Does Apple cider vinegar actually help?

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  • snickerscharlie
    snickerscharlie Posts: 8,578 Member
    Saryia wrote: »
    I read something about how apple cider vinegar can balance out your body's ph or something...don't quote me on this...supposedly drinking coffee, soda and juices can alter your ph, not sure how that's important or relevant.

    In any case...if you like the taste, it's really good! Dilute it with water, add cinnamon and a bit of honey and it tastes like apple pie.

    Apple cider vingear makes me feel really good when I drink it, I do feel like there might be some health benefits but I don't know what they are or if they're relevant to the everyday person already eating a healthy diet.

    Oh, dear. I just don't know where to start with this one...

    All I can say is NOPE.

    It does *not* taste like apple pie. At least not any apple pie *I've* ever eaten! :/

    Your body needs no 'help' to balance out its ph. You're not a swimming pool. ;)

    And doing something because you think there *might* be some health benefits even though you admit you have no idea what those might be is just ill advised on so many levels. What if drinking battery acid (a close relative to ACV, in my humble opinion) became a thing? Like the next trendy 'cleanse' or something?

    And I'm also interested to hear about the vein cleaning thing. I'm picturing little scrubbing bubbles from the toilet cleanser commercial here. :)

  • IsaackGMOON
    IsaackGMOON Posts: 3,358 Member
    KandieCarmella wrote: »
    ACTUALLY yes... it keeps your veins clean and helps boost your metabolism. I could go on and on but maybe not as far as weightloss is directly concerned

    Does bleach or drain cleaner work just as well?
  • t8tersalad
    t8tersalad Posts: 85 Member
    Look up Braggs Apple Cider Vinegar with the Mother. Tons of health benefits. I've been drinking it 1 - 2 times a day for almost 2 years now.
  • earlnabby
    earlnabby Posts: 8,171 Member
    t8tersalad wrote: »
    Look up Braggs Apple Cider Vinegar with the Mother. Tons of health benefits. I've been drinking it 1 - 2 times a day for almost 2 years now.

    No. Fermenting apple juice does NOT make it into a magical potion. Well, there are a few good hard ciders out there, but I digress.

  • snickerscharlie
    snickerscharlie Posts: 8,578 Member
    edited May 2015
    t8tersalad wrote: »
    Look up Braggs Apple Cider Vinegar with the Mother. Tons of health benefits. I've been drinking it 1 - 2 times a day for almost 2 years now.

    Amazing how that is written by the people who actually make the stuff. ;)

    Not saying it's the devil or anything, but that pov is definitely financially skewed.


  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,876 Member
    Does Apple cider vinegar actually help?

    It helps make BBQ taste awesome...

    In all seriousness though, non-pasteurized cider vinegar has beneficial pro-biotics...but you can also just eat some yogurt. cider vinegar is also good for relieving cramps.

    Other than that, it just makes stuff taste good...but I wouldn't do shots of it or anything.
  • iamburke
    iamburke Posts: 51 Member
    It hurts your teeth. It's acid people don't tell you that.
  • bpetrosky
    bpetrosky Posts: 3,911 Member
    edited May 2015
    YayFoodYayFood wrote: »
    YayFoodYayFood wrote: »
    There is no one single magic portion or food that can be assigned to singlehandedly solve health problems.

    But jumping to yes or no conclusions as to whether a food, or lack of food, or dietary strategy, or whatever is effective for health or weight loss without looking at as much available information as possible isn't a good idea.

    I can't hyperlink or post the full text PDFs of these articles b/c the forum doesn't have a means for that, but here are the titles of relevant journals regarding vinegar that I have come across. You can search for the full texts if you have academic access to journal databases (best perk of being associated with a university).

    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14694010
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20068289
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17712024
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16321601

    If anyone has any journal evidence of the contrary that I haven't yet come across, please share b/c I always like info from both sides of the story. Thanks

    Here is a link with at least an abstract to the first article title.
    http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/27/1/281.long

    Here are additional articles
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7796781
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9630389
    http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16034360

    Here is a (short) full text of one of the articles... apparently it is postable
    http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/30/11/2814.full.pdf

    I did a quick scan of the articles (at least the ones that weren't behind paywalls). Unfortunately all of these studies are very limited in scope (n<10-15). That means this information is very preliminary and a study with a larger population may find very little benefit. It is likely other factors could be confounding the results.

  • martyqueen52
    martyqueen52 Posts: 1,120 Member
    When my wife was pregnant with our daughter, she took shots, or mixed up a drink of apple cider vinegar and water to help with heartburn she got at night.... it doesn't aid in weight loss, at all.
  • auntstephie321
    auntstephie321 Posts: 3,586 Member
    martyqueen52 wrote: »
    When my wife was pregnant with our daughter, she took shots, or mixed up a drink of apple cider vinegar and water to help with heartburn she got at night.... it doesn't aid in weight loss, at all.

    My mother does this too for heartburn and finds it helpful. She has not lost any weight during the same time, and takes it daily.
  • musicandarts
    musicandarts Posts: 187 Member
    Here is a (short) full text of one of the articles... apparently it is postable
    http://care.diabetesjournals.org/content/30/11/2814.full.pdf

    In this article the blood glucose reduction was 4% with vinegar and 2% with placebo. This is a very small reduction. However, I do drink sugar-free lemonade/lime-ade to suppress my appetite.
  • AlayshaJ
    AlayshaJ Posts: 703 Member
    Please do your own research. People on mpf always think they are right and everyone else is wrong.
  • lulucitron
    lulucitron Posts: 366 Member
    It does work for getting the stink out of workout clothes!
  • Pammeycakes55
    Pammeycakes55 Posts: 108 Member
    AlayshaJ wrote: »
    Please do your own research. People on mpf always think they are right and everyone else is wrong.

    I totally agree with this. From what I'm reading, everyone's information is "inconclusive" . This article says one thing, while another article says another. What works for one person, may not work for someone else. From my experience, you can't believe EVERYTHING you read on the Internet....

    as one person put it:
    stevencloser wrote: »
    Authoritynutrition, despite its name, is not an authority on nutrition.
    SO, who do you believe?
  • FoxyLifter
    FoxyLifter Posts: 965 Member
    snickerscharlie wrote: »
    Saryia wrote: »
    I read something about how apple cider vinegar can balance out your body's ph or something...don't quote me on this...supposedly drinking coffee, soda and juices can alter your ph, not sure how that's important or relevant.

    In any case...if you like the taste, it's really good! Dilute it with water, add cinnamon and a bit of honey and it tastes like apple pie.

    Apple cider vingear makes me feel really good when I drink it, I do feel like there might be some health benefits but I don't know what they are or if they're relevant to the everyday person already eating a healthy diet.
    *snip*

    Your body needs no 'help' to balance out its ph. You're not a swimming pool. ;)
    *snip*

    I'm totally stealing this! hahaha!! love it!! :smiley:

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