Does apple cider vinegar help with weight loss?
Missycvt
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I have heard it and seen it. What's everyone's take on it? Have you tried it and does it work?
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Nope. Does nothing for weight loss.5
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There's no reliable evidence that apple cider vinegar will cause weight loss.5
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The only thing that actual studies show is that it can help somewhat with stabilizing blood sugar for diabetics. It doesn't do anything for losing weight.2
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Nope. If you use it as an ingredient in a low-calorie recipe (salad dressing or marinade usually; it also makes a great curdler if you're trying to make a buttermilk substitute) it can assist with the flavor. But it's not magical, it doesn't do any more for weight loss than any other vinegar.3
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What are people doing? Drinking it? Gross3
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No it doesn't help weight loss unless it is by making my salads more yummy. I mix it with chopped mint or basil and use it as a dressing.2
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all i know is dont eat an apple after you have gone over your calorie goal for the day .. if you do??? BAM 25lbs on the hips instantly.1
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From a 40-60 calorie apple? Sheesh, why did the evil queen have to poison Snow White? She could have just force-fed her a couple of McIntoshes and gone back to being the fairest of them all!6
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Did wonders for the homemade sloppy joes I made in the crockpot for tonight's dinner. For weight loss - a total farce.4
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Lol, only if it forces you not to eat because you just drank a cup of it.
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It helps make some killer pulled pork but it does nothing for weight loss.
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If it did speed up weight loss I'm sure many of us would be guzzling that disgusting concoction! I did fall for the ACV weight loss woo a few years ago, and the only thing it did was put me off of vinegar Forever.3
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manderson27 wrote: »No it doesn't help weight loss unless it is by making my salads more yummy. I mix it with chopped mint or basil and use it as a dressing.
I am partial to using it to make a hot bacon dressing for fresh spinach salad.3 -
I'm gonna come out on the side of vinegar. Mind you not because it 'causes weight loss'.
Vinegar (any acetic acid) may assist with improving your insulin sensitivity. What does this mean for 'fat' loss, nothing, insulin is part of the anabolic process that builds muscle and fat. How can this help you lose weight? It doesn't. Maybe just maybe you can increase your insulin sensitivity a touch and use this to gain mo'muscle, but it's like way, way, way down the priority tree. So if you like it, go ahead, but only eat it because you like it. Don't think it's magic and don't be all "Apple Cider Vinegar" all up in here
You still need a calorie deficit to lose fat.3 -
There should be a big neon disclaimer when you make a MyFitnessPal account that says "Apple Cider Vinegar is not a diet aid."8
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Darn, I really thought we were going to get through June without an ACV thread. Sigh.4
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manderson27 wrote: »No it doesn't help weight loss unless it is by making my salads more yummy. I mix it with chopped mint or basil and use it as a dressing.
I am partial to using it to make a hot bacon dressing for fresh spinach salad.
Recipe please!1 -
It would probably make me throw up. I do not condone throwing up for weight loss.0
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It's also helpful in resetting the stomach acids. People with ACID Reflux and GERD who are trying to go off Proton Pump Inhibitors (Nexium, etc) that stop ACID entirely...typically have a horrible overflow of acid production when they cold turkey. Though it would seem like ACV would make reflux worse, for many it stabiilizes acids and normalizes digestion.
I believe that's where the ACV for weight loss myth came from. People figured it would just burn all that food right up. It does no such thing. Its not unhealthy to add a spoonful a day, if you are hell bent on trying it, though.0 -
Thanks for everyone's comments about ACV. I have heard and read about it. My husband is determined for us to try it. I really don't want to. Ugh!0
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WendyLeigh1119 wrote: »It's also helpful in resetting the stomach acids. People with ACID Reflux and GERD who are trying to go off Proton Pump Inhibitors (Nexium, etc) that stop ACID entirely...typically have a horrible overflow of acid production when they cold turkey. Though it would seem like ACV would make reflux worse, for many it stabiilizes acids and normalizes digestion.
I believe that's where the ACV for weight loss myth came from. People figured it would just burn all that food right up. It does no such thing. Its not unhealthy to add a spoonful a day, if you are hell bent on trying it, though.
It doesn't work for my acid reflux.0 -
WendyLeigh1119 wrote: »It's also helpful in resetting the stomach acids. People with ACID Reflux and GERD who are trying to go off Proton Pump Inhibitors (Nexium, etc) that stop ACID entirely...typically have a horrible overflow of acid production when they cold turkey. Though it would seem like ACV would make reflux worse, for many it stabiilizes acids and normalizes digestion.
I believe that's where the ACV for weight loss myth came from. People figured it would just burn all that food right up. It does no such thing. Its not unhealthy to add a spoonful a day, if you are hell bent on trying it, though.
ACV does nothing for rebound acidity when stopping PPI's (for most people). In my situation, it made it horrendously worse. I felt like my chest was on fire. Losing weight was the one thing that finally stopped my acid reflux and eliminated my dependency on PPI's. I have to be careful how much I eat within a couple hours of bedtime, huge hamburgers and hot fries are a definite no-no. ACV as a weight loss tool, no. It does taste good on salads.4 -
manderson27 wrote: »No it doesn't help weight loss unless it is by making my salads more yummy. I mix it with chopped mint or basil and use it as a dressing.
I am partial to using it to make a hot bacon dressing for fresh spinach salad.
Recipe please!
No recipe, it is a "by guess and by golly" dressing: fry up strips of bacon until crisp, set aside to drain but keep the fat in the pan. Take 2 parts ACV and one part water in separate bowls. Whisk several spoons of sugar and some cornstarch in the water. Whisk in the vinegar. Pour into the pan with the bacon fat and cook over medium heat until thickened. Crumble bacon into dressing and pour over fresh spinach tossed with some thinly sliced red onion and slices of hard cooked egg.
To make about a cup, I use about 8 strips bacon, 1/4 c. water, 1/2 c. ACV, 1/2 c. sugar and maybe 1 Tbl cornstarch.2 -
Tiny_Dancer_in_Pink wrote: »WendyLeigh1119 wrote: »It's also helpful in resetting the stomach acids. People with ACID Reflux and GERD who are trying to go off Proton Pump Inhibitors (Nexium, etc) that stop ACID entirely...typically have a horrible overflow of acid production when they cold turkey. Though it would seem like ACV would make reflux worse, for many it stabiilizes acids and normalizes digestion.
I believe that's where the ACV for weight loss myth came from. People figured it would just burn all that food right up. It does no such thing. Its not unhealthy to add a spoonful a day, if you are hell bent on trying it, though.
It doesn't work for my acid reflux.
Me neither. Im stuck with Nexium years after a Gastric Ulcer and onset of GERD. But trying to keep food down during that period is when I read a lot of people with milder versions finding success after the first few days of hell. But it seemed to spiral into a pattern of "ACV cures the fatz!" And I blame the "reflux-reset" thing.0 -
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I had severe heartburn when i took 1 spoon of it in the morning. Then i stopped..1
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