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Apple cider vinegar and weight loss health benefits have been utilized for centuries. This completely natural way to shed pounds is a tried and true home remedy used throughout the world.
Apple cider vinegar made from the double fermentation of whole apples should be used, and it should not be distilled, filtered or pasteurized as these extra processing steps destroy many of the vitamins, nutrients and fermentation products that are thought to be important elements in apple cider vinegar's health benefits and weight loss properties.
Most health food stores will carry several brands of apple cider vinegar that will meet all the above mentioned criteria.
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Most apple cider vinegar weight loss home remedies, like the one investigated in
Vermont by Dr D. C. Jarvis, M.D., call for the taking of one or two teaspoons of apple
cider vinegar in a glass of water before each meal.
Patricia Bragg recommends adding 1 or 2 teaspoons of raw honey to this mixture.
Whichever way you take it, don't expect a rapid weight loss, the weight will be lost
gradually, as it should be to allow the body's fat cells to adjust to their new size.
No one is really sure how apple cider vinegar works to promote weight loss, but there is
no shortage of theories.
It is generally believed that the nutrients, enzymes, and organic acids in apple cider
vinegar cause weight reduction by acting as an appetite suppressant, by increasing your
body's metabolic rate, by reducing water retention, and by helping you maintain a feeling
of well being.
For more information on each one of these possible mechanisms, click on
Apple Cider Vinegar Weight Loss Theories.
Recent medical research has highlighted the connection between levels of
insulin and weight loss
. That coupled with the fact that vinegar is known to slow the rise of blood sugar after a meal leads to the suggestion that the taking of apple cider vinegar with a meal reduces the amount of insulin required to process the meal resulting in weight loss.
D.C. Jarvis, M.D. spent many years practicing medicine in Vermont and observing the effects of home remedies used throughout the green mountains.
He found that apple cider vinegar was widely used for weight loss. In his popular book "Folk Medicine" he emphasized that the resulting loss of weight was gradual but permanent.
As a general rule, from numerous observations, he found that a woman of average height weighing 210 pounds will weigh 180 pounds after 2 years if she takes 2 teaspoons of apple cider vinegar in a glass of water at each meal.
That's 15 pounds weight loss a year, with no change in daily food intake, except avoiding excessively fatty foods.
(Use the helpful tips outlined below to significantly speed up the weight loss process.)
Some of Dr. Jarvis's actual case studies are recorded in another book titled "Cider Vinegar" by Cyril Scott.
More recently, a four week experiment was conducted by professor Carol S. Johnston, a nutritionist at the Arizona State University East in Mesa, to further investigate the beneficial relationship between
vinegar and diabetes.
As an unexpected side effect she found that her test subjects were losing weight!
They were taking two tablespoons of vinegar before each of two meals daily.The average weight loss over the four weeks was two pounds (several people lost up to four pounds) while a control group which did not drink the vinegar showed no weight change.
Reference:
Science News Online - Vinegar as a Sweet Solution? - 12/18/04 (Web
Link)
You can determine whether you are overweight and by how much, by calculating your body mass index (BMI), which is a measure of body fat based only on your height and weight.
Click here to obtain your own
body mass index
using the handy BMI chart provided and
at the same time determine how many pounds (if any) you need to loose to get into your
healthy weight range.
This will be your weight loss goal.
Some people don't like the taste of apple cider vinegar in water. You can improve the taste of this drink dramatically the way I do, by using fruit or vegetable juice instead of plain water. Apple cider vinegar imparts a refreshing tartness or zing to a glass of orange or tomato juice.
Although weight loss is gradual when just using ACV, you should remember that it has the advantage of:
- being a 100% natural product
- producing a weight loss that tends to be permanent
You can speed things up dramatically however, by combining ACV with regular exercising, healthy eating, and drinking lots of water as described below:
Increase the amount of natural potassium in your diet over and above that obtained from regular use of apple cider vinegar.
Excellent sources of natural potassium include many fruits and vegetables.
To find out how much potassium you need daily, along with the best natural food sources for potassium, just click here.
Reduce the amount of refined foods you eat and replace them with natural fruit, vegetables, and whole grain foods.
They contain much less fat, salt, and empty calories, and a lot more nutritious vitamins, minerals, and fiber that the body needs to function at its best.
Water is vital for total health, after all, the body is 70% water. Water acts as the main transportation medium throughout the body for both nutrition and cleansing purposes. Drinking 8 glasses a day of filtered tap water, is recommended.
Regular exercise should be a big part of any weight loss program. All that's required is a brisk walk at least 3 times a week. As with all new exercise programs, start off slowly and work yourself up to a point where you can walk 3 miles in about 45 minutes.
For more information and tips on apple cider vinegar and weight loss, I highly recommend the book by Cynthia Holzapfel called "Apple Cider Vinegar for Weight Loss and Good Health".
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