[momof3preemies]

I read that apple cider vinegar helps with weightloss has anyone tried this? your suppose to put 1 to 2 tablespoons in your water before each meal. Anyways just curious if anyone has tried this or is thinking about trying this.

[CherryQuinn]

I tried it to help kill my gallstones not to lose weight, those things are just myths theres no magic solution for weight loss. But I did try it to kill my gallstones (also probably a myth but i was desperate) and its the nastiest thing you will ever drink. ever.

[delyn]

I've heard about apple cider vinegar, but never tried it. However, I've tried pomegranate vinegar & blackberry vinegar (mix it with water) & those are really good! Not sure if it helps with weightloss, but good for antioxidants, vitamins, & whatnot. (:

[momof3preemies]

I wouldn't use it as a miracle...I workout and eat well already I just read adding this helps boost your metabolism.

[beaka]

I don't know if it works for weight loss, but I've used it to help with congestion. Here's a drink that tastes good...

1 cup hot water
2 capfuls of ACV
a good squirt of lemon juice
1 packet stevia
optional- dashes of ground ginger and cinnamon

[beaka]

Look what I found on Google... they're old though...

http://www.jacn.org/content/24/3/158.full

" complementary foods, such as vinegar or peanut products, when added to meals, may attenuate meal-time glycemia promoting satiety and reduced energy intake"

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed?D...ubmed_RVDocSum

"The present work was designed to investigate health effects of cider vinegar using mice as experimental model. Groups of female ICR (CD-1) mice were treated with daily oral doses of 0.17, 0.51 and 1.02 ml of the vinegar/kg body weight for 4 weeks. Cider vinegar induced a significant reduction in weight gain in animals treated with 0.51 ml/kg while others showed no significant differences in weight gain."

It's kinda weird that the mice who got the most vinegar weren't significantly affected. Ah well. I doubt that ACV is that big of a deal. Eating right and exercising is where it's at

[momof3preemies]

thanks! I may try the hot drink you posted, sounds good.

[PomWonderful]

I used to drink ACV to help with my problematic skin and honestly it was way too nasty to keep doing. But I would be willing to try again of it would help.

[battybettie]

Originally Posted by PomWonderful

I used to drink ACV to help with my problematic skin and honestly it was way too nasty to keep doing. But I would be willing to try again of it would help.

Did it help your skin at all while you were doing it? I ask because I could drink vinegar from the bottle, and my skin ain't so hot.

[PomWonderful]

While I was drinking it my skin improved a little bit. I started applying it to my skin and it made me break out badly. I think it was exfoliating my skin and clearing out my pores, but I was too embarrassed at the time to continue since I would have to be without make up.

Has anyone else done anything like this before?

[battybettie]

I've heard about it, and for some people it seemed to be the miracle cure. Can never tell with skin though. I guess the point of ingesting is to change your body's ph levels to attack the acne from the inside.

For the record, a lot of people swear by using their own urine as a toner, so... :P

Either way, if you've ever gone to Acne.org, they have a forum with a million subsections for different cures, like using packing tape every day on your face to exfoliate the dead skin cells, using a baby brush on your face, Neosporin masks every night or every other night, rubbing strawberries on your face, crushed pill masks-stuff like that.