I remember my mother making this recipe for weight loss. I am 50 years old now, so this recipe is around for quite some time. You just used cold water and mixed in the apple cider vinegar and honey. (No cinnamon). You were supposed to drink it on an empty stomach in the morning before breakfast. Sometime the recipe called for once a day, sometimes it called for 3 times daily.

I was flipping channels last week and I stumbled upon the Dr. Oz show. He recommended mixing carob powder into smoothies, sprinkling it on cereal or even bake with it. According to him carob is acing as a natural fat blocker. I had to make gluten free cookies as a treat for my daughters class and the recipe used carob chips as a substitute for chocolate chips. The carob chips actually tasted like chocolate.