Who drinks ACV here and doesn't it really work?
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While logging meticulously and losing 50+ pounds a couple of years back, I drank ACV daily for weeks at a time, and didn't drink ACV daily for weeks at a time.
There was zero, zip, nada, no difference in weight loss rate between the times I was drinking ACV, and not drinking ACV. I didn't perceive a difference in appetite or satiation, either.
(My reasons for drinking it in the first place - or stopping it, for that matter - had nothing to do with weight loss.)
I think ACV is pretty tasty (I like vinegar in general, and put it on lots of things), but I don't think I'd enjoy the mixture you're drinking, OP. In my world, life is too short (and calories too few) to eat/drink things I don't enjoy, when there are so many delicious, nutritious things in the world.
If it's working for you, go for it.
Cool thanks for the info , I just started drinking acv because I heard that it has a few benefits, I didn't started drinking that for it to make me loose weight since I e learned that only having a good diet and exercise discipline makes you loose weight. I was wondering what other people thought about that or if they ever noticed any difference, the turmeric ginger and cayenne is just because of other health benefits that brings supposedly lol. I like it.14 -
musicfan68 wrote: »Hello! I'm almost new here and I've been doing a keto diet which has helped me loose some weight. I was 220lbs after I had baby in January and I'm currently at 196lbs.
I saw and read that drinking apple cider vinegar helps too, has anyone tried this before? What changes did you noticed on your body, energy etc?
I've been drinking only for a week once in the morning and once at night as well this is my concoction lol
• 1 cup of water (some times I add more to get more water intake)
• 1/4 cup of ACV (I eye it out I dont measure it really lol)
• 1/4 teaspoon of cayenne pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon of turmeric powder
• 1/4 teaspoon of ginger powder
• a big pinch of ground black pepper
Also feel free to add me! I need motivation friends too!
That sounds disgusting and doesn't do anything for weightloss. It will however, ruin the enamel on your teeth.
Not worse than lots of other beverages. ACV at the standard commercial 5% dilution runs around pH 3.3-3.5, as I understand it. What else is similarly or more acidic? 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.
Plus OP is diluting her ACV around 4:1 with water, reducing the effective acidity.
This "destroying 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.
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%20Programs/Files/JADA_The%20pH%20of%20beverages%20in%20the%20United%20States
Still no scientific evidence it helps with weight loss, though. 10 -
While logging meticulously and losing 50+ pounds a couple of years back, I drank ACV daily for weeks at a time, and didn't drink ACV daily for weeks at a time.
There was zero, zip, nada, no difference in weight loss rate between the times I was drinking ACV, and not drinking ACV. I didn't perceive a difference in appetite or satiation, either.
(My reasons for drinking it in the first place - or stopping it, for that matter - had nothing to do with weight loss.)
I think ACV is pretty tasty (I like vinegar in general, and put it on lots of things), but I don't think I'd enjoy the mixture you're drinking, OP. In my world, life is too short (and calories too few) to eat/drink things I don't enjoy, when there are so many delicious, nutritious things in the world.
If it's working for you, go for it.
Cool thanks for the info , I just started drinking acv because I heard that it has a few benefits, I didn't started drinking that for it to make me loose weight since I e learned that only having a good diet and exercise discipline makes you loose weight. I was wondering what other people thought about that or if they ever noticed any difference, the turmeric ginger and cayenne is just because of other health benefits that brings supposedly lol. I like it.
That concoction is one big pile of woo in a glass. If you enjoy the taste, go for it. But those 'benefits' you've read about? Non-existent. 12 -
I don't use it for weight loss. But I do use it in my cooking and to make a delicious salad dressing. But I turn it into four thieves vinegar first, because I find it delicious in so many things.
Back the hell up. Did I get woo-ed for actually using this product as a FOOD, rather than drinking it the fad way? Go suck a lemon. Or a glass of ACV .9 -
I don't use it for weight loss. But I do use it in my cooking and to make a delicious salad dressing. But I turn it into four thieves vinegar first, because I find it delicious in so many things.
