May 20, 2025 • 19 mins
What Apple Cider Vinegar Will Do for You may surprise you. In this episode, I share the real benefits—and the hidden risks—of adding ACV to your routine, based on my own experience and what the science says.
✨ Here’s what we cover:
• How ACV may help balance blood sugar levels
• How it supports digestion by increasing stomach acid
• Whether it helps reduce bloating, reflux, or indigestion
• The one important warning you need to know before using ACV regularly
If you're thinking about taking apple cider vinegar every day, this is the honest breakdown you need.
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Fiona Kane (00:00):
Hello and welcome to the Wellness Connection Podcast
with Fiona Kane.
Today, I'm actually going to betalking to you about apple
cider vinegar.
I'm going to talk to you aboutthe benefits of apple cider
vinegar, but also something thatyou need to be aware of.
There's a warning in this aswell that I will cover later.
So both are really important.
So I'll start with talking alittle bit about apple cider
(00:22):
vinegar and its benefits.
So what we do know about applecider vinegar is one of the
things that it's really good foris actually helping to balance
your blood sugar levels.
And it's interesting becauseI'd read this quite a bit and
talked about this quite a bitand I've been trying to convince
one of my clients to try thisfor quite a while someone who's
having issues with their bloodsugar regulation, and this is
(00:46):
someone with diabetes and thisclient actually did finally try
it and said oh my God, you knowwhat, fiona?
Wow.
So I am actually seeing it.
Right now I'm seeing thechanges in someone who's
actually using apple cidervinegar for their blood glucose
levels.
So it's really interesting.
Some of these things they'reconsidered sort of old wives
(01:06):
tales or because they haven'tdone double blind placebo trials
and things like that.
Sometimes people disregardthings.
However, it's always reallyimportant to look at well, why
do people think it wasworthwhile and what was the the
tale behind it?
Because, um, often they'reright and often it's true, and
(01:28):
you don't need a double blindplacebo trial, and especially
for something as apple cidervinegar.
I'll tell you about the warninglater.
So there is something you needto be aware of it.
But apple cider vinegar, likewhen it's like a food as
medicine thing in more casesthan not, as harmless.
So the worst thing that canhappen is nothing happens, and
the best thing that can happenis you get the benefit from it.
(01:51):
So it's kind of it's not likeoh my God, try this terrible
drug that's going to make yousick and blah, blah, blah.
Which is what people aregenerally very happy to do is
actually try this food asmedicine thing.
If that doesn't work, then thenokay, you use the medicine.
But, uh, but yeah, it's um, therisks are quite low in regards
to trying food as a medicinal.
(02:11):
Uh, you know, um, as far as thefood not harming you, you know
the timing of medications andwhether you need them and all
that sort of stuff.
That's another story, obviously.
Always just talk to your doctorif you're not sure.
However, it's funny becausepeople are just so uh.
It's funny because people justdon't trust food as medicine.
But a lot of people for a longtime had to use food as medicine
(02:31):
because they didn't haveanything else, so it's always
useful to go back to it.
I take medications and a lot ofmy clients take medications.
I am not anti-medication.
I actually think that modernmedicine and medications all
have their place.
However, if you can do a foodas medicine and it works great.
So to me it's like well, takeas minimum amount of medications
(02:55):
as you need if you can findother ways of achieving the same
thing.
So anyway, getting back to applecider vinegar because I went a
little bit off, but you get whatI'm trying to say, I'm sure.
So apple cider vinegar isreally good for helping blood
sugar levels, so it improvesinsulin sensitivity.
So also for people with insulinresistance, which is what
(03:20):
someone with diabetes type 2diabetes has, and or
pre-diabetes as well, becausepre-diabetes is insulin
resistant, so just don't alwayscall it that.
So what they found is that itmay help improve insulin
sensitivity and lower bloodsugar levels after meals.
So studies suggest that takingit with a high carb meal can
reduce the glucose spike.
So I've talked before aboutthat glucose spike.
(03:43):
It's like in high GI foods orfoods that are high in glucose
or high in carbohydrate, you getquite a spike after a meal.
So having the apple cidervinegar can help with that spike
and that's what my client hasnoticed as well.
So, yes, it could beparticularly useful for managing
type 2 diabetes or pre-diabetesinsulin resistance, which is
(04:04):
what I was just talking about.
So it is worth testing andmeasuring.
