Apple Cider Vinegar

DancingDarl wrote: »

senecarr wrote: »

DancingDarl wrote: »

It doesn't hurt to try it. Apple cider vinegar has been used for a long time. Each to their own though.

Actually, it does.
1. ACV isn't free. Wasting one's money in one area means less to spend on other things that might be more helpful: buying foods with higher satiety in fewer calories for example, or other purchases that help with exercise.
2. The mental cost - pinning one's hopes on false beliefs has a mental cost. Every time a person tries a diet gimmick and fails creates the mental belief that their body is uniquely incapable of losing weight.
3. Health - a person trying to lose weight instead of using a proven method could be losing weight with the proven method and be that much healthier by the end of the trial.

To each their own is a talisman clutched by those in a way it cannot justify - it isn't to your own if you're endorsing charlatanism, it isn't just each to your own when you're encouraging or willing to support someone in false beliefs that have real costs. Deception in such instances is a form of theft, and thus not a case of non-interference.

Ok. Let's humour your misleading accusations.

For starters deception entails giving false information and when you say each to their own it is a way of respecting another persons decision lead their way.

I would rather remind you that I have made it clear that Apple cider vinegar is not a weight loss solution, simply that adding it into your diet can be beneficial at the very least it will do nothing, but it most definitely will not cause harm.

It isn't free is not a good enough argument to prevent people from trying it. It is actually relatively cheap, and can be used for many different purposes. So hypercritical lay if someone where to buy it and hate the taste. They could always try it as a hot tea with lemon, honey hot water when they have a cold,use it as a hair rinse, or even cleaning. People buy a lot of things, pay higher prices for things repeatedly that they needn't do so and don't seem to suffer from it.

I think your second point is ridiculous. As far as pinning your hopes on something goes, it has been repeatedly stated by many people in this thread(and out of) that ACV is something to provide mild benefit to a already existing moderated healthy diet and exercise regime.

Your third point same as the second. If someone were to give up what they were already doing based on a few mentions of ACV, then that is a separate individual issue but still I would respect their decision. But in no way have I ever encouraged the idea of exclusively expecting a magical cure. As people who use it know it's medicinal properties, cleaning, hair care etc.

If other people would like to try it how could that bother you so?

lemurcat12 wrote: »

Negative campaigning? Did someone call them leightweight chockers or something?