122 User Reviews
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I wish the ACV had worked! I like apple cider so I didn't find the taste of ACV in water objectionable.
(Charlotte, Nc)
09/12/2011
Just so you know... It HAS to be the raw, organic, unfiltered ACV with "mother". Could you possibly have bought the filtered or "clear" ACV? If so... that offers absolutely NO nutritional value, and lacks the anti-imflamitory properties you need.
(Palmdale, California)
10/30/2011
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I've been taking organic ACV with mother for 2 days now, with no relief at all. I think it might have even gotten worse. The first day I tried 2 tbs of the ACV in 8 oz of tart cherry juice, once in the morning and then before bed. Today I up it to 4 tbs and no relief whatsoever. I even tried 1 tbs of baking soda in 8 oz of water, no relief. I don't know what else I can do?
(Clearfield, Utah)
11/16/2011
Jim from LA, You may want to investigate a condition called Pseudogout (MayoClinic.com)
As I understand it, Pseudogout, also called calcium pyrophosphate deposition (CPPD) disease, is not caused by uric acid crystals but by a form of calcium crystal. The pain and presentation of symptoms are almost identical with one usual difference, the big toe is not the primary area of attack.. Rather it is the knee, but as with "regular" gout it can attack other areas, hands, wrists, shoulders especially. I haven't researched what is on the web yet about this condition. It may be what is causing my symptoms as they are always in the right knee first and worst. Hope this helps you or someone.. Else. Good luck!Apple Cider Vinegar
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(Geelong, Victoria, Australia)
08/07/2011
Hi Donna, As a New Zealander I am a big meat eater. Meat does not cause gout with me but citrus juice, especially orange juice and vitamin C in any form will cripple me in a matter of hours. I have found that ACV will neutralise the uric acid very quickly.
Good luck, gout is not pleasant.
Apple Cider Vinegar
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His Brother also takes Apple Cider Vinegar for both conditions too and it has improved his mobility as well.
So hey give it a try but get a good Apple Cider Vinegar with High Potency and things may improve for you too.
Apple Cider Vinegar
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It controls my gout and I quit taking the med 4 months after I had started it.
Apple Cider Vinegar
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Everyone should try this remedy. I have a history of gout in my family. My grandfather had it and my father almost had it. I write almost, because he managed to get rid of it. And you know how? With ACV. My father was on a strict diet, took ACV combined with intense workouts and he is gout free more than 30 years now. That's what I'm planning to do as well combined with my daily dose of ACV. All the best.
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Now 7 months after I have experienced no attack at all. THIS IS FANTASTIC. Every day two times I take two spoonful of ACV dissolved in a glass of water. I feel it important to take the right type of ACV, I take the organic type. As outlined, it works perfect with me, and I recommend strongly the treatment. I will continue to take the "medicine" the rest of my life.
(Pittsburgh, Pa)
02/22/2011
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BETTER BUT WITH SIDE EFFECTS
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To make a long story short, I started googleing gout and found this forum. What a blessing I started reading all the testimonials about ACV and hobbled right down to the supermarket and bought me a bottle of ACV with mother. I tried the ACV with honey, I tried it straight, I even mixed it with orange juice. I just wanted to get as much of it into my system as quick as possible. The results were amazing. I didn't see anything the first evening (I started taking ACV at 7:00 pm) however when I woke up the next morning the swelling had gone down at least 50% along with the redness. 24 hours later I put the crutches away (O' yeah I was on crutches for 4 days) and each day after the swelling and redness subsided. I have now been taking ACV for 5 days. I am a believer and will continue to take my 3-4 tbs of ACV every morning in my Orange juice. Thanks again for the helpful information. And good luck to all you fellow Gouters.
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Apple Cider Vinegar
Boil 3 cups of water and pour it into the container. Let the water cool just enough so that you can safely touch it with your foot. Pour 1 cup of apple cider vinegar into the hot water and stir to combine thoroughly. Lower your foot into the bath and let it soak for as long as you want. You can add more water and vinegar in the same proportions of three parts water to one part vinegar.
(Mattoon, Il)
01/09/2011
(Harrisburg, Pa)
01/10/2011
(Prairie Du Chien, Wisconsin)
01/24/2011
I have been suffering from gout attacks for over 15 yrs (elbow, knee, ankle, toes). I am 39 now. I started taking Aloe about 8 yrs ago and it has done well for me. I really don't like the idea of a "pill" for the rest of my life, but what else can I do? I have had few attacks with the Aloe but have been Dieting for a month and have lost about 25lbs. My problem is that I know I have gout in my left big toe, knee, and elbow. What can I do? I would love to get off Aloe.
(Orderville, Utah)
01/24/2011
Apple cider vinegