| There are all sorts of products out there | | | | in managing glucose levels, a property particularly |
| recommended for use as a miscellaneous daily tonic, | | | | useful for diabetics who often experience problems |
| said to contribute to overall general health, but few | | | | from a post-meal glucose spike, something that apple |
| natural health tonics come with a pedigree as strong | | | | cider vinegar can help reduce. Similarly, a spoonful or |
| as apple cider vinegar. The earliest recorded use of | | | | two of organic apple cider vinegar before bed has |
| apple cider vinegar for health is no less than | | | | been shown to lower morning glucose levels. |
| Hippocrates (of the Hippocratic Oath) prescribing | | | | Organic apple cider vinegar is also recommended by |
| apple cider vinegar mixed with honey for a range of | | | | some for external uses. As mentioned previously, it |
| ailments, including coughs and colds, and is said to | | | | has been used in warzones as an antiseptic on |
| have taken it himself as a daily energizing tonic. | | | | wounds, although this has obviously been |
| However, apple cider vinegar has many more uses | | | | superseded, but some still claim apple cider |
| than even Hippocrates probably realised, and a quick | | | | vinegar’s effectiveness against acne, |
| scan of its uses historically reveals a wide and varied | | | | dermatitis and dandruff. Before using apple cider |
| patchwork of applications. Among other uses, it was | | | | vinegar on skin however, one should be aware that if |
| used for wounds in various wars ranging from the | | | | not diluted sufficiently it can damage the skin rather |
| American Civil War to the First World War, and it | | | | than help it, due to its potency. The typical dilution |
| became popular in the 1970s as a weight loss aid. It is | | | | ration is one part apple cider vinegar, three parts |
| still touted nowadays as a remedy for various | | | | water. Similarly, if ingesting apple cider vinegar, one |
| conditions, both inner and outer. | | | | should dilute it to prevent damage to the |
| There are many reasons given for apple cider | | | | oesophagus. |
| vinegar’s use as a weight loss aid, many of | | | | Many of the health properties attribute to organic |
| them spurious. The most interesting research showed | | | | apple cider vinegar are baseless, however, with a |
| that taking a spoonful or two of organic apple cider | | | | long history as a folk remedy, and recent scientific |
| vinegar with a meal increased feelings of satiation, | | | | evidence for some of its uses, apple cider vinegar |
| meaning that participants in the study felt fuller after | | | | may still be useful as a daily part of one’s |
| eating, thereby discouraging future over-eating. | | | | health routine. |
| Further recent studies have shown its effectiveness | | | | |