Apple Cider Vinegar

justkc

Has anyone lost weight with this? How can I drink it down? I'm having a hard time with it.

cerise_noir

There is absolutely no scientific evidence that ACV assists with weight loss. There is scientific evidence that a calorie deficit works, though.

malibu927

ACV does nothing for weight loss. Only a calorie deficit does.

PaulaWallaDingDong

You don't lose weight with it. There are some claims of other health benefits, but it's hard to know what's real and what's placebo. Any weight loss effect is definitely placebo, though.

hasonmd

ACV is a dieretic, so it will only take off water weight.

justkc

PaulaWallaDingDong wrote: »

You don't lose weight with it. There are some claims of other health benefits, but it's hard to know what's real and what's placebo. Any weight loss effect is definitely placebo, though.

Oh ok. Glad I don't need to drink it. I was wondering how people down it.

estherdragonbat

I make a vegan cornbread that helps me feel full. It uses 1 tsp ACV to curdle the almond milk. So... yeah, it sort of helps weight loss. But I suspect lemon juice would too.

Rocknut53

What everyone else has said. If you decide you want to continue using it, adding it to water with a little bit of honey makes it palatable...or putting in pulled pork or on salads as others have posted in similar forums.

elisa123gal

some of us drink acv in water to make our systems more alkaline. it has nothing to do with weightloss..

jenilla1

estherdragonbat wrote: »

I make a vegan cornbread that helps me feel full. It uses 1 tsp ACV to curdle the almond milk. So... yeah, it sort of helps weight loss. But I suspect lemon juice would too.

Adding vinegar or lemon juice to milk (cow or otherwise) is a well-known substitute for buttermilk. (I've used it many times, but usually with lemon juice, since I have lemons on my tree almost year-round.) So you are basically eating a vegan buttermilk cornbread! Sounds delicious...

earlnabby

justkc wrote: »

Has anyone lost weight with this? How can I drink it down? I'm having a hard time with it.

I have lost weight with it. It makes a great warm bacon dressing for spinach salad.

earlnabby

elisa123gal wrote: »

some of us drink acv in water to make our systems more alkaline. it has nothing to do with weightloss..

Please explain how an acid makes your body alkaline?

savithny

Also, downing it without dilution can wreck your tooth enamel.

mph323

elisa123gal wrote: »

some of us drink acv in water to make our systems more alkaline. it has nothing to do with weightloss..

Wow, I put a lot of vinegar on my salads and I eat them all the time. If it made my body more alkaline, I'd be dead.

malibu927

earlnabby wrote: »

elisa123gal wrote: »

some of us drink acv in water to make our systems more alkaline. it has nothing to do with weightloss..

Please explain how an acid makes your body alkaline?

Not to mention how it would change the extremely small pH range your body has

misskarne

elisa123gal wrote: »

some of us drink acv in water to make our systems more alkaline. it has nothing to do with weightloss..

Oh god where the kitten is that chart that explains that this is such kitten woo...

mph323

Dammit, while we're on the subject of vinegar, I picked up a bottle of mango white balsamic vinegar the other day because the samples they had out smelled heavenly. I just dumped a bunch of it on my salad and now I'm looking at the calories (wrong order, I know) and it's 40 calories per tbl! This is so unfair!

estherdragonbat

jenilla1 wrote: »

estherdragonbat wrote: »

I make a vegan cornbread that helps me feel full. It uses 1 tsp ACV to curdle the almond milk. So... yeah, it sort of helps weight loss. But I suspect lemon juice would too.

Adding vinegar or lemon juice to milk (cow or otherwise) is a well-known substitute for buttermilk. (I've used it many times, but usually with lemon juice, since I have lemons on my tree almost year-round.) So you are basically eating a vegan buttermilk cornbread! Sounds delicious...

It is! I'm making a lot of chili these days and I can't believe it took me so long to discover that chili and cornbread were a match made in heaven!