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Apple Cider Vinegar

Apple Cider Vinegar is an age old remedy for many diseases. Even Hippocrates, father of Western medicine, praised Apple Cider Vinegar for its medicinal attributes.

The vinegar is made by fermenting apple juice. A second process involves adding oxygen and special bacteria to the juice, to form acetic acid. Mother of vinegar, or ‘Mother’ is the term for the phenomenon by which acetobacteria flourish and turn apple cider into vinegar.

Analysis of Apple Cider Vinegar has shown that it is composed of over 90 different substances, including 8 types of ethyl acetates, 13 types of carbolic acids, 18 types of alcohols, 4 types of aldehydes and 20 types of ketones. It also contains minerals such as Potassium, Calcium, Sodium, Magnesium, Iron, Phosphorous, Sulfur, Copper, Chlorine, Silicon and Fluorine. Vitamins present include A, B1, B2, B6, C and E. Also contained within Apple Cider Vinegar are enzymes, potash and apple pectin.

Not all Apple Cider Vinegars are the same

Apple Cider Vinegar has been used for thousands of years as a health tonic. The best vinegar for dieting purposes is believed to be raw and unfiltered apple cider vinegar. Apple Cider Vinegar reportedly has beneficial effects on many different diseases. It increases the alkalinity of the body, an effect known to promote health. It is claimed to cure migraine headaches, diabetes, chronic fatigue, arthritis, high blood pressure and many other ailments.

The Apple Cider Vinegar diet

Take 2 to 3 teaspoons of natural unfiltered Apple Cider Vinegar before each meal. The natural unprocessed vinegar contains enzymes and minerals that other versions may not contain due to processing, filtration and overheating.

For those who dislike the taste of vinegar there are Apple Cider Vinegar tablets.

Apple Cider Vinegar and weight loss

In the 1950s a doctor in Vermont, Dr. D. C. Jarvis, authored a book with the title “Folk Medicine: A Vermont Doctor’s Guide to Good Health”, that set the scene 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 can bind cholesterol and remove it from the body.

An additional effect of the Apple Cider Vinegar is that it appears to decrease appetite. There is no firm scientific evidence yet to back the reported weight loss effects of the vinegar diet, but there are many positive testimonials posted on the internet.

Recent research has shown that children who ate breakfast on a regular basis were less likely to become obese than their peers who did not eat a regular breakfast. The study examined the link between breakfast eating frequency and body weight changes in more than 2,000 adolescents. They were monitored over a five year period. The results indicated that the daily breakfast eaters tended to gain less weight and have lower body mass index levels – an indicator of obesity risk – compared with those who had missed breakfast as adolescents.

Over the past two decades, rates of obesity have doubled in children and nearly tripled in adolescents. It has been estimated that between 12 and 24 percent of children and adolescents regularly skip breakfast. This percentage of breakfast skippers has been found to increase with age, the researchers said.

Although adolescents may think that skipping breakfast seems like a good way to reduce calorie intake, findings suggest the opposite. Eating a healthy breakfast may help adolescents avoid overeating later in life and prevent unhealthy eating patterns.