Apple Cider Vinegar review
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Wow. Some really bitter people here. Glad the ACV worked for you. I use it for stomach upset at times and it's very helpful. Take a look at earthclinic.com and read testimonials from others (both pro and con). Keep up the good work!
Noone is being bitter, testimonials are anecdotal, medical studies have struggled to find any link between ACV and fat loss. Most of us are just cautioning against touting the claim that ACV has helped the OP lose weight when she has already advised she is in a calorie deficit and gone lower carb, the OP has put the work in and done great, but doesn't seem to want to take the credit for it, instead she's attributing it to the ACV.19 -
amethyst72016 wrote: »@livingleanlivingclean yeah, I take less carbs and more protein foods everyday. And I make sure my intake calories don't exceed more than 1200 calories. I wanna start to do the intermittent fasting this week as well.
It wasn't the ACV then, it was that you ate at a calorie deficit and lost weight. ACV is not a magic weight loss ingredient.17 -
ACV does not and cannot "remove belly fat"! Think logically about this, how does an inanimate liquid know which fat to go for? Why not arm fat or ear fat...??
I rather think it's the 1200 calories a day that's done the job.30 -
Wow. Some really bitter people here. Glad the ACV worked for you. I use it for stomach upset at times and it's very helpful. Take a look at earthclinic.com and read testimonials from others (both pro and con). Keep up the good work!
But that's just it. There is absolutely no evidence whatsoever or any studies that support the idea that ACV was what worked for losing inches or weight loss or anything. There's nothing bitter about that.
What drives people to post corrections like this is not bitterness toward the thread author; it's the fact that there are numerous folks that read these threads and do not post that can take this "woo" and believe it's science. It's not.
Apple cider vinegar has been around for a long time and has its uses. I use in homemade salad dressing. When I eat salads with my homemade dressing as a part of my caloric deficit, do you know what gets the credit for my weight loss? Hint: it's not the apple cider vinegar.
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Next up, a review of foods you can starve to death eating, drinks made of 99% water that dehydrate you and how bananas are the devil.
Personally I cant wait!20 -
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Poisonedpawn78 wrote: »Next up, a review of foods you can starve to death eating, drinks made of 99% water that dehydrate you and how bananas are the devil.
Personally I cant wait!
And it's not even Friday. We are truly blessed.12 -
NextRightThing714 wrote: »Oy vey. Prolonged use of ACV (even diluted) on your face risks a chemical burn. Worth it?
You have any links about this? I've seen where prolonged exposure (putting ACV on bandages) caused chemical burns. Never seen anything about brief applications of diluted ACV causing burns. I'm quite curious!
OP says she's using it as a toner, most people don't rinse off a toner. And the strength of the dilution is key, and probably not something the avg person making a homemade toner from miracle ACV is being careful about. Google is full of people reporting they have burns on their faces from ACV. I'm sure they did something wrong, but that's what can happen when people apply an acid solution to their face after reading a stranger's blog in their PJs
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OP reads almost like a religious worship of ACV.
But no individual food or substance has any magical qualities although many have been the in thing claimed to have.
Was raspberry ketones when I first joined MFP - you never hear of them now.8 -
paperpudding wrote: »OP reads almost like a religious worship of ACV.
But no individual food or substance has any magical qualities although many have been the in thing claimed to have.
Was raspberry ketones when I first joined MFP - you never hear of them now.
You hear about keto though! All day errey day!
The poor raspberries must be so sad to be left out now. Pushed by the wayside by apples to make magical ACV.12 -
ya no...it was your calorie deficit not the vinegar ....As everyone has said lol10
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@amethyst72016
Here's what I see. You are working hard. You are limiting your calorie intake and your carbs. You are doing that. And then you give away the credit for all that hard work to ACV. That's what everyone is trying to tell you. Take the credit! It's all you! Not the ACV.17 -
Wow. Some really bitter people here. Glad the ACV worked for you. I use it for stomach upset at times and it's very helpful. Take a look at earthclinic.com and read testimonials from others (both pro and con). Keep up the good work!
Also some gullible ones. Before giving the linked website too much credit, please see this bit from the founder's bio:
Since her early twenties, Deirdre has traveled throughout the world to study spirituality, healing and native remedies. Deirdre Layne holds a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy from Mount Holyoke College.
