Apple Cider Vinegar

when you have salad? makes a decent salad dressing,

Apple Cider Vinegar doesn't do anything for weight loss. Use it as part of recipes if you enjoy it. But the only thing that loses weight is eating less calories than you burn.

I like a capful in a glass of water. I do that at random times of the day so I don't have any specific time to recommend. I think it tastes most refreshing to me in the afternoon or evening. I do love the taste. I haven't used it for weight loss, but I think the study done on that shows you'd lose about a pound a year extra if you drink it in the way used in the study. I haven't tried it.

I drank ACV for weeks at a time while carefully logging on MFP, and didn't drink it for other weeks at a time while still carefully logging on MFP. It made zip-zero-no-nada difference to my weight loss rate. I perceived no difference in hunger or satiation.

I was drinking it for reasons having nothing to do with weight loss, BTW.

Unless you find it super tasty, or have some other reason to consume it, I wouldn't bother.

yukfoo wrote: »

Aside from the fact that it it tastes foul and will not help with anything... apple cider vinegar is acidic enough to weaken the enamel on your teeth.

Whether it tastes foul is a matter of personal taste. Personally, I like the stuff.

And commercial, standardized-acidity vinegar is no more acidic than many other common beverages, even before it's diluted. That doesn't make it harmless to tooth enamel, but it's no more harmful than (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. Some people sip those other things all day long; relatively few do that with ACV.

It tastes more tart than those because it isn't smoothed by sweeteners, mostly.

ACV at the standard commercial 5% dilution runs around pH 3.3-3.5 (some other vinegars can be lower, i.e., more acidic), as I understand it. (Diluting it with water raises the pH, making it less acidic, since water is higher pH).

This "weakening 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. Same for esophageal damage, harm to stomach, etc.

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 Programs/Files/JADA_The pH of beverages in the United States

(NOTE: Unfortunately, the MFP editor seems unable to correctly handle that URL. You may need to cut'n'paste it into your browser if you want to read the American Dental Association article about acidity of common beverages.).