Apple Cider Vinegar and Chia Seeds

Tacklewasher

notreallychris wrote: »

So this is a thread where:

1. OP posts about ACV.
2. OP gets helpful tips about ACV, and it's non-benifit for weight loss.
3. The occasional random person comes in every once and a while (after the thread is almost dead) to say "it works".
4.OP never read the helpful tips in the first place, OR saw helpful tips, and didn't want to hear it, so it doesn't really matter.

So, like pretty much every ACV thread.

misnomer1

If sugar is the devil then why are hospitalized patients who have to be on IV nutrition fed dextrose? You should boycott all those hospitals.

Don't fall for click bait BS OP

inertiastrength

ACV does no such thing. I do, however, use 2 tablespoons to draw out more collagen from my beef bones when I make broth.

BogQueen1

I'm continually stumped by people who think vinegar promotes an 'alkaline' environment in your body. Do you remember nothing from high school chemistry? Vinegar is an acid, acetic acid to be specific. You can't add acid to something and make it more alkaline. That's not how any of this works.

bagge72

And the this is why we always fail! We are more willing to eat magic seeds, and drink a magic drink instead of eat less food.

cwolfman13

elisa123gal wrote: »

ACV helps to keep your body's system alkaline. Many people use it for that purpose..to keep the system from being acidic, which promotes inflamation and disease. It does work for that, and it is worthwhile.

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TeaBea

elisa123gal wrote: »

ACV helps to keep your body's system alkaline. Many people use it for that purpose..to keep the system from being acidic, which promotes inflamation and disease. It does work for that, and it is worthwhile.

Um - NO! Can you imagine all day long the foods we eat, the combinations of food we eat, the beverages we drink (even water!) would change our body's system alkaline all day long.

Noel_57 wrote: »

Aschindler412 wrote: »

I'm continually stumped by people who think vinegar promotes an 'alkaline' environment in your body. Do you remember nothing from high school chemistry? Vinegar is an acid, acetic acid to be specific. You can't add acid to something and make it more alkaline. That's not how any of this works.

Well, some people claim that vinegar in water helps heartburn. I fell for that malarkey, and it was one of the worst things I ever tried.

People with LOW stomach acid may take ACV (or drink lemonade with their meal....anything acidic) to help aid in digestion. ACV for those with higher than normal stomach acid (me) would find taking ACV extremely painful!

OP - you risk tooth enamel erosion with ACV.

AnnPT77

Just for the sake of argument: I think the "tooth erosion" argument depends on how you consume it. Watered down and sipped at length, maybe a concern. Tossed back with water chaser, probably not a worry.

And for some reason, no one around here talks about eroding tooth enamel from salad dressing or vinegar BBQ sauce (or when I mention putting "drinking vinegar" in my vodka/soda). Selective demonization?

Reminder: I like ACV, but I think it totally lacks magic, especially weight loss magic.

sksk1026

I agree you need to eat more. Minimum 1200 calories. It's hard for you to be properly nourished otherwise. I hope you're also tracking your iron intake on mfp. I'm anemic too and take iron supplements but I also now eat beef and liver regularly. I noticed that if I ate too few calories that my iron intake without supplements was pitifully low hence the addition of more meat and a higher calorie allocation.

rheddmobile

Are you supplementing iron? That's far more critical in the case of someone anemic than messing about with vinegar. If your stomach has issues with iron, try bifera with heme iron, it's easier to absorb and less disruptive.

ACV has been shown in studies to have a slight effect on the speed at which carbs are absorbed, which is only important if you are diabetic. I've tried it with blood glucose testing and it's not enough of an effect to bother with. I use it in salad dressing sometimes.

Chia seeds are a fine food, glad you enjoy them, they're pretty high calorie so make sure you watch portions.

duskyjewel

elisa123gal wrote: »

ACV helps to keep your body's system alkaline. Many people use it for that purpose..to keep the system from being acidic, which promotes inflamation and disease. It does work for that, and it is worthwhile.

Yeah.....no. Your lungs and your kidneys control pH and keep it inside very tight parameters, outside which you die.

Rickster1967

ACV makes a nice dressing with some extra virgin olive oil, a bit of Dijon mustard, salt, pepper... shaken in a jar with a lid, poured over a nice green salad yummy

other than that errm...