Benefits of Apple Cider Vinegar

Over the years I have heard a lot of talk regarding the health benefits of apple cider vinegar and what it may or may not be able to cure or prevent. So I decided to undertake my own research and share my findings – good and bad, with you on this website.

What Is Apple Cider Vinegar?

First off, apple cider vinegar is also known as cider vinegar, ACV and acetic acid.

It is believed to have been used as a health promoting product for hundreds of years with dozens of documented cases since the Roman times. Only recently has its popularity resulted in manufacturers making and supplying it for sale.

Hopefully, as its popularity increases, so will the amount of independent studies into proving one way or the other how it may benefit or treat certain ailments.

Apple cider vinegar is simply vinegar made from pulverized apples through the process of fermentation.

The fermentation undergoes a two stage process. First of all the natural sugar from the apple juice is turned into alcohol. This is known as the yeast fermentation and is the process of making alcoholic cider.

A second fermentation is required to change the alcohol to vinegar, which involves letting oxygen interact with the cider, turning the alcohol into acetic acid. This process is known as acetic acid fermentation.

Importantly this is a completely natural process and the nutrients from the apples are not only retained, they are fortified with additional acids and enzymes produced during the 2 stages of fermentation.

This may explain why the resulting apple cider vinegar reaps health benefits in so many areas of our body’s functions.

Why Is Apple Cider Vinegar So Healthy?

Apples have always been known as a super powerful food which contain lots of healthy vitamins, minerals and are particularly rich in potassium and antioxidants. We’ve all heard the saying “an apple a day keeps the doctor away”. They are a recommended source of daily food that helps us stay healthy.

So it is understandable that the vinegar these apples produce using the double fermentation process, contain lots of health promoting properties.

There are claims that apple cider vinegar can be used as an acne treatment, manage weight loss, cure kidney stones, make your teeth whiter, lower cholesterol levels, help with a number of allergies and much more.

How much this is true is debatable and it seems quite often unproven. But as I believe and recommend to others, health benefits of natural products are far more preferential to man made drugs. But like these drugs, not all natural products may work in the same way for every individual. One person’s condition may react differently to another.

It is virtually impossible to say that drinking apple cider vinegar for example, will help lower your cholesterol levels just because someone else who has started to drink it has seen a noticeable benefit to them.

All I would say is that it is worth trying to treat a problem with a natural product first, especially if a large amount of people are all witnessing similar results.

I don’t know about you, but my logic inclines me to think that with all the vitamins and minerals found in apples, it makes sense that a vinegar version, produced from healthy, organic apples, via a double fermentation process, might actually be pretty darn good for me!

What do you think? I would love to hear your comments below.

Here’s a quick video that talks about the benefits of apple cider vinegar:

Regards,

Peter