t believe how many different problems it can help with. In no particular order, this inexpensive and easy-to-make concoction can aid with high blood pressure, kidney and bladder issues, asthma, arthritis, diarrhea, headaches, coughs, heartburn, hay fever, dizziness, colitis, insomnia, hiccups, hearing problems, hair loss and blood loss.
Have you ever combined apple cider vinegar and honey in a drink for medicinal purposes? If so, please let me know what kind of results you’ve achieved and whether you used it as a preventative or to help with a specific ailment?
Years ago heard vinegar in grape juice would be good. Maybe could use grape juice with the ACV and honey.
For anyone concerned about the microwave, why not heat the water first and then add the ACV and the honey?
a friend uses acv and honey when she has cramps in legs, feet or hands. It works for her. It didn’t for me, but I will give it another try hearing all this.
Sounds gross but the ACV will remove spackle inside your stomach (will leave it for the more educated to describe where and what that is)!
MICROWAVE??????? You just killed all of the good you were intending to do…..
Good sharing, yes, apple cider vinegar (ACV) helps to boost metabolism, blocks the body’s storage of dietary fat plus breaks down and dissolves existing body fat. A study at Australia’s University of Sydney in which subjects who consumed two tablespoon of ACV daily experienced fewer surges and crashes in blood sugar levels. Read more at:
http://kidbuxblog.com/apple-cider-vinegar-acv-helps-to-boost-metabolism/
I want to know if the vinegar damages your teeth. I heard it ruins the enamel.
you can just use hot water right out of your sink tap, it just serves to help melt & distribute the honey, you could use cold water, too, there’s no reason for it to be heated other than your own pleasure.
I’ve suffered with leg cramps for over 40 years. This prevented me from pulling up my legs while sleeping or just lying on the couch.. After starting with Brags Organic ACV with mother, I noticed a change after a few days. I’m now free of cramps except for a very mild attack that lasts only a few seconds.
For years I have been taking Bragg’s ACV mixed with one-half squeezed lemon juice first thing every morning (it turns your system basic (as opposed to acidic) for the rest the day). I thing mix two tbsp of honey with cinnamon and put it on toast. It is best to use local, raw honey (the pollen used to make the honey by local bees will help with any allergies from plants in the local area). These two things, again, taken every morning, will help promote good health. Some people say making tea with the cinnamon and honey, but you will find cinnamon does not dissolve in anything, thus using it with honey on toast is much easier. Good health to you.
I take two tablespoons of unfiltered apple cider vinegar in my orange juice, and 1/8 teaspoon of cinnamon. I no longer have to take Glucosamine, Chondroitin for my joints, and the cinnamon has helped lower my glucose.
Years ago a D.O gave me a shot for a severe case of Follicular Tonsellitus. The tonsels were in such a diseased condition that the tissue was dying and sluffing off, like rotten meat. He told me from now on when tonsellitus reappears simply take a tablespoon of raw apple cider vinegar every two hours and let it slowly trickle down the throat ,bathin the tonsels in vinegar. I am 76 years old and retain my tonsels.
SEVERAL ISSUES AND QUESTIONS:
I am curious. ACV is a new one for me. Drinking vinegar does not sound very palatable, even with honey.
1. “Now, following is a list of ailments for which apple cider vinegar and honey can be beneficial.” There is no list. ???
2. I already heard about using local honey for the antibiotic and allergy benefits. But, I would like to know if there is a preference for what type of ACV to use. Is any from the grocery store suitable, or, do you folks use a particular type or brand? If so, why?
Do you make your own? Why, why not? Partly wondering if the distillation process removes a lot of benefits.
3. Also a question to Susan, how long she has used it? What is her regiment? Is this an ailment that was on the non-existent list?
4. Has anyone stopped using it and gotten sick and then resumed using it? Or, other life’s experiences.
5. Related to “local” What about other ciders? such as pear cider vinegar, or grape vinegar, etc. Anyone have any experience with these?
Thanks in advance for your wisdom and experience.