Back the hell up. Did I get woo-ed for actually using this product as a FOOD, rather than drinking it the fad way? Go suck a lemon. Or a glass of ACV .
When the Woo button was first debuted it had two opposite meanings. Many people still think it means Woo Hoo! (a positive). Just ignore it 5 -
kshama2001 wrote: »I don't use it for weight loss. But I do use it in my cooking and to make a delicious salad dressing. But I turn it into four thieves vinegar first, because I find it delicious in so many things.
Back the hell up. Did I get woo-ed for actually using this product as a FOOD, rather than drinking it the fad way? Go suck a lemon. Or a glass of ACV .
When the Woo button was first debuted it had two opposite meanings. Many people still think it means Woo Hoo! (a positive). Just ignore it
Do people still not know what it means? Bloomin' heck!6 -
snickerscharlie wrote: »While logging meticulously and losing 50+ pounds a couple of years back, I drank ACV daily for weeks at a time, and didn't drink ACV daily for weeks at a time.
There was zero, zip, nada, no difference in weight loss rate between the times I was drinking ACV, and not drinking ACV. I didn't perceive a difference in appetite or satiation, either.
(My reasons for drinking it in the first place - or stopping it, for that matter - had nothing to do with weight loss.)
I think ACV is pretty tasty (I like vinegar in general, and put it on lots of things), but I don't think I'd enjoy the mixture you're drinking, OP. In my world, life is too short (and calories too few) to eat/drink things I don't enjoy, when there are so many delicious, nutritious things in the world.
If it's working for you, go for it.
Cool thanks for the info , I just started drinking acv because I heard that it has a few benefits, I didn't started drinking that for it to make me loose weight since I e learned that only having a good diet and exercise discipline makes you loose weight. I was wondering what other people thought about that or if they ever noticed any difference, the turmeric ginger and cayenne is just because of other health benefits that brings supposedly lol. I like it.
That concoction is one big pile of woo in a glass. If you enjoy the taste, go for it. But those 'benefits' you've read about? Non-existent.
I disagree that there are no health benefits to turmeric. However, I don't think 1/4 t per day of culinary turmeric is enough to realize them.4 -
snickerscharlie wrote: »While logging meticulously and losing 50+ pounds a couple of years back, I drank ACV daily for weeks at a time, and didn't drink ACV daily for weeks at a time.
There was zero, zip, nada, no difference in weight loss rate between the times I was drinking ACV, and not drinking ACV. I didn't perceive a difference in appetite or satiation, either.
(My reasons for drinking it in the first place - or stopping it, for that matter - had nothing to do with weight loss.)
I think ACV is pretty tasty (I like vinegar in general, and put it on lots of things), but I don't think I'd enjoy the mixture you're drinking, OP. In my world, life is too short (and calories too few) to eat/drink things I don't enjoy, when there are so many delicious, nutritious things in the world.
If it's working for you, go for it.
Cool thanks for the info , I just started drinking acv because I heard that it has a few benefits, I didn't started drinking that for it to make me loose weight since I e learned that only having a good diet and exercise discipline makes you loose weight. I was wondering what other people thought about that or if they ever noticed any difference, the turmeric ginger and cayenne is just because of other health benefits that brings supposedly lol. I like it.
That concoction is one big pile of woo in a glass. If you enjoy the taste, go for it. But those 'benefits' you've read about? Non-existent.
Woo-laid!15 -
kshama2001 wrote: »snickerscharlie wrote: »While logging meticulously and losing 50+ pounds a couple of years back, I drank ACV daily for weeks at a time, and didn't drink ACV daily for weeks at a time.
There was zero, zip, nada, no difference in weight loss rate between the times I was drinking ACV, and not drinking ACV. I didn't perceive a difference in appetite or satiation, either.
(My reasons for drinking it in the first place - or stopping it, for that matter - had nothing to do with weight loss.)
