According to the Vinegar Institute website, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration requires vinegar to contain at least four percent acidity in order to be labeled as "vinegar." Vinegar comes in a wide variety of flavors but is best known for the white distilled variety, used for cooking and around the home. Other vinegars, such as red wine, rice, balsamic and apple cider are also used for a wide range of reasons. Apple cider vinegar has gained popularity for drinking to help benefit health.
Detoxifying
Drinking apple cider vinegar holds the benefits of the apple, delivering nutrients such as potassium, calcium, magnesium, phosphorous, sulphur, silicon, fluorine, iron and chlorine, according to the Professor's House website. Apple cider vinegar breaks down fatty mucous and phlegm in the body, detoxifying the blood and various organs. It helps the organs of the body by preventing too much alkaline in the urine. Your blood benefits from drinking vinegar as well. The vinegar helps to oxidize the blood, preventing it from becoming thick and raising blood pressure. Digestion is aided by vinegar by neutralizing toxins in your body.
Fatigue
Kreb's Cycle Theory, developed by a British scientist, Professor Hans Adolf Krebs who won the Nobel Prize in 1953, states that all the nutrients taken in from food must be combined with acetic acid, found in vinegar, in order for them to enter the citric acid cycle, according to the Ecosway website. The citric acid cycle turns the nutrients into energy for the body to use. This cycle needs to function properly or residue is produced, creating lactic acid. When lactic acid builds up in the muscles, the end result is pain and fatigue, according to the Ecosway and Naturo Doc websites. Drinking vinegar on a daily basis is a great way to keep your citric acid cycle in balance, thus eliminating fatigue.
Diabetes
Carol Johnston, a professor of nutrition at Arizona State University, ran a study of 29 volunteers with one-third having type-2 diabetes, one-third showing signs of possible diabetes and one-third being healthy. According to the Diabetes in Control website, the study involved taking vinegar before a high carbohydrate meal. The group who fared the best was the ones showing prediabetic symptoms. Vinegar slowed the rise of their blood glucose levels by half in the first hour after the meal and those with diabetes gained a 25 percent drop in levels, compared to the placebo group. The results were very promising, with more studies needed.
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