Sunday, December 28, 2008

Loose Weight and Improve Your Health with Vinegar.

By Boston B Stevenson

For many generations vinegar has been used to improve health and as a cure all. It is proving to be one of the best aids to getting healthy today. The vinegar diet uses apple cider vinegar; an acidic solution made by fermenting apples and it is full of powerful natural enzymes and totally free of toxic chemicals.

There has been a great deal of speculation as to whether you can actually improve your health with vinegar, especially since the 17th century when in 1820 the poet, Lord Byron who apparently suffered from bulimia and anorexia nervosa, popularized the vinegar and water diet. Then in the 1950's D.C Jarvis's well accepted book about Folk Medicine recommended apple cider vinegar for a whole host of disorders from arthritis, to chronic fatigue to weight loss and general health and well being.

Despite all this the American Dietetic Association includes the vinegar diet on its list of fad diets because it considers the main reason you might improve your health with vinegar and lose weight is because it also involves eating smaller portions, eating nutritional foods and exercising.

The American Diabetes Association states that a more acidic stomach can increase the absorption levels of nutrients such as magnesium, calcium, vitamin C and B vitamins, but this may onset heartburn and flare up gastric ulcers.

The American Dietetic Association includes the vinegar diet on its list of fad diets. Even though breakthrough research into vinegar is on going today. The Association considers the main reason you might improve your health with vinegar and lose weight is because the vinegar diet also involves eating managed portions, watching the nutritional values of food and exercising.

A Californian based company led by Patricia Bragg wholeheartedly believes that you can improve your health with vinegar. This company is one of the leading manufacturers and Patricia Bragg also praises the benefits in her book "Apple Cider Vinegar: Miracle Health System"

Only some research with people involved has been done ias the benefits of cider vinegar. In Alexandria, Egypt, The Agricultural Research Centre has studied its nutritional and physiological effects on mice. Groups of female mice were used during the research and for four weeks they were given 0.17, 0.51 and 1.02 ml of the vinegar per kg of bodyweight. The mice treated with 0.51 ml per kg lost a significant amount of weight. This research also indicated that extreme high doses as in the mice given 1.02 ml of the vinegar per kg of bodyweight did induce changes in the stomach, liver and duodenum after being studied under a microscope.

The effective combination of fruit pectin and acidic vinegar in cider vinegar, makes this vinegar an effective fat burner and this diet can involve taking up to three teaspoons before each meal. If you at first find the sharp taste unpalatable and find it difficult to swallow, see how you go with just a spoonful to start with and build up to three over a week or two.

If you really want to improve your health with vinegar, lose weight and achieve wellness yet find you cannot stomach drinking cider vinegar, then you will be pleased to know that you can buy cider vinegar diet pills, which are much easier to swallow.

If you suffer from being constantly underweight you probably find yourself surrounded by people that are on diets and no matter how much you eat, you never manage to gain any weight. This means that no matter how much protein and fatty foods you eat, your body still lacks the necessary enzymes. The cause could be that you are more than likely deficient in the enzymes contained in cider vinegar and as you are deficient your body cannot burn up or use the food that you eat.

To help maintain your weight and to improve your health with vinegar try this simple cure all. Try mixing two tablespoons of apple cider vinegar with an equal amount of honey add two drops of iodine all mixed into a glass of distilled water. This will assist with maintaining your weight and help build up the enzyme deficiencies. - 16650

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