I think ACV is pretty tasty (I like vinegar in general, and put it on lots of things), but I don't think I'd enjoy the mixture you're drinking, OP. In my world, life is too short (and calories too few) to eat/drink things I don't enjoy, when there are so many delicious, nutritious things in the world.
If it's working for you, go for it.
Cool thanks for the info , I just started drinking acv because I heard that it has a few benefits, I didn't started drinking that for it to make me loose weight since I e learned that only having a good diet and exercise discipline makes you loose weight. I was wondering what other people thought about that or if they ever noticed any difference, the turmeric ginger and cayenne is just because of other health benefits that brings supposedly lol. I like it.
That concoction is one big pile of woo in a glass. If you enjoy the taste, go for it. But those 'benefits' you've read about? Non-existent.
I disagree that there are no health benefits to turmeric. However, I don't think 1/4 t per day of culinary turmeric is enough to realize them.
Thank you for your input!
I was just asking to see what benefits or input people had, I did my research on all and found articles and websites with info about turmeric, ginger and the cayenne, but I didn't expect for people getting serious about this
or wooing each other lol I was just wondering. 10 -
quiksylver296 wrote: »snickerscharlie wrote: »While logging meticulously and losing 50+ pounds a couple of years back, I drank ACV daily for weeks at a time, and didn't drink ACV daily for weeks at a time.
There was zero, zip, nada, no difference in weight loss rate between the times I was drinking ACV, and not drinking ACV. I didn't perceive a difference in appetite or satiation, either.
(My reasons for drinking it in the first place - or stopping it, for that matter - had nothing to do with weight loss.)
I think ACV is pretty tasty (I like vinegar in general, and put it on lots of things), but I don't think I'd enjoy the mixture you're drinking, OP. In my world, life is too short (and calories too few) to eat/drink things I don't enjoy, when there are so many delicious, nutritious things in the world.
If it's working for you, go for it.
Cool thanks for the info , I just started drinking acv because I heard that it has a few benefits, I didn't started drinking that for it to make me loose weight since I e learned that only having a good diet and exercise discipline makes you loose weight. I was wondering what other people thought about that or if they ever noticed any difference, the turmeric ginger and cayenne is just because of other health benefits that brings supposedly lol. I like it.
That concoction is one big pile of woo in a glass. If you enjoy the taste, go for it. But those 'benefits' you've read about? Non-existent.
Woo-laid!
Hey, pay up!
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You aren't overweight because you lack ACV in your diet.6
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TrishSeren wrote: »You aren't overweight because you lack ACV in your diet.
That's why I was asking if anyone is taking it for any type of benefits and if they noticed any change, I didn't mean on weigh, it was in general : )4 -
TrishSeren wrote: »You aren't overweight because you lack ACV in your diet.
That's why I was asking if anyone is taking it for any type of benefits and if they noticed any change, I didn't mean on weigh, it was in general : )
The answer is still no. 10 -
But it sounds like something that might unclog a drain or a toilet.
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snickerscharlie wrote: »But it sounds like something that might unclog a drain or a toilet.
The cleaning and laundry tips are very handy.4 -
snickerscharlie wrote: »But it sounds like something that might unclog a drain or a toilet.
Lmao I've used it to unclog the drain!2 -
kshama2001 wrote: »I took it for months for something unrelated to weight loss. It did nothing for either.
I use the cheap gallon jugs of ACV for cleaning and Bragg's for cooking.
Works great to get the smell out of new clothes - I soak them in a tub with water and about a cup of ACV. It's also a great natural fabric softener. Wet clothes will smell like vinegar but this dissipates as they dry.
Oh, good info! My husband routinely forgets his clothes in the washer overnight, and the stench in the morning is overwhelming. Rewashing them doesn't get it all out, and when I've used vinegar I always re-washed them after because then they smelled like...vinegar. Next time (because there will be a next time) I'll try drying them.
