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Apple Cider Vinegar Diet
Apple Cider Vinegar is a tonic made by fermenting the juice of an apple. The apple is crushed, and the juice is squeezed out. The fermentation process occurs when yeast and sugar are added to the juice. A second process involves adding certain bacteria’s to the juice which will then form an acetic acid.
Folk Remedy
Apple Cider Vinegar has been used for many hundreds of years as a health tonic. Purveyors of the tonic claim that it will cure migraine headaches, diabetes, chronic fatigue, arthritis, high blood pressure and many other ailments.
There are a large number of health food manufacturers who tout this vinegar as a "miracle" healer. The sad truth is that there is very little evidence to prove any of these anecdotal claims. A nutritional breakdown of Apple Cider Vinegar shows that it is actually quite "bland" - rather than being the nutritional "storehouse" that marketers claim.
Apple Cider for Weight Loss
In the 1950s a country doctor in Vermont (Dr. D. C. Jarvis) wrote a book (Folk Medicine) that set the stage for Apple Cider Vinegar as a weight loss agent. He claimed that regular consumption of the tonic would cause fat to be burned rather than stored. Others claim that the pectin in the vinegar will bind cholesterol and remove it from the body.
However it is all conjecture - this supplement is harmless but is unlikely to offer many health benefits - and will absolutely not cause weight loss.
What people call the Apple Cider Vinegar Diet is simply the act of consuming 1-3 teaspoons tonic before each meal in the hope of losing weight. There is very little (if any) evidence proving that this is effective.
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User Reviews
May 18th, 2009
i have just started this diet…. i heared i only have to drink this in the morning first thing… Is it before meals then??? how do I do this correctly?
May 11th, 2009
I am 210 lbs 5′4 Native American female. I have lost about 6 lbs in about a week.. I have lots of energy and believe that it has helped with the extra water weight. My rings and jeans fit a little better.. But I love this stuff.. I mix a gallon of water and 2 - 1/4 cups of Organic ACV with Splenda.. It makes a yummy apple drink.. I LOVE THIS STUFF…
June 9th, 2009
iTried this tonite . iHeard of it from a friend iam 16 . And iHave weight issues . iGained 12 pounds in a mater of 6 weeks . i Use to weigh 145 . That was stable now I weigh 165 .
&& my close don’t fit rite! Iam tryinq this diet alonq with excercise !