Apple cider vinegar has been used in homes for centuries
in cooking and preserving. It has also been used as a home remedy
externally, used for fungal infections and sunburns, and internally as an
aid to digestion.(1,2,3) The benefits of using apple cider vinegar for
health reasons has been recognized for many years.
Currently finding new attention, proponents claim a diverse range of
health benefits for apple cider vinegar. Apple Cider Vinegar can mostly be
regarded as an aid to the digestive process. There may be a cascade of
bodily beneficial effects when greater acidity is made available with
meals. Antacid manufacturers say that hyperacidity is often thought to be
the problem behind the digestive and heart burns, but instead they are
frequently related to a lack of gastric hydrochloric acid. Simply growing
older raises the prospect of losing our capacity to produce adequate acid.
This age-related lack of stomach acidity is well known, with 40 percent of
postmenopausal suffering from clinically important depressed acid levels.
For the protein digestive enzymes to be effectively activated, proper
acidity is required. Stomach acidity is crucial to the broad range of
metabolic steps underwriting wellness, all of which in some way need
optimal protein digestion. Also closely related to its acidity, apple
cider vinegar contributes valuable acid to the task of maintaining the
acid/alkaline balance in the body as a whole that is otherwise exposed to
a national dietary milieu that frequently favors alkalinity.
It has become very popular to regard apple cider vinegar as an aid in
weight loss. However, there is no well established physiological reason
why apple cider vinegar should support weight loss. Water loss may be
supported by greater systemic acidity, but mobilized fat is not seemingly
connected to acetic acid consumption.
Vinegar is not usually associated with drug
interactions. The acidity of the dosage will not present a strong increase
in stomach acid. Drugs capable of undergoing etherification with acetic
acid may interact with vinegar.
These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Products are intended to support general well being and are not intended to treat, diagnose, mitigate, prevent, or cure any condition or disease. If conditions persist, please seek advice from your medical doctor.