For exceedingly disgusting clothes: nephews gym clothes he finally brought back home from school after 9 weeks or such: PineSol!!! (The generic one works too).4 -
kshama2001 wrote: »I took it for months for something unrelated to weight loss. It did nothing for either.
I use the cheap gallon jugs of ACV for cleaning and Bragg's for cooking.
Works great to get the smell out of new clothes - I soak them in a tub with water and about a cup of ACV. It's also a great natural fabric softener. Wet clothes will smell like vinegar but this dissipates as they dry.
Oh, good info! My husband routinely forgets his clothes in the washer overnight, and the stench in the morning is overwhelming. Rewashing them doesn't get it all out, and when I've used vinegar I always re-washed them after because then they smelled like...vinegar. Next time (because there will be a next time) I'll try drying them.
For exceedingly disgusting clothes: nephews gym clothes he finally brought back home from school after 9 weeks or such: PineSol!!! (The generic one works too).
Seriously, that would be my first choice. Unfortunately, these are my husband's specially-treated camping clothes (that he gets to wear to work every day in an outdoors retail store), and there are some constraints on what I can use on them.2 -
kshama2001 wrote: »I took it for months for something unrelated to weight loss. It did nothing for either.
I use the cheap gallon jugs of ACV for cleaning and Bragg's for cooking.
Works great to get the smell out of new clothes - I soak them in a tub with water and about a cup of ACV. It's also a great natural fabric softener. Wet clothes will smell like vinegar but this dissipates as they dry.
Oh, good info! My husband routinely forgets his clothes in the washer overnight, and the stench in the morning is overwhelming. Rewashing them doesn't get it all out, and when I've used vinegar I always re-washed them after because then they smelled like...vinegar. Next time (because there will be a next time) I'll try drying them.
For exceedingly disgusting clothes: nephews gym clothes he finally brought back home from school after 9 weeks or such: PineSol!!! (The generic one works too).
Seriously, that would be my first choice. Unfortunately, these are my husband's specially-treated camping clothes (that he gets to wear to work every day in an outdoors retail store), and there are some constraints on what I can use on them.
I set an alarm to remind me to get clothes out of the washer. (The dryer has a built-in alarm.)0 -
kshama2001 wrote: »snickerscharlie wrote: »While logging meticulously and losing 50+ pounds a couple of years back, I drank ACV daily for weeks at a time, and didn't drink ACV daily for weeks at a time.
There was zero, zip, nada, no difference in weight loss rate between the times I was drinking ACV, and not drinking ACV. I didn't perceive a difference in appetite or satiation, either.
(My reasons for drinking it in the first place - or stopping it, for that matter - had nothing to do with weight loss.)
I think ACV is pretty tasty (I like vinegar in general, and put it on lots of things), but I don't think I'd enjoy the mixture you're drinking, OP. In my world, life is too short (and calories too few) to eat/drink things I don't enjoy, when there are so many delicious, nutritious things in the world.
If it's working for you, go for it.
Cool thanks for the info , I just started drinking acv because I heard that it has a few benefits, I didn't started drinking that for it to make me loose weight since I e learned that only having a good diet and exercise discipline makes you loose weight. I was wondering what other people thought about that or if they ever noticed any difference, the turmeric ginger and cayenne is just because of other health benefits that brings supposedly lol. I like it.
That concoction is one big pile of woo in a glass. If you enjoy the taste, go for it. But those 'benefits' you've read about? Non-existent.
I disagree that there are no health benefits to turmeric. However, I don't think 1/4 t per day of culinary turmeric is enough to realize them.
Thank you for your input!
I was just asking to see what benefits or input people had, I did my research on all and found articles and websites with info about turmeric, ginger and the cayenne, but I didn't expect for people getting serious about this or wooing each other lol I was just wondering.
When researching supplements and such, your first stop should be examine.com. It's one of the only sites which is truly both impartial and science-based. Good place to separate the woo from the truth.11
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