I would always say for anyonewith diabetes, if you're on
medications, especially if it'sinsulin, be really careful when
you're testing and measuringthings.
Maybe wear a blood glucosemonitor and talk to your doctor
and make sure you're reviewingmedications and things.
Make sure you also know thesigns and symptoms of having a
(04:26):
hypoglycemic attack.
So Google that, make sureyou're all over it.
But generally speaking,confusion and nausea are two of
the big signs and you might haveacetone breath like a nail
polish remover breath, vomitingthat kind of thing, but please
just nail polish remover breath,vomiting that kind of thing,
(04:47):
but please just.
If you are taking diabetesmedications, it's really useful
for you to know whathypoglycemia looks like.
So look it up hypo H-Y-P-Oglycemia.
Even if you type it in wrong,google will fix it for you.
Don't worry about spelling, butit's good to know what that is,
just in case.
So if you're playing aroundwith blood glucose levels,
naturally, and you're also onmedications, you could
(05:08):
potentially push it too low.
So it's always good to checkthat stuff.
But besides that, in generalit's worth trialing this and
trying to see how well itregulates your blood glucose
levels.
So the other thing that applecider vinegar is really good for
it's really good for yourdigestive system and I've seen
this work in lots of differentways.
(05:28):
So I've seen this work forpeople.
Sometimes people will just takeit at the beginning of the day.
It seems to stimulate digestionthroughout the day and is
really supportive overall andit'll help them reduce their
reflux right and they justdigest their foods better.
Other people might take it sortof before a meal, so a little
bit of time before a meal, againfor the same purpose to help
(05:50):
you digest that meal.
Well.
But I've actually even seen oneclient years ago, actually it
was more than one client I'veseen who'd done this now, where
these are people who maybe getreally bad reflux at night time
and they say they get into bed,they lay down and they just get
this acid sort of coming up.
And so I've had clients whotake apple cider vinegar at
(06:11):
bedtime to reduce that acid andit actually works and they're
able to sleep better.
They're not kind of drowning intheir own acid sort of thing.
So that is something topotentially look into for
yourself because it can bereally really useful for that
and I think it helps because ithelps increase your stomach acid
(06:34):
, which helps you break downyour food better, so that
reduces the likely ofindigestion.
I know that people always thinkthat having acid and reflux and
stuff is because you've got toomuch acid, but it's really
stuff is because you've got toomuch acid, but it's really more
usually because you don't haveenough acid, that it's not doing
its job.
And because it's not doing itsjob and the food sits there for
too long, it starts pumping upwhere it shouldn't be, but it's
(06:56):
really about too much acid.
So this will help you make thatstomach acid and because you're
going to break down food moreeffectively.
You know what it's saying hereis that you know it's going to
really help with bloating andindigestion and, of course, if
you're making all of your acidsand if you're making your
digestive enzymes and you'reable to digest and absorb your
(07:18):
food, you will get lessdigestive symptoms because your
digestion is working the way itshould be.
So generally, people get lessindigestion and so a lot of
these are sort of anecdotalevidence.
But anecdotal is still I tookit and it worked.
Right, that's fine.
If you take it and it works, itworks.
So again, you don't need adouble-blind placebo trial.
(07:40):
You can't sort of sayabsolutely it works for everyone
and this is absolutely proventhing.
But you can try it and if itworks for you, then fantastic,
right.
So because all medications comewith potential side effects, so
it's good to have a food asmedicine option.
And that's funny because peopleI've seen articles, people write
about food as medicine.
(08:01):
It's dangerous, blah, blah,blah, the idea of food as
medicine.
If people are saying no oneshould ever go to a doctor, no
one should ever take modernmedicines, no one should ever do
anything in regards to modernmedicine, I understand that if
you're just saying here, takebroccoli instead of having a
(08:22):
cancer treatment or whatever, Iunderstand then why people are
saying food is medicine'sproblem.
But I see it a little bitdifferently in that food is
medicine, because the food youeat can certainly heal and it
can also cause your healthproblems, because a lot of
problems like type 2 diabetesare largely lifestyle related
(08:45):
and food related.
So the food causes your problem.
If you fix what you're doing inregards to the food, it can
help fix the problem right.
So food absolutely can be amedicine, but does that mean it
is the only medicine?
No, and does that mean it'sinstead of other medicines?
No, it is just one of thestrategies, one of the tools you
(09:07):
use in your toolkit of thingsthat can be beneficial.