Deirdre holds a unique understanding of body dynamism and the yin & yang flows of energy in movement. Throughout her twenties, Deirdre studied, performed and taught Middle Eastern dance as an avocation. A decade later, however, Deirdre followed through on her childhood dream to learn karate. By her mid-thirties, Deirdre became a nationally ranked medalist in Traditional Karate, winning several bronze and silver medals in kumite (sparring). A second degree black belt, Deirdre had the great honor of studying with Sensei Hidetaka Nishiyama, the prominent Japanese master of Shotokan karate, for 5 years before his passing in 2008. Deirdre continues her budo training in Los Angeles at a local dojo.
What in that spiel exactly qualifies her to be an authority on natural remedies? Also, note that the other main contributor to the site was incapacitated by a stroke in 2015. Doesn't seem like those natural remedies did him so well...
People on this site are bitter about crappy health information or 'bro-science' because not only is it incredibly frustrating and annoying, it can also be dangerous. For prime examples, see many of the natural remedies recommended by Gwyneth Paltrow's company, Goop, and the backlash that they've faced by recommending downright dangerous practices as 'natural' remedies. While apple cider isn't the worst example of this in the world, it's indicative of a larger health problem overall.18 -
I'm not a believer of ACV. But if you are determined to keep using it, please make sure you are diluting it and seeing a dentist regularly. ACV can damage the enamel on your teeth.10
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So wait, "the ACV" is what the drink/cure thingy is being called to distinguish it from just ACV (or apple cider vinegar) the, you know, vinegar that one uses like other vinegars in cooking or salad dressings? I'm not up on my usages and was confusing when people started going on about "the ACV" as if it were something else. I've never heard anyone talk about "the red wine vinegar" (or the "RWV") or "the balsamic vinegar," so it took me a bit to figure this out.
Speaking of which, those amusing olive oil shops where they sell all kinds of high priced olive oils and let you taste them as if it were a wine tasting room and so on usually also have balsamic vinegar. I wonder if the ones around me have expanded to different sorts of high-priced apple cider vinegar given how trendy it's been lately, and that poor balsamic vinegar doesn't seem to have any crazy tales told about it's benefits (although I can't see why the type of vinegar would matter). Really should check if fancy ACV's are being sold, forgot to last time I was there, maybe Bragg's just cornered the market on trendy ACV already.
Anyway, drinking it plain seems ick to me, but there are currently some low cal drinks that incorporate it, kind of like versions of kombucha (sold at WF, home of that sort of thing, of course). Since I don't drink wine anymore I always love a good new drink to try that is potentially interesting and non alcoholic and low cal (home made iced tea is my usual standby, also brewed unsweetened chocolate). I tried one of the ACV drinks that was tasty, although I'm sure overpriced. (I don't mind an occasional overpriced drink although I do hate fake weight loss cures and something getting ridiculously trendy can be a turn off. But then kombucha is pretty trendy and I enjoy it.)2 -
There was a programme on TV here in the UK within the last couple of weeks where they did some experiments and found it did help. They did find that it was not restricted to only apple cider vinegar, but all vinegars, and that acidic nature helped digestion and absorption. So if you can stand it, just down a bottle of malt vinegar before food20
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NextRightThing714 wrote: »Oy vey. Prolonged use of ACV (even diluted) on your face risks a chemical burn. Worth it?
You have any links about this? I've seen where prolonged exposure (putting ACV on bandages) caused chemical burns. Never seen anything about brief applications of diluted ACV causing burns. I'm quite curious!
The problem is that ACV dilution is not regulated or monitored so you don't know the degree of dilution.
I've mentioned this previously, but several months ago I reviewed the autopsy of a woman who was taking ACV to lose weight. We have no idea how much she was taking, but her gastrointestinal tract looked like it had been bleached.
Use with caution. There is no evidence supporting that this aids weight loss or anything else other than adding a zing to BBQ sauce, especially with pork.16 -
amethyst72016 wrote: »@livingleanlivingclean yeah, I take less carbs and more protein foods everyday. And I make sure my intake calories don't exceed more than 1200 calories. I wanna start to do the intermittent fasting this week as well.
You're selling yourself short. You are paying attention to the foods you eat, keeping to a calorie deficit, and thinking about trying a meal timing plan to control your appetite... and you turn around and give credit for your success to a zero calorie condiment?
You're the one who did all the work, not the vinegar.10 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »@amethyst72016
Here's what I see. You are working hard. You are limiting your calorie intake and your carbs. You are doing that. And then you give away the credit for all that hard work to ACV. That's what everyone is trying to tell you. Take the credit! It's all you! Not the ACV.
Hah! You beat me to this point. GMTA!.1
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