Apple Cider Vinegar
Introduction
Using apple cider vinegar
Warning
Introduction
Apple Cider Vinegar is our most popular remedy - one of those traditional home remedies that have been used for centuries. No wonder, as it cures more ailments than any other folk remedy AND it gives you a great-looking skin with a healthy rosy glow, more energy, and improved digestion. It is one of those MAGIC remedies and sources of great health that I take every day
Many people have commented that ACV cures:
- Acid reflux
- Acne
- Allergies (including pollen, food, pet and environmental)
- Arthritis
- Asthma
- Blood pressure too high
- Candida
- Cholesterol problems
- Chronic fatigue
- Dermatitis
- Eczema
- Fungal infections like Athlete's foot, Jock itch and nail fungus
- Gout
- Influenza
- Sinus infections
- Sore throats
Apple Cider Vinegar breaks down fat, calcium deposition and some other toxins and deposits. It is widely used to lose weight. The acid assists with stomach acidity and good digestion, and is quite amazing at curing acid reflux in days. I speak from personal experience there!
Apple Cider Vinegar is also great for pets and farm animals, including cats, dogs and horses. It helps them with arthritis and aches and pains, controls fleas and flies, and gives a beautiful shine to their coats
Using apple cider vinegar
- Use unpasteurised apple cider vinegar with the cloudy "mother". When it is raw (unpasteurised) it contains valuable enzymes. However, these enzymes are destroyed by pasteurisation (heating)
- Drinking ACV. Always dilute ACV with water or juice before drinking it. I add 1-2 teaspoons of ACV to a cup of water. Start with a weaker solution, and see how you go
- Strong acidity can damage your tooth enamel. To avoid the acid on my teeth, I drink it through a straw, holding the straw towards the back of my mouth. If I can feel it on my teeth, I rinse with a mouthful of water
- Another option to protect your teeth is to reduce the acidity of the ACV with baking soda (sodium bicarbonate). Simply keep adding small pinches of baking soda until your ACV drink just about stops fizzing. If you test it with litmus paper it should have a pH of 6-7. Also do this if you have a stomach ulcer, as drinking ACV may otherwise burn
- ACV on your skin. You can apply it to your skin neat (undiluted)
Warning
ACV tends to have a high level of free fructose. The glucose in the cider tends to be converted to vinegar in preference to the fructose
If you suffer from fructose malabsorption and are taking large quantities of ACV every day, then try one of the alternative healthy acidic products suggested in Grow Youthful. They are freshly-squeezed lemon and lime juice, clear liquid whey, Swedish bitters, EM (effective microorganisms) or betaine hydrochloride