So I think it's like, becausesometimes people what is it like
zero sum game?
Or they see things as like onething or the other thing.
What is it like zero-sum game?
Or they see things as like onething or the other thing.
And the way I see it is you wantto have good nutrition, you
want to move your body, you wantto make sure that you're
remembering to breathe sometimeswhich is one of my biggest
(09:28):
issues you want to make sureyou're eating well.
Now, if there's medicationsthat are beneficial to you, you
want to make sure you're takingthose as well.
But if you're able to do all ofthese things and you're doing
meditation, you're sleeping welland you've got your connections
and all of the good things thatI talk about all the time on
this podcast.
If you've got all of thoselifestyle factors going really
(09:49):
really well and your diet isgoing really well and you don't
need the medication, fabulous,right.
So it's not, uh, avoidingmedication when you really do
need it and it's not me saying,oh, cure your cancer by eating
broccoli and don't follow thedoctor's advice not at all,
right.
So I think people who they getvery fixated on what it means
(10:12):
food is medicine.
Food is one of the medicines,and there's many medicines, as
well as sleep and exercise andgratitude and lots of different
ways of supporting your mentaland physical health.
So food is one of them and it'scertainly worth a try, with
many things, to try the foodoption because generally it's
(10:33):
cheaper, simpler, easier toaccess and less side effects.
Right, simpler, easier toaccess and less side effects,
right.
So when I say food as medicine,that's what I mean as food as
medicine, not don't takemedicine, only look at food.
I don't mean that.
I don't say that so justbecause some people get their
knickers and they're not, whenyou use the term food as
medicine, but when I say it,that's what I mean.
(10:56):
Also, there's some evidence thatapple cider vinegar can be used
in regards to weight managementand I think it's like part of
the, because it's helping withthe digestion and support the
digestion.
You're using your caloriesbetter and maybe they say
sometimes it can promotefeelings of fullness, so that
might be part of it as well, butI think that again, it's part
(11:19):
of a whole.
Don't just start swallowingapple cider vinegar to lose
weight.
I think you do all the thingsand that might be part of the
strategy.
Studies have also shown inanimals shown help with heart
health and it's saying that itcan lower things like
cholesterol and triglycerides.
But certainly what we do knowis if you manage your blood
(11:41):
glucose levels, that sorts outtriglycerides and cholesterol.
So, uh, so that probably justrelates back to the fact that it
helps with the blood glucosemanagement.
That's why it helps the heart,because if you manage your blood
glucose, which is metabolicsyndrome, you're going to be
supporting your heart.
It's also apparently used asdiluted as a home remedy for
(12:03):
things like acne and dandruff.
So because it's gotantimicrobial properties and pH
balancing properties, apparentlysome people swear by using it
for those purposes of supportingthings like pH balance and skin
issues.
So now, what I need to warn youabout, though, in regards to
(12:29):
apple cider vinegar, is what'sgood for your tummy and what's
good for your blood sugar levelsis not necessarily good for
your teeth, so I'm going to giveyou some warnings about this,
in regards to how to help withyour teeth.
This also actually would go forlemon, because a lot of people
drink lemon.
There was the lemon detox.
(12:50):
That was a really popular thing, I know, about 15 years ago,
everyone was doing the lemondetox and they were all losing
their enamel on their teethbecause lemon is so acidic.
So just have an awarenessaround.
If you're having kind of lemonand lime juices, or if you're
having apple cider vinegar, youdo have to consider your teeth
because, like I said, what'sgood for your gut might not
(13:14):
necessarily be good for yourteeth, and this is a
conversation I was having with afriend a few weeks ago, and
she's been having issues withthe enamel in her teeth.
So this is one of the thingsthat we addressed and we talked
about, so I'm going to give yousome suggestions.
Uh, I'm going to be readingfrom a list because it's easier
just for me to read thanremember it all.
(13:34):
But I'm going to read from alist, so excuse me for those of
you who are watching that, thefact that I'm reading.
Anyway, it's really importantthat we understand we need to
protect our teeth because youdon't grow back enamel.
You've really got to protectyour enamel.
So the suggestions are here.
So one is you dilute the applecider vinegar.
You dilute it with water.
(13:54):
So say, one to two tablespoonsof apple cider vinegar, but you
have that in a cup of water.
So let's say like 200 mils ofwater or something.
So that reduces the acidity andit minimizes the direct contact
with your teeth because there'swater as well as the apple
cider vinegar.
