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Apple Cider Vinegar for Health
100 Amazing and Unexpected Uses for Apple Cider Vinegar
Britt Brandon, CFNS, CPT
Avon, Massachusetts
CONTENTS
25. Enhance a Vegetarian Diet
80. Get Rid of Acne
Dedication
For my amazing husband, Jimmy, and the loves of our lives: Lilly, Lonni, and JD. I am so thankful to have the wonderful family I have, and I want nothing more in this life than to have as many days as possible loving each of you!
INTRODUCTION
If you knew of a product that had been around for centuries, promoted by famous physicians and scholars, consumed by armies for boosting strength and maintaining the health of soldiers, utilized on battlegrounds for its healing properties, was even mentioned in the Bible, and had hundreds of health benefits that were well documented, would you want it? Of course you would! Imagine that this amazing all-natural product could be purchased right in your local grocery store for only a few dollars. This powerful potion does exist... its called apple cider vinegar.
Every day, more and more people are turning to homeopathic, natural alternatives to the modern medicines that are prescribed for everything from a bee sting to the common cold. After all, many of these modern medicines deemed safe for over-the-counter sale come packed with harmful chemicals, possibly dangerous additives, and a host of possible side effects. Sure, they might work, but at what cost to your body?
Skip the pharmacy aisle and instead grab apple cider vinegaran easy-to-find, simple-to-use, safe, all-natural, age-old solution that is well known for its reputation and effectiveness.
Thats rightapple cider vinegar is a simplistic answer to so many of the minor and major woes we all experience. Its not a magical, expensive, or hard-to-get, celebrity-endorsed product that is advertised or skillfully marketed to the massesits an inexpensive product that is all-natural and has decades of support from both consumers and science.
Apple cider vinegar, or ACV, has been used for centuries by millions of people who attest to the amazing healing powers of this product. For less than the cost of a tube of toothpaste or a topical cream, ACV can be purchased, stored on your countertop or in your refrigerator, and used for everything from a bad-breath solution to a teeth-whitening agent, a sunburn soother to a varicose vein veiler, and (amazingly enough!) you can even drink the concoction on a daily basis to increase your metabolism and improve your bodys immunity! Clearly, ACV has been a natural go-to solution for consumers that has stood the test of time and competition.
Modern technology has given companies new and improved ways to constantly bombard consumers with messages that try to convince you to purchase the perfect products that resolve issues you were previously unaware you even had (or were unaware you needed a medication for!). Meanwhile, ACV has stayed unassumingly on the condiment shelf of refrigerators, used primarily as a salad dressing ingredient.
Its time to harness the power of ACV in your life! Imagine replacing your expensive skin-care, hair-care, immunity-boosting, weight-loss products with an all-natural product that does it all... safely and effectively! By using ACV in combination with other everyday ingredients you already have around your house, you can save time, money, and sanity! Whether your goals are to improve your beauty regimen (to take care of your skin, hair, and nails), or improve the quality of your overall health, youll find in this book a number of natural tips, tricks, and cures that will help you look and feel your best... naturally! Forgo the modern medicinal pills, potions, and creams that come with undesirable toxins, costs, and side effects, and find the answers to your problems with apple cider vinegar. Live a more natural life using a natural product with decades of positive support and statistics behind it, and opt for a pennies on the dollar approach to healing and helping yourself with apple cider vinegar. What have you got to lose?
APPLE CIDER VINEGARS MANY HEALTH BENEFITS
What Is Vinegar?
You can easily find apple cider vinegar in your local grocery store in its raw, organic, unfiltered state. This seemingly simplistic salad-dressing ingredient was perfectly packaged for purchase via a careful and concise production process few know anything about. Vinegar is the result of the natural sugars within carbohydrates (fruits, vegetables, or grains) being broken down by yeast and bacteria and turned into alcohol. The alcohol then undergoes a second fermentation process and voil! Vinegar. The word vinegar is actually a literal French translation of the term for sour wine, referring to the final product of the fermentation process.
While a wide variety of foods can be used to create this potent concoction, the nutritious and delicious apple is of course the main ingredient used to develop apple cider vinegar. Aside from apple cider vinegar, you can also find a wide variety of other vinegars, such as wine vinegars, rice vinegars, and coconut vinegars.
The Special Benefits of Apple Cider Vinegar
The beauty of the apple cider vinegar production process is that the amazing health benefits of apples remain intact. The key is to buy raw, unfiltered apple cider vinegarthats the kind thats cloudy. Because of the careful process by which raw, undiluted apple cider vinegar is created, the essential nutrients that are so sought after remain intact and unadulterated. Apples are packed with vitamins and minerals, which give ACV its myriad health benefits. Here are the minerals present and their health benefits:
Potassium: muscle contraction, nerve impulses, and energy production
Calcium: important for bone health
Copper: nerve functioning, bone maintenance, proper utilization of glucose
Iron: transport of oxygen, blood health
Chromium: regulating blood glucose
Magnesium: synthesis of proteins, cellular energy production
Manganese: formation and maintenance of bone, carbohydrate metabolism
Selenium: antioxidant properties, fat metabolism
Sodium: maintains proper fluid balance
Zinc: promotes healing