Apple Cider Vinegar
Apple cider vinegar is one of those fantastic elixirs that has been around for ages. Hippocrates, the father of medicine, found it worked as a natural antibiotic. Columbus carried barrels of it on his ships to prevent scurvy.
Apple cider vinegar is produced by the fermentation of apples and contains cholesterol reducing pectin as well as many minerals, including potassium, phosphorus, sodium, magnesium, calcium, sulfur, iron, fluorine and silicon.
A friend of mine contracted food poisoning and upon the advice of another friend took some apple cider vinegar and the food poisoning was gone in a couple of hours. Apple cider vinegar has the ability to change the body’s PH balance, which is so vital to good health. In its natural healthy state, the body is slightly alkaline. It must maintain that state to keep the systems in the body working together. But if the body is overly acidic, you are more likely to feel tired, get headaches and develop digestive problems, urinary tract problems, colds and flu.
Another benefit of applie cider vinegar, it is a fantastic way to control diet and lose weight. Two capfuls in two ounces of apple juice can burn off more than 10 pounds a year.