Moderator: can you remove #1. for me. I cannot edit. Somehow I did not see the list in the paragraph. Sorry.
Grant, you want to get Apple Cider Vinegar “with the Mother” which is unpasteurized. I use Bragg Organic Raw – unfiltered Apple Cider Vinegar. Do not refrigerate the vinegar or it will kill the “mother.”
Thank you for the advise that Bragg Organic Raw Unfiltered with Mother should not be refrigerated. I have been refrigerating. I also drink 8 ozs warm water with 1 tblspn raw honey and 1 tblspn of the Bragg Appl Cdr unfiltered vinegar when my throat is getting sore, which is not very often and in 4 hours it will be so much better. I have shared with friends and their experiences have been the same.
It’s plenty palatable.
You can add a small amount of tubed ginger (or fresh ginger root if you don’t have a store that will sell it to you in tubes), about 1/4 teaspoon is plenty, and shake or stir it into your ACV & honey solution. It makes it taste great and is wonderful for your stomach. And you don’t have to buy expensive “Braggs” ACV either, any unfiltered ACV (with “the mother”) will do, even Wal-Mart carries it for a couple bucks. Everything Braggs sells is ridiculously expensive.
I had acid reflux disease for a few years. When I heard of apple cider vinegar I drank one ounce of apple cider vinegar with 8 ounces of water every morning for about 6 months. I no longer have acid reflux and only get heart burn at Thanksgiving, Christmas, and Fourth of July (of which I will drink one glass of the mixture to relieve it).
You will always get better results if OGANIC ACV is used and maple syrup or honey are both good sweeteners!
Also it’s best NOT to heat your drink!
I have been using this drink for many, many years and I have never been ill in my entire life, not even a cold or a headache. But I also do other things, like eat nothing but whole foods, no junk foods at all, and avoid supplements that can cause health problems.
Definitely don’t microwave this or anything else that you want health benefits from as this will kill all the goodness you would get. Also, you could substitute 100% maple syrup in place of the honey for more nutrients. My Grandmother used ACV for most of her life every night at bed time and she lived to 91 years old.
The microwave will NOT kill “goodness.”, the “goodness” in ACV are the chemical compounds and acid it contains. But you go ahead and believe whatever you want.
Whenever I feel a sore throat coming on or when I loose my voice I add ACV and honey to my tea. I sip several cups during the course of the day and usually within 24 to 48 hours everything is okay.
I have been using apple cider vinagear raw and raw honey morning and night and it never helped my sugar count or health issues
It’s the Cinnamon that is used to stabilize blood glucose- not the Honey and vinegar!
Honey is not only a good sweetener, but raw honey is full of pro-biotics which help improve digestion and improve immune system function. But heat up the water in the microwave first if drinking it as a tea or the microwaves will kill the pro-biotics.
Having acid reflux for long time, trying all those meds Doctor says take and none worked, I started taking 1 teaspoon of Apple Cider vinegar in morning for about 2 months about 23 years ago and still no acid reflux again.
I just started drinking ACV + Honey everyday. It’s been a little over a week and I really feel good. I suffer from depression, have for years. I really don’t feel it now.
I’m motivated and doing things. There so much you can do with ACV!!! Thanks for the article
Your information is quite useful as well as the comments that followed, (cayenne, lemon, etc.) But please, don’t ruin it’s goodness by nuking RAW honey in microwave. ALL live enzymes be gone! !
This is great stuff. This is a natural 100% elixer for the body. It will also give you some energy. Makes the body run smooth.
In the morning I’ve been drinking a squeeze of half a lemon with apple cider vinegar in 8 ounces of water. Now I will add some honey. Yum!
You may also consider adding a little ceyanne pepper to it as well. Read about the benefits of ceyanne pepper!
I take 2 tablespoons of Apple Cider Vinegar 3 times per day. It helps with keeping my joints more limber (I am a bit overweight and have arthritis). WHEN I remember to take a shot just before going to bed I notice that I lose a bit of weight that day. Not sure yet about weight loss helps but I highly recommend this.