Apple Cider Vinegar For Health

100 Amazing and Unexpected Uses for Apple Cider Vinegar

Britt Brandon

• Publisher: Adams Media
• Year: 2014
• eBook ISBN: 9781440573156
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Alternative & Complementary Medicine

Discover the power of apple cider vinegar!One of the world's most renowned home remedies, vinegar has always been praised for its powerful antioxidants and incredible antiseptic power. Apple Cider Vinegar for Health shows you how to use the all-natural product in your daily beauty and health routine, from crafting a wholesome weight-loss tonic to giving your skin a lovely glow. Featuring step-by-step instructions and plenty of helpful tips, this book provides 100 apple cider vinegar solutions that help:

• Control cholesterol and boost weight loss.
• Relieve daily aches and pains, from muscle soreness to chronic headaches.
• Treat unsightly blemishes, itchy insect bites, and sunburns.
• Promote healthy skin, hair, and nails.

There's almost nothing vinegar can't handle--from frizzy hair, to hiccups, to varicose veins--and all without the need for dangerous chemicals or costly procedures. With Apple Cider Vinegar for Health, you'll discover all the benefits that a simple bottle of ACV can bring.

PART 1

HEALTH

Chapter 1
NUTRITION

Every year, consumers spend billions of dollars on health products that focus on diet. Between products promising to help you lose weight and build muscle, vitamin supplements to remedy deficiencies and improve system functioning, and products designed to relieve stomach troubles, this is a huge industry that pumps out products packed with, well, who knows what. You never truly know what is really in your daily vitamins, what those cryptic ingredients are in the lengthy list on the back of your appetite suppressant, or what makes the active ingredient in your anticonstipation medicine so “active.” We trustingly hand over hard-earned money for a product that may not even deliver what it promises, and could actually cause more harm than good. If you’re looking to improve your diet, enrich your body with quality nutrition, reverse deficiencies, and resolve stomach issues, you need to look no further than apple cider vinegar.

With rich amounts of vitamins like vitamin C, B vitamins, vitamin A, and vitamin E, along with essential minerals like iron, magnesium, potassium, and calcium, ACV is your one-stop shop for maintaining sufficient amounts of the nutrients you need to keep your body and mind running as they should. But the benefits provided by ACV don’t stop there! With pectin, a naturally occurring element in apples that acts as a fibrous gel when it’s introduced to your digestive enzymes, and a variety of antioxidants that work to prevent illness and protect cell health, ACV goes above and beyond the average vitamin supplement.

One of the most exciting aspects of using apple cider vinegar to improve your health is that you don’t have to worry about side effects from dangerous chemical additions as with so many over-the-counter health products. Because the active ingredients and nutritional benefits of ACV are the results of simple methods designed to retain the natural elements of the apples used to create the vinegar, there is no need to add anything. Naturally, you can achieve your goals of maximizing your metabolic functioning, satisfying your body’s needs for specific vitamins, and minimizing your need for medications designed to help with digestion or aid in suppressing appetite.

1. IMPROVE WEIGHT LOSS

Whether it’s a New Year’s resolution, an upcoming wedding, preparation for bikini season, or one of so many reasons millions choose to start weight-loss programs, people spend billions of dollars every year to lose weight. Yet many of the diet pills, potions, and plans fail to deliver, leaving those who paid out feeling duped … and still wanting to lose those annoying pounds. The plan with the highest success rate for losing weight and maintaining weight loss involves a quality, clean diet and exercise regimen, and apple cider vinegar can help too!

Including ACV in your weight-loss plan is easy to do and really effective.

TO MAKE A DAILY DOSE, COMBINE:

1 cup water • 1 tablespoon ACV • 1 tablespoon lemon juice

Drink the concoction up to five times daily prior to meals to enjoy the many health benefits that can aid in weight loss.

Most people cite the following four obstacles in achieving and maintaining weight loss:

1. Not being able to control hunger/cravings
2. Having an insatiable appetite
3. Lack of energy
4. A slow metabolism

The naturally occurring elements in ACV can help you overcome each one of those challenges. See entries 2 and 3 for more on how to use ACV for weight-loss success.

2. SPEED UP METABOLISM

A fast metabolism is something that only “skinny” people have, right? Wrong! Genetics do play a very important role in metabolism, but any person can improve his or her rate of metabolism naturally. Try this invigorating ACV recipe:

TO MAKE A DRINK, COMBINE:

1 cup green tea • 2 tablespoons ACV • 1 tablespoon lemon juice • 1 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper

To use, drink this metabolism-boosting tonic 30 minutes before every meal.

The combination of caffeinated green tea, internal-temperature-raising cayenne pepper, and multiple vitamins and minerals in lemon juice and ACV promotes proper metabolic functioning, improves fat burning, and increases energy levels.

Along with this drink, try these simple lifestyle changes to boost your metabolic rates in a matter of weeks:

Implement a strength-training routine designed to increase fat-burning muscle mass

Eat smaller meals more frequently throughout the day

Incorporate 30-minute bouts of cardiovascular exercise 4–6 days per week

3. SUPPRESS YOUR APPETITE

Ever been on a diet, peering into your refrigerator, looking for something to stop your stomach from growling? Even though you’ve been able to stick to your diet, eat clean foods, and drink loads of water, you still find yourself hungry and with a seemingly insatiable appetite that is sure to lead to diet derailment in no time. Rather than give in to temptation or suffer through the feelings of starvation and deprivation, choose the healthy alternative: apple cider vinegar.

TO MAKE A DRINK, COMBINE:

2 cups water • 1 tablespoon ACV

To use, stir well, and sip throughout the day.

The enzymes and acetic acid in ACV normalizes the acid levels (pH levels) of your stomach, reducing hunger pains and cravings, and resulting in a reduced appetite. There are other theories about why ACV helps regulate appetite, too. One theory is that the acetic acid in ACV reduces the glycemic index of foods, which slows the rate that sugars are released into the blood stream, prolonging the feeling of satiety after a meal and reducing cravings. Another theory is that the pectin in ACV mixes with water/liquid and expands, leading to a decrease in appetite. Regardless of how it works, it does! The best part about this tonic is that it’s ...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Dedication
• Introduction
• Apple Cider Vinegar’s Many Health Benefits
• Part 1: Health
• Part 2: Beauty
• Acknowledgments
• Copyright