Apple Cider Vinegar
hopegarrigan
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I have always seen people raving about apple cider vinegar. I am trying to get into a schedule of meal prepping and working out every morning. My question is, when would be a good time to take the acv and how much? Thanks!
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What do you expect to get out of the apple cider vinegar?2
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Never. Or any time. It makes no difference, apple cider vinegar will do nothing for you in terms of weight loss. Only a caloric deficit does that.
The people raving about it are delusional or trying to sell you something.13 -
when you have salad? makes a decent salad dressing,25
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Apple Cider Vinegar doesn't do anything for weight loss. Use it as part of recipes if you enjoy it. But the only thing that loses weight is eating less calories than you burn.6
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I drink 2 tb spoons mixed with water in the morning or Kombucha before breakfast. Helps me with digestion.15
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I had ACV every morning for months for something unrelated to weight loss. It did not help with either issue.3
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It goes good in homemade honey mustard dressing, but otherwise, no magic to it.2
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This is what I use it for. Put out a little cup of it with a few drops of dish soap and watch the fruit flies drown.
For weight loss, it does nothing. People "rave" about all sorts of ridiculous things.3 -
I like a capful in a glass of water. I do that at random times of the day so I don't have any specific time to recommend. I think it tastes most refreshing to me in the afternoon or evening. I do love the taste. I haven't used it for weight loss, but I think the study done on that shows you'd lose about a pound a year extra if you drink it in the way used in the study. I haven't tried it.11
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Aside from the fact that it it tastes foul and will not help with anything... apple cider vinegar is acidic enough to weaken the enamel on your teeth.6
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I like a capful in a glass of water. I do that at random times of the day so I don't have any specific time to recommend. I think it tastes most refreshing to me in the afternoon or evening. I do love the taste. I haven't used it for weight loss, but I think the study done on that shows you'd lose about a pound a year extra if you drink it in the way used in the study. I haven't tried it.
If you love the taste of it, sure, enjoy drinking it.
And quite dilute like you are doing is no more tooth enamel risk than OJ or any other mildly acidic drink.
But a pound a year ???
Even if such a finding from a study is correct ( not saying it is or isn't) who would bother doing anything for the sake of a pound a year??
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I tried it for several months a few years ago. I almost puked every time I had to choke it down and it did absolutely nothing in terms of weight loss.5
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I drank ACV for weeks at a time while carefully logging on MFP, and didn't drink it for other weeks at a time while still carefully logging on MFP. It made zip-zero-no-nada difference to my weight loss rate. I perceived no difference in hunger or satiation.
I was drinking it for reasons having nothing to do with weight loss, BTW.
Unless you find it super tasty, or have some other reason to consume it, I wouldn't bother.Aside from the fact that it it tastes foul and will not help with anything... apple cider vinegar is acidic enough to weaken the enamel on your teeth.
Whether it tastes foul is a matter of personal taste. Personally, I like the stuff.
And commercial, standardized-acidity vinegar is no more acidic than many other common beverages, even before it's diluted. That doesn't make it harmless to tooth enamel, but it's no more harmful than (just to name a few), several flavors of Vitamin Water, PowerAde, GatorAde, Ocean Spray Cran-whatever juices, V-8 Splash; Dole Pineapple Juice and a bunch of other juices; Rockstar and some other energy drinks; some Nestea and Arizona teas; lots of soda pops; and many other common drinks. Some people sip those other things all day long; relatively few do that with ACV.
It tastes more tart than those because it isn't smoothed by sweeteners, mostly.
ACV at the standard commercial 5% dilution runs around pH 3.3-3.5 (some other vinegars can be lower, i.e., more acidic), as I understand it. (Diluting it with water raises the pH, making it less acidic, since water is higher pH).
This "weakening tooth enamel" thing comes up every time someone brings up ACV. There are lots of unscientific claims about ACV, but countering with the "tooth enamel" thing isn't a super-duper counterargument IMO, taken in context of other common beverages. Same for esophageal damage, harm to stomach, etc.