So that can make a differencewith how much of the acid
actually gets on your teeth.
(14:14):
The other is to use a straw,because if you use a straw, then
what you're doing is dependingon how you use it.
If you direct the liquidtowards the back of your mouth,
you might be bypassing yourteeth for the most part, if not
entirely.
Another thing would be tosuggest, after you've had apple
(14:37):
cider vinegar, to rinse yourmouth out with plain water.
So you're just wanting to getrid of that, any residual acid
on your teeth.
The next thing is to wait beforebrushing for brushing your
teeth, and the reason being whenyou've had, and the
recommendation is to wait atleast 30 minutes.
So acid will temporarily softenthe enamel on your teeth and so
(15:06):
if you brush too soon you canactually damage your teeth, you
can actually damage that enamelpermanently.
So what you want to do is youwant to leave it for half an
hour so that the enamelstrengthens up again and so
there's not so much acid on yourteeth.
So waiting half an hour is areally really good idea, like
(15:30):
the other thing that isrecommended.
It might be like limit yourfrequency so see what works for
you, so whether or not you'rehaving it once in the morning or
once in the evening, or if itworks for you to have it at one
or two of your larger meals inthe day.
But just see, you might workout the timing and you know,
work out that if I just take itonce or twice, that works really
(15:52):
really well.
I don't need to be taking itfour times a day.
And in saying that too, I don'tknow any brands I can recommend
straight up.
I'm not quite sure what'savailable, but I do know that
apple cider vinegar is startingto be sold in a capsule form and
if it's just apple cidervinegar in there, then that
might be beneficial as well,because if it's in a capsule,
(16:15):
clearly not going to beaffecting your teeth unless you
crunch on it or it opens up inyour mouth, but other than that
you'd be safe.
I don't know how well thatworks.
Compared to regular apple cidervinegar, you obviously can't
have as much in the capsule.
I think there's some peopledoing concentrates and things
and I haven't made myself anexpert on that yet, so I can't
comment one way or the other,but you could test and measure
(16:37):
what works for you and thatcertainly wouldn't be damaging
the teeth.
So that's sort of the otherthing to consider as well.
So you really want to protectthe enamel and your teeth.
When you're looking at thesekind of whether it's lemon or
apple cider or whatever it isyou really want to make sure
(16:58):
that you're protecting yourteeth as well.
So have an awareness aroundthis.
If you're using these thingsfor blood sugar regulation or if
you're on some sort of diet, orif you're using it for your
digestion, it can be great forall those things, but just have
a real awareness aroundprotecting your teeth.
So, anyway, I will leave itthere for today.
(17:20):
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Hello and welcome to the Wellness Connection Podcast
with Fiona Kane.
Today, I'm actually going to betalking to you about apple
cider vinegar.
I'm going to talk to you aboutthe benefits of apple cider
vinegar, but also something thatyou need to be aware of.
There's a warning in this aswell that I will cover later.
So both are really important.
So I'll start with talking alittle bit about apple cider
(00:22):
vinegar and its benefits.
So what we do know about applecider vinegar is one of the
things that it's really good foris actually helping to balance
your blood sugar levels.
And it's interesting becauseI'd read this quite a bit and
talked about this quite a bitand I've been trying to convince
one of my clients to try thisfor quite a while someone who's
having issues with their bloodsugar regulation, and this is
(00:46):
someone with diabetes and thisclient actually did finally try
it and said oh my God, you knowwhat, fiona?
Wow.
So I am actually seeing it.
Right now I'm seeing thechanges in someone who's
actually using apple cidervinegar for their blood glucose
levels.
So it's really interesting.
Some of these things they'reconsidered sort of old wives
(01:06):
tales or because they haven'tdone double blind placebo trials
and things like that.
Sometimes people disregardthings.
However, it's always reallyimportant to look at well, why
do people think it wasworthwhile and what was the the
tale behind it?
Because, um, often they'reright and often it's true, and
(01:28):
you don't need a double blindplacebo trial, and especially
for something as apple cidervinegar.
I'll tell you about the warninglater.
So there is something you needto be aware of it.
But apple cider vinegar, likewhen it's like a food as
medicine thing in more casesthan not, as harmless.
So the worst thing that canhappen is nothing happens, and
the best thing that can happenis you get the benefit from it.
(01:51):
So it's kind of it's not likeoh my God, try this terrible
drug that's going to make yousick and blah, blah, blah.
