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Apple Cider Vinegar: Alternative Medicine Miracle

Published: Wednesday, September 21, 2005

Updated: Monday, August 9, 2010 16:08

Results show that drinking apple cider vinegar (ACV) and honey everyday keeps you healthy. The detoxifying elements found in apple cider vinegar have been proven to heal and cleanse. Apple cider vinegar detoxifies the body of pollutants caused from the air we breathe, unnatural food consumed, and anything else unnatural that can be absorbed through the skin. Apple cider vinegar contains over forty vitamins and minerals. ACV releases toxins from the liver and has helped arthritis patients, people with high blood pressure, and skin conditions. Other ailments helped by consuming apple cider vinegar high cholesterol, insomnia and fatigue, liver and kidney problems, asthma, weight loss and more. Apple cider vinegar has been used for thousands of years starting out with the Egyptians. ACV was a prime medicine before prescription drugs came out onto the market. After pharmaceuticals entered the world, people forgot about alternative healing methods that can cure aches and pains that we spend thousands of dollars on each year. "I originally started drinking ACV for body detoxification," Mandy Brown said. "I found a decrease in cravings for junk food and sugar and an increase in energy." Brown has had a success with the natural cleaning drink since she began to drink ACV over two years ago. "It doesn't taste that great at first, but I started to enjoy the taste after a couple of weeks," Brown added. The process takes a couple of minutes and results take from three days to one week. Put two to three tablespoons of ACV into a glass and dilute with water. You can add as much or as little water you prefer. It is recommended diluting with water so the acids in the vinegar do not hurt your teeth. Adding honey to the vinegar can bring more results. Honey helps digestion and also contains vitamins and enzymes. Although honey adds to the healing, it is not necessary because ACV has its own healing properties. Laurie Balcom has experienced her own miracles drinking apple cider vinegar and honey. Balcom experienced severe breakouts of eczema like symptoms on her feet for eleven years. She expressed how painful it was to walk and to even put on a pair of shoes with her condition. As her condition got worse she saw several doctors from disease doctors to dermatologists. "I was prescribed prednisone; methotrexate; hydroxyurea; several steroid ointments for topical therapy (too many to list), antibiotics and elavil for depression, oh and lets not forget all the blood work that always had to be done because of the side effects of the medications," said Brown about her experiences of being prescribed many drugs. "I also had skin cultures, chest x-rays, and allergy test," Brown added. "Within two years the Doctors changed my diagnosis several times as well, they went from eczema to dyshidrotic eczema / palmer-plantar psoriasis and fungus, contact dermatitis and back to eczema." Balcom expressed, "I drank apple cider vinegar and honey and within twenty four hours I started to see and feel a difference with my skin condition." Balcom said that after two weeks of using ACV there was a difference. Her "eleven year dilemma" with her so-called eczema was over. "I have been drinking apple cider vinegar and honey for seven years now and have yet to be disappointed," Balcom said. "I used to have allergies really bad to the point I was hospitalized twice. Since I discovered apple cider vinegar I have not had another allergic reaction." Balcom added that she lives by ACV and will drink it for the rest of her life. "It only takes a couple of minutes every day to drink ACV and the results are definitely worth it, I would recommend it to everybody," Brown said. "There are no dangers in drinking ACV because it is all natural and contains so many nutrients." The most common apple cider vinegar is found at health food stores and local grocers. The recipe is on the back of the bottle and it is called Bragg's Apple Cider Vinegar. There is also information on their website www.bragg.com.

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