Friday, December 26, 2008

Good Health and Vinegar

By Boston B Stevenson

Vinegar has been used for more than ten thousand years and documented history tells us that vinegar has been an important condiment. Uses of vinegar range from beauty aides, effective germ fighter, preservative, antiseptic and general medicine. People have used vinegar to improve their health for decades. Vinegar is not a new idea as it has been used in worldwide cultural medicines for many years aiding the health of animals and humans alike.

When any liquid ferments producing alcohol, vinegar is the end result. It is plain to see why you can improve your health with vinegar, as a naturally fermented product it contains no fat, is low in sodium and contains a rich source of trace elements, vitamins and minerals including sulphur, magnesium, iron, calcium, phosphorus plus enzymes which are a vast combination aiding wellness.

When buying vinegar to improve your health read the labels and look for the words organic, pure, unfiltered or aged in wood. These varieties are more likely to be found in a health food shop rather than on the supermarket shelves, and come at a higher cost. But paying a higher cost ensures that you stay away from diluted, highly filtered, over processed and over heated brands. Everyone by now knows and loves the taste of the sweet dark, expensive balsamic vinegars.

Vinegar comes from many sources with different flavours and aromas even in today's modern supermarket. Vinegar can also be made from potatoes, melons, honey, molasses, beets, sorghum, maple syrup, cactus, grapes and coconuts. A vinegar that has the highest nutritional value is apple cider vinegar and is readily available.

Even as far back as the Stone Age vinegar was used as a means of getting healthy, and Greek and Roman soldiers used it as a source of power and strength, as did Japanese Samurai warriors. It is excellent for digesting high protein meals and heavy foods and may explain why it is a favorite with "Fish and Chips" one of the favored foods in our diet, and the mint sauce accompaniment with Lamb.

The different ways to use vinegar to improve your health are numerous and we will discuss these variations in future articles to come: Bacterial and fungal infections killer Enzymes which aide gallbladder health A hair rinse to treat scalp problems and dandruff Fires up your indigestion and stop liver stagnation Treat memory loss, arthritis and osteoporosis, Used as a footbath to soften calluses and ease athlete's foot Assists in weight loss Keep blood pressure regular. Ear infections in toddlers

Using vinegar as a preventative measure against backache, can also improve your health especially if you are a keen gardener. Vinegar used in the garden will kill those prolific nuisance weeds like Clover, Dandelion, Thistle and Ragweed. When you use Vinegar as an organic form of weed control there are multiple health benefits while you get rid of weeds. Chemical weed killers are likely to spread to the surrounding areas and poison the adjacent plants or grass. This means you not only kill the weed but also ruin your garden and lawn. Toxic chemicals are found in many of today's synthetic weed killers. These chemicals be extremely dangerous not only to us, but also to our pets and the wildlife in our gardens.

Commercial weed killers can affect the surrounding areas and poison the adjacent plants or grass. This means you not only kill the weed but run the risk of harming your garden and lawn. Vinegar used in the garden can be referred to as, organic gardening, as it is considered biodegradable. There is no need to worry about the PH value of your soil either because although vinegar decreases this, it will restore to its original PH within a couple of days.

While you can improve your health with vinegar in lots of ways, you can also improve the health of your garden by keeping it weed free and thriving and weed pulling by hand and the backache of pulling each weed will be a thing of the past. - 16650

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