Apple Cider Vinegar…to Your Health
Our medical system has some serious flaws. Doctor’s bills are expensive, prescriptions are out of control, and our health care system is far from organized, which is leading more people to take prevention and cures into their own hands.
In 2012, a study reported that Americans spent $30 billion dollars on alternative medicine. That’s a whopping $500 per person, on average.
For a lot less money than what it costs to visit the doctor and pay for our prescriptions, people have been turning to alternative medicine, homeopathy and other practices to avoid those costly medical bills.
Now, I’m not suggesting that you turn on your Himalayan salt lamp and think good thoughts instead of seeking professional medical care in a serious situation, but there is a natural remedy I’ve been a believer in and want to share – apple cider vinegar.
While the uses for white vinegar are plentiful, apple cider vinegar has arguably even more trusted applications. Its wide-ranging benefits (rivaling uses for tea tree oil and other nifty natural helpers) include everything from fixing annoying hiccups to alleviating cold symptoms, optimizing gut health, and addressing other concerns including diabetes, high cholesterol, and weight issues.
So, how do you use apple cider vinegar as a health tonic?
Well, most people will take apple cider vinegar as a solution. In a 10-ounce glass of cold, filtered water, stir in two tablespoons of raw, unfiltered apple cider. Then, either drink it as is or heat it up in the microwave oven for about 30 seconds and drink it as a tea.
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 help prevent blood vessels from hardening, and can act as a calming agent.
Now, following is a list of ailments for which apple cider vinegar 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
-arthritis
-diarrhea
-headaches
-coughs
-heartburn
-hay fever
-colitis
-insomnia
-hiccups
Just a reminder, I’m not a certified nutritionist or doctor, but have had great results with my achy knees by drinking a glass a day of this. I also will say that none of these claims have been verified. Please do not stop taking any medication in exchange for remedies like this, without consulting your doctor first.
What has your experience been with apple cider vinegar? Let me know in the comments.
Editors note: the original article contained a recipe for adding honey to ACV and water and has since been removed. Adding honey will improve the taste of the mixture but has no additional benefits.
Can you make it up the night before and refrigerate it?
I was taking the acv 2x/day. I ended up with a duodenal ulcer and have to give it up. Damn!
I am 75, and 36 year Army veteran. I have been taking a regime of that I found in several books and have added a few ingredients. I have lost 28 pounds since last Jan 2017. Now, I know the ACV is critical, but I also stopped drinking sodas and avoid High Fructose Corn Syrup. I also go easy on grains and carbohydrates. I also have gotten back into fitness workouts to strengthen my muscles and get my flexibility back, I also have looked into other ingredients that are beneficial. Here is what I drink every morning: 1 Tbsp Raw Honey, 2 Tbsp ACV, 1 Tbsp Lemon fresh juice, 1/2 Tsp Ginger, 1/4 Tsp each of Cumin, Turmeric, Cinnamon, Black Pepper, and a dash of Cayenne Pepper all with eight ounces of “hot tap water” to dissolve the ingredients. The Black Pepper helps the body to absorb the Turmeric. Anyway, this works for me. If you research the internet, you can see the benefits of each of the ingredients I am using. Oh, part of the weight loss is because I lost my wife of 52 years in May, 2017 who was a great cook. Bachelor cooking really sucks.
White vinegar only for swimmers ear. Place a couple of drops in the ear canal, twice a day. Leave in about a minute. Turn head to drain it out. Use a cotton swab to dry.
I use it every day 3 ex’s a day. I use organic apple cider vinegar for health purposes but also as a cleaning agent. No store bought cleaners. Even cleans my good jewelry.
I use organic raw vinegar apple cider every day and it has done wonders for me as mentioned above. Great even as cleaning agent. Use it for all kinds of stuff.
I take ACV capsules, and they have helped my acid reflux and arithritis. The pharmacist tokd me to not take any pills, be it supplements, vitamins or prescriptions, 2 hours before and after taking the capsules.
I am a 71 year old married female, and have generally good health, probably because i’m a vegetarian. The ACV ideas sound good, so thank you, everyone, for your comments.
I started using Apple Cider Vinager about 6 weeks ago to help with my type II Diabetes. I take just a teaspoon with 8 oz of water in the morning, before supper and before bed. I saw results within days. My fasting sugars average 96 every morning now. They were well above 100 usually 125 every morning. Keep in mind I have also been really vigilant about my diet too. No grains.
My son has Type I and I started 2 weeks ago giving him ACV at bed time and when he gets up. His fasting sugars for the past two weeks have been excellent. Mostly below 100. I have felt my energy return, I have more focus and my memory has improved. I feel great. Not saying it’s all due to ACV but I think it has certainly figured into the equation. John
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?
I plan to get somte today. It would be a blessing if it works.
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.
Fyi , mustard works for cramps for most people, get a tablespoon of yellow mustard put it in your mouth, make sure to swirl it around so it gets under your tongue then eat it , if cramps don’t go away try another, but give the first one a couple of minutes
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.
Yes , that is true. But not so much if it is diluted enough with water.
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.
TAP WATER?!?! NOOOOOOO
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.
You do know that both lemon juice and acv are acidic, right?
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.
Braggs ACV with the mother
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.
that’s because you didn’t have enough stomach acid not
of too much.
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.