Clearly, limiting all corrosive drinks is a good plan (according to the ADA), but ACV isn't likely a special scary case.
https://www.ada.org/en/~/media/ADA/Public Programs/Files/JADA_The pH of beverages in the United States
(NOTE: Unfortunately, the MFP editor seems unable to correctly handle that URL. You may need to cut'n'paste it into your browser if you want to read the American Dental Association article about acidity of common beverages.).6 -
ACV is good for using as a natural hair rinse, getting rid of acne (both mix with water- apply like an astringent). Not so much for weight loss though.4
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ChrisCatMama wrote: »ACV is good for using as a natural hair rinse, getting rid of acne (both mix with water- apply like an astringent). Not so much for weight loss though.
Now that you mention it, I think I read you could use it to get rid of skin tags.2 -
ChrisCatMama wrote: »ACV is good for using as a natural hair rinse, getting rid of acne (both mix with water- apply like an astringent). Not so much for weight loss though.
Depends on your hair. It did awful things to mine, would never do it again.2 -
Sorry to hear that Michelle! I have fine hair that gets knotty when it’s wet. ACV helps it.
There are a lot of uses for ACV besides that.2 -
I like a capful in a glass of water. I do that at random times of the day so I don't have any specific time to recommend. I think it tastes most refreshing to me in the afternoon or evening. I do love the taste. I haven't used it for weight loss, but I think the study done on that shows you'd lose about a pound a year extra if you drink it in the way used in the study. I haven't tried it.
I would be interested in seeing that study. It might be a good way to demonstrate to my students that statistical significance and “significance” as the word is commonly used are not the same thing. One pound in a year might be statistically significant depending on the study design, but if I’m trying to lose weight and you told me I could lose an extra pound in a year if I drank vinegar every day, I would tell you I don’t personally consider that worth it.2 -
Yes, that's why it's quite silly that it is so often promoted as a way to increase weight loss. Technically, it does, but only so minimally that walking across your living room once more each day would have about the same effect.paperpudding wrote: »I like a capful in a glass of water. I do that at random times of the day so I don't have any specific time to recommend. I think it tastes most refreshing to me in the afternoon or evening. I do love the taste. I haven't used it for weight loss, but I think the study done on that shows you'd lose about a pound a year extra if you drink it in the way used in the study. I haven't tried it.
But a pound a year ???
Even if such a finding from a study is correct ( not saying it is or isn't) who would bother doing anything for the sake of a pound a year??
I drink it because it tastes delicious.
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I think it tastes like bile. Which, not coincidentally, rhymes with vile.
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hopegarrigan wrote: »I have always seen people raving about apple cider vinegar. I am trying to get into a schedule of meal prepping and working out every morning. My question is, when would be a good time to take the acv and how much? Thanks!
The best time to take it is when you make a hot bacon dressing for fresh spinach salad.5 -
ChrisCatMama wrote: »ACV is good for using as a natural hair rinse, getting rid of acne (both mix with water- apply like an astringent). Not so much for weight loss though.
Only if you have darker hair. It can actually change the color (darkening blonde hair) so blondes should use white vinegar.3 -
Mix it with mayo and sugar, pour over broccoli salad (broccoli, bacon, red onion, sunflower seeds). Delicious but not low calorie!1
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You want low calorie?
Pulse a seeded jalapeno pepper in the food processor. Take out the steel knife blade and put in the grater attachment. Grate 3 peeled raw beets and 1 peeled/cored Granny Smith apple. Dump everything into a bowl and add 67g/1 third of a cup of sugar and 1/4 cup ACV. Toss and either refrigerate or serve.1 -
@earlnabby Thanks I had no idea! 🙂0
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@hopegarrigan It's used like an old fashioned home remedy for acid reflux but too much of anything is not a good thing. Wearing down teeth enamel, ulcer aggravation and it interacts with certain medications. It's not a cure for excess weight and does not burn fat.
The secret for weight loss is counting calories and exercise and that secret may sux but there is no shortcut.3 -
So, ACV is a staple in our family. We put it on our pork, we soak our veggies in it for snacks. It's a food group. The lot of us are more overweight than underweight. I wish it were some miracle thing, but I feel if it were, I wouldn't be here. I consume it because I love the flavor but benefits, not so much.
I can tell you a nice bowl of cucumbers, bell peppers and sweet onion in vinegar on a hot summer day is an amazing, low-calorie snack that will definitely change your life.
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