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Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by Ana (Gainesville, FL) on 12/21/2007
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About four months ago, my boyfriend and I used ACV to fight against a bug that had been going around. We had been looking at ACV as a possible addition to our diet because of all its reported benefits, so we had a bottle in the cabinet already and thought we might as well give it a try. My boyfriend got a sore throat first, so we both decided to' use ACV (diluted in hot water) to gargle and drinking a little bit (pure) for about three days straight. All of our friends went through weeks of a painful sore throat, coughing, and feeling terrible...but thanks to ACV, my boyfriend and I barely even felt sick for a day, and I have not had a cold since.
Also, one night I came home and I had a familiar feeling of feverishness, nauseousness and intestinal discomfort. I had felt the same way twice before when I had gotten the stomach flu, and I knew what was coming. I was shivering and miserable, but I felt like there was nothing that I could do to help myself and that I would just have to go through the hours and hours of sleeplessness, vomiting and exhaustion. My boyfriend went online and searched for a home cure for the stomach flu. ACV came up on Earthclinic, and I was willing to try it again because of how well it worked on my sore throat. I took two tablespoons directly. It wasn't hard at all, and I actually like the taste. Afterwards I experienced approximately 20 minutes of (very very mild) heartburn. About 10 minutes later, I started feeling better, and about 30-45 minutes later, I felt entirely fine. A little bit of the nauseousness returned the next night, but two more table spoons of ACV fixed that. A couple weeks later (I have bad luck) I got food poisoning from some korean food. Two tablespoons of ACV cured that too.
I'm convinced that ACV can cure a lot of things and really improve your health. I would drink it three times a day if I wasn't afraid of possible degenerative effects it might have on my teeth enamel.
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by allison (winter springs, usa) on 12/22/2007
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thanj you soo much for your testimonies. my frind had food poisioning for about 3 hours ago and we took an out of the way trip to the store. we bought some acv and within 5 min later he is feeling much better. the cramps are gone and he is not in as much pain. thank you all for your testimonies. allison
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by Raoul (Wellington, New Zealand) on 01/15/2008
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My girlfriend ate a tuna, cheese and bean toastie on vogels and shortly after felt sick. We went to the movies where half way through she had to go to the toilet. There she spewed and had diarrhoea (at the same time!). Then to make matters worse she discovered that there was no toilet paper available. So she cut up her knickers and used that. Which blocked the toilet. After the movie she was burbing like a demon possessed. When we got home I looked up this website and food the suggestion of using ACV. I found some ACV & honey called Honeygar. However it was 3.5 years past the use by date. I gave it to her anyway and she feels much better. Thank you.
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by Lana (Pearl City, HI) on 01/17/2008
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Two weeks ago, my Fiance had food poisoning and was' in and out of the bathroom for about 12 hours. So i went online and read on this article that Apple Cider Vinegar would help. I had him take two tablespoons. He said he did feel better, but this only lasted for an hour and went back to hugging the toilet. This made me wonder if ACV really did work. Well, last night it was my turn to get food poisoning. But as soon as i felt that i was feeling sick i immediately took 1 tablespoon (that's as much as i could handle) of ACV. I only went to the bathroom ONCE after, and immediately felt better all throughout the day! I now believe that ACV works very well, but you must remember to take it ASAP! It didn't work on my Fiance because he was too dehydrated already, but it worked for me by preventing me from getting worse.
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by Brent (West Allis, WI) on 01/17/2008
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I went to the mall earlier today, where I ate at one of the restraunts in the food court. Just as I got home, I was on the toilet. I had some bad painful diarrhea. I figured I woudld search for a home remedy to what I believe would be some sort of food poisoning. I wasn't sure if we had any Apple Cider Vinegar, but I figured I would look. I'm sipping some now, on ice as I type this. I've never drank the stuff, but it's not too bad. It's very sour, but I can sip it. My stomach is already feeling better. I don't have to keep running to the bathroom.
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by Emma (London, England) on 03/24/2008
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I have been using ACV now since relegiously reading article on your site almost a year now. My whole family recently came down with stomach flu and myself, and my son age 5 who loves vinegar drank a spoonfull of ACV every few hours and overcame the illness within 24 hours. I did not vomit. my son only vomited once, that was before he took the ACV then he made an instant recovery. My husband and daughter who refused to take it and thought I was mad suffered for days with crippling stomach pains and unable to keep any food down...
Thank god for your site wish I knew about it along time ago It could have saved me so much illness.
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by Diana (Houston, Texas) on 03/24/2008
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I just recently started going to Earthclinic.com referred 2 by my mother. Lastn ight my daughter threw up 4 times between 1:30 am & 4:30 am.She'd returned the morning b4 from S Padre Island where she'd gone 4 the weekend 4 spring break around 11:30 am. When she arrived home, she ate cereal after feeding her hampters, kittens & puppy. She then went 2 her boyfriends house where she drank 2 big glasses of orange juice. She couldn't think of n e thing else she'd had besides the oj th@ may hav made her sick. Finally I got on the internet, looked u up & searched under throwing up, then food poisoning, where i came 2 acv. W had just bought acv last time i'd gone 2 the store bcoz i'd read it was a cureall basically n ur articles. She's still not feeling well, but she hasn't thrown up since. I'm not quite sure th@s the best thing however. Shouldn't she throw all the food poisoning up? Please let me know.
Apple Cider Vinegar
Posted by Michael (Placerville, California) on 05/08/2007
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First, one point must be made. Apple Cider Vinegar kills every germ, bacteria, and virus ON CONTACT!!!So if you travel into a foreign country where the water might not be the healthiest, and consuming the food there might also be seriously questionable, take a tablespoon of Apple Cider Vinegar before ingesting any food. If you do develop food poisoning from food or water, throw down just one tablespoon of Apple Cider Vinegar and within a short time the miseries will be gone. Too strong to just gulp it down? Take a cup of very hot water and add one tablespoon of honey and add to it three tablespoons of Apple Cider Vinegar. Stir until the honey is dissolved, then add a little cool water so you do not burn your mouth, and drink it. For a sore throat - make the same mixture of hot water, honey and cider vinegar, and then SIP - DO NOT GULP IT DOWN. The sore throat will be gone overnight, because every time you SIP the mixture, it washes down your throat and kills more and more of the infection. At first you will feel the sting of it working, but quickly that goes away and the throat begins to feel much, much better. For a good and sound night's sleep? Slowly drink the mixture and go to bed. Why? Your chemistry is different between first thing in the morning and at bedtime, so at night the drink will help you achieve a peaceful and sound sleep, and then in the morning drink it and it will give you a shot of energy! I hope all this helps someone. It has helped me for the past fifteen years.
