Healthy Food Choices for the Apple Cider Vinegar Diet

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MICHELLE COOPER: Next, we're going to talk about the apple cider vinegar diet. This diet proposes that by drinking two to three teaspoons of apple cider vinegar with each meal, you will lose weight. Like most fad diets, it fails to show whether the weight loss is due to a decrease in portion size of foods and increased energy expenditure or from, in fact, drinking the apple cider vinegar. The things the you want to look for when analyzing a diet are number one, does it sound too good to be true? Is it promoting a miracle food or combination of foods that's going to promote weight loss? Number two, are they promoting a safe rate of weight loss? Not more than one to two pounds of weight is recommended; anything over that is too rapid. It took a while to gain the weight; it's going to take a while to lose the weight. Number three, does the diet incorporate some kind of physical activity or exercise program? And lastly, is it a style of eating that you can maintain for a period of time that doesn't exclude any foods or food groups or combinations? The apple cider vinegar diet, although it promotes a safe rate of weight loss and incorporates physical activity, is promoting apple cider vinegar to be a miracle food. Sounds too good to be true, it's probably is.