Which is what people aregenerally very happy to do is
actually try this food asmedicine thing.
If that doesn't work, then thenokay, you use the medicine.
But, uh, but yeah, it's um, therisks are quite low in regards
to trying food as a medicinal.
(02:11):
Uh, you know, um, as far as thefood not harming you, you know
the timing of medications andwhether you need them and all
that sort of stuff.
That's another story, obviously.
Always just talk to your doctorif you're not sure.
However, it's funny becausepeople are just so uh.
It's funny because people justdon't trust food as medicine.
But a lot of people for a longtime had to use food as medicine
(02:31):
because they didn't haveanything else, so it's always
useful to go back to it.
I take medications and a lot ofmy clients take medications.
I am not anti-medication.
I actually think that modernmedicine and medications all
have their place.
However, if you can do a foodas medicine and it works great.
So to me it's like well, takeas minimum amount of medications
(02:55):
as you need if you can findother ways of achieving the same
thing.
So anyway, getting back to applecider vinegar because I went a
little bit off, but you get whatI'm trying to say, I'm sure.
So apple cider vinegar isreally good for helping blood
sugar levels, so it improvesinsulin sensitivity.
So also for people with insulinresistance, which is what
(03:20):
someone with diabetes type 2diabetes has, and or
pre-diabetes as well, becausepre-diabetes is insulin
resistant, so just don't alwayscall it that.
So what they found is that itmay help improve insulin
sensitivity and lower bloodsugar levels after meals.
So studies suggest that takingit with a high carb meal can
reduce the glucose spike.
So I've talked before aboutthat glucose spike.
(03:43):
It's like in high GI foods orfoods that are high in glucose
or high in carbohydrate, you getquite a spike after a meal.
So having the apple cidervinegar can help with that spike
and that's what my client hasnoticed as well.
So, yes, it could beparticularly useful for managing
type 2 diabetes or pre-diabetesinsulin resistance, which is
(04:04):
what I was just talking about.
So it is worth testing andmeasuring.
I would always say for anyonewith diabetes, if you're on
medications, especially if it'sinsulin, be really careful when
you're testing and measuringthings.
Maybe wear a blood glucosemonitor and talk to your doctor
and make sure you're reviewingmedications and things.
Make sure you also know thesigns and symptoms of having a
(04:26):
hypoglycemic attack.
So Google that, make sureyou're all over it.
But generally speaking,confusion and nausea are two of
the big signs and you might haveacetone breath like a nail
polish remover breath, vomitingthat kind of thing, but please
just nail polish remover breath,vomiting that kind of thing,
(04:47):
but please just.
If you are taking diabetesmedications, it's really useful
for you to know whathypoglycemia looks like.
So look it up hypo H-Y-P-Oglycemia.
Even if you type it in wrong,google will fix it for you.
Don't worry about spelling, butit's good to know what that is,
just in case.
So if you're playing aroundwith blood glucose levels,
naturally, and you're also onmedications, you could
(05:08):
potentially push it too low.
So it's always good to checkthat stuff.
But besides that, in generalit's worth trialing this and
trying to see how well itregulates your blood glucose
levels.
So the other thing that applecider vinegar is really good for
it's really good for yourdigestive system and I've seen
this work in lots of differentways.
(05:28):
So I've seen this work forpeople.
Sometimes people will just takeit at the beginning of the day.
It seems to stimulate digestionthroughout the day and is
really supportive overall andit'll help them reduce their
reflux right and they justdigest their foods better.
Other people might take it sortof before a meal, so a little
bit of time before a meal, againfor the same purpose to help
(05:50):
you digest that meal.
Well.
But I've actually even seen oneclient years ago, actually it
was more than one client I'veseen who'd done this now, where
these are people who maybe getreally bad reflux at night time
and they say they get into bed,they lay down and they just get
this acid sort of coming up.
And so I've had clients whotake apple cider vinegar at
(06:11):
bedtime to reduce that acid andit actually works and they're
able to sleep better.
They're not kind of drowning intheir own acid sort of thing.
So that is something topotentially look into for
yourself because it can bereally really useful for that
and I think it helps because ithelps increase your stomach acid
(06:34):
, which helps you break downyour food better, so that
reduces the likely ofindigestion.
I know that people always thinkthat having acid and reflux and
stuff is because you've got toomuch acid, but it's really
stuff is because you've got toomuch acid, but it's really more
usually because you don't haveenough acid, that it's not doing
its job.
And because it's not doing itsjob and the food sits there for
too long, it starts pumping upwhere it shouldn't be, but it's
(06:56):
really about too much acid.
So this will help you make thatstomach acid and because you're
going to break down food moreeffectively.
You know what it's saying hereis that you know it's going to
really help with bloating andindigestion and, of course, if
you're making all of your acidsand if you're making your
digestive enzymes and you'reable to digest and absorb your
(07:18):
food, you will get lessdigestive symptoms because your
digestion is working the way itshould be.
So generally, people get lessindigestion and so a lot of
these are sort of anecdotalevidence.
But anecdotal is still I tookit and it worked.
Right, that's fine.
If you take it and it works, itworks.
So again, you don't need adouble-blind placebo trial.
(07:40):
You can't sort of sayabsolutely it works for everyone
and this is absolutely proventhing.
But you can try it and if itworks for you, then fantastic,
right.
So because all medications comewith potential side effects, so
it's good to have a food asmedicine option.
And that's funny because peopleI've seen articles, people write
about food as medicine.
(08:01):
It's dangerous, blah, blah,blah, the idea of food as
medicine.
If people are saying no oneshould ever go to a doctor, no
one should ever take modernmedicines, no one should ever do
anything in regards to modernmedicine, I understand that if
you're just saying here, takebroccoli instead of having a
(08:22):
cancer treatment or whatever, Iunderstand then why people are
saying food is medicine'sproblem.
But I see it a little bitdifferently in that food is
medicine, because the food youeat can certainly heal and it
can also cause your healthproblems, because a lot of
problems like type 2 diabetesare largely lifestyle related
(08:45):
and food related.
So the food causes your problem.
If you fix what you're doing inregards to the food, it can
help fix the problem right.
So food absolutely can be amedicine, but does that mean it
is the only medicine?
No, and does that mean it'sinstead of other medicines?
No, it is just one of thestrategies, one of the tools you
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use in your toolkit of thingsthat can be beneficial.
So I think it's like, becausesometimes people what is it like
zero sum game?
Or they see things as like onething or the other thing.
What is it like zero-sum game?
Or they see things as like onething or the other thing.
And the way I see it is you wantto have good nutrition, you
want to move your body, you wantto make sure that you're
remembering to breathe sometimeswhich is one of my biggest
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issues you want to make sureyou're eating well.
Now, if there's medicationsthat are beneficial to you, you
want to make sure you're takingthose as well.
But if you're able to do all ofthese things and you're doing
meditation, you're sleeping welland you've got your connections
and all of the good things thatI talk about all the time on
this podcast.
If you've got all of thoselifestyle factors going really
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really well and your diet isgoing really well and you don't
need the medication, fabulous,right.
So it's not, uh, avoidingmedication when you really do
need it and it's not me saying,oh, cure your cancer by eating
broccoli and don't follow thedoctor's advice not at all,
right.
So I think people who they getvery fixated on what it means
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food is medicine.
Food is one of the medicines,and there's many medicines, as
well as sleep and exercise andgratitude and lots of different
ways of supporting your mentaland physical health.
So food is one of them and it'scertainly worth a try, with
many things, to try the foodoption because generally it's
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cheaper, simpler, easier toaccess and less side effects.
Right, simpler, easier toaccess and less side effects,
right.
So when I say food as medicine,that's what I mean as food as
medicine, not don't takemedicine, only look at food.
I don't mean that.
I don't say that so justbecause some people get their
knickers and they're not, whenyou use the term food as
medicine, but when I say it,that's what I mean.
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Also, there's some evidence thatapple cider vinegar can be used
in regards to weight managementand I think it's like part of
the, because it's helping withthe digestion and support the
digestion.
You're using your caloriesbetter and maybe they say
sometimes it can promotefeelings of fullness, so that
might be part of it as well, butI think that again, it's part
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of a whole.
Don't just start swallowingapple cider vinegar to lose
weight.
I think you do all the thingsand that might be part of the
strategy.
Studies have also shown inanimals shown help with heart
health and it's saying that itcan lower things like
cholesterol and triglycerides.
But certainly what we do knowis if you manage your blood
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glucose levels, that sorts outtriglycerides and cholesterol.
So, uh, so that probably justrelates back to the fact that it
helps with the blood glucosemanagement.
That's why it helps the heart,because if you manage your blood
glucose, which is metabolicsyndrome, you're going to be
supporting your heart.
It's also apparently used asdiluted as a home remedy for
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things like acne and dandruff.
So because it's gotantimicrobial properties and pH
balancing properties, apparentlysome people swear by using it
for those purposes of supportingthings like pH balance and skin
issues.
So now, what I need to warn youabout, though, in regards to
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apple cider vinegar, is what'sgood for your tummy and what's
good for your blood sugar levelsis not necessarily good for
your teeth, so I'm going to giveyou some warnings about this,
in regards to how to help withyour teeth.
This also actually would go forlemon, because a lot of people
drink lemon.
There was the lemon detox.
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That was a really popular thing, I know, about 15 years ago,
everyone was doing the lemondetox and they were all losing
their enamel on their teethbecause lemon is so acidic.
So just have an awarenessaround.
If you're having kind of lemonand lime juices, or if you're
having apple cider vinegar, youdo have to consider your teeth
because, like I said, what'sgood for your gut might not
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necessarily be good for yourteeth, and this is a
conversation I was having with afriend a few weeks ago, and
she's been having issues withthe enamel in her teeth.
So this is one of the thingsthat we addressed and we talked
about, so I'm going to give yousome suggestions.
Uh, I'm going to be readingfrom a list because it's easier
just for me to read thanremember it all.
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But I'm going to read from alist, so excuse me for those of
you who are watching that, thefact that I'm reading.
Anyway, it's really importantthat we understand we need to
protect our teeth because youdon't grow back enamel.
You've really got to protectyour enamel.
So the suggestions are here.
So one is you dilute the applecider vinegar.
You dilute it with water.
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So say, one to two tablespoonsof apple cider vinegar, but you
have that in a cup of water.
So let's say like 200 mils ofwater or something.
So that reduces the acidity andit minimizes the direct contact
with your teeth because there'swater as well as the apple
cider vinegar.
So that can make a differencewith how much of the acid
actually gets on your teeth.
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The other is to use a straw,because if you use a straw, then
what you're doing is dependingon how you use it.
If you direct the liquidtowards the back of your mouth,
you might be bypassing yourteeth for the most part, if not
entirely.
Another thing would be tosuggest, after you've had apple
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cider vinegar, to rinse yourmouth out with plain water.
So you're just wanting to getrid of that, any residual acid
on your teeth.
The next thing is to wait beforebrushing for brushing your
teeth, and the reason being whenyou've had, and the
recommendation is to wait atleast 30 minutes.
So acid will temporarily softenthe enamel on your teeth and so
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if you brush too soon you canactually damage your teeth, you
can actually damage that enamelpermanently.
So what you want to do is youwant to leave it for half an
hour so that the enamelstrengthens up again and so
there's not so much acid on yourteeth.
So waiting half an hour is areally really good idea, like
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the other thing that isrecommended.
It might be like limit yourfrequency so see what works for
you, so whether or not you'rehaving it once in the morning or
once in the evening, or if itworks for you to have it at one
or two of your larger meals inthe day.
But just see, you might workout the timing and you know,
work out that if I just take itonce or twice, that works really
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really well.
I don't need to be taking itfour times a day.
And in saying that too, I don'tknow any brands I can recommend
straight up.
I'm not quite sure what'savailable, but I do know that
apple cider vinegar is startingto be sold in a capsule form and
if it's just apple cidervinegar in there, then that
might be beneficial as well,because if it's in a capsule,
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clearly not going to beaffecting your teeth unless you
crunch on it or it opens up inyour mouth, but other than that
you'd be safe.
I don't know how well thatworks.
Compared to regular apple cidervinegar, you obviously can't
have as much in the capsule.
I think there's some peopledoing concentrates and things
and I haven't made myself anexpert on that yet, so I can't
comment one way or the other,but you could test and measure
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what works for you and thatcertainly wouldn't be damaging
the teeth.
So that's sort of the otherthing to consider as well.
So you really want to protectthe enamel and your teeth.
When you're looking at thesekind of whether it's lemon or
apple cider or whatever it isyou really want to make sure
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that you're protecting yourteeth as well.
So have an awareness aroundthis.
If you're using these thingsfor blood sugar regulation or if
you're on some sort of diet, orif you're using it for your
digestion, it can be great forall those things, but just have
a real awareness aroundprotecting your teeth.
So, anyway, I will leave itthere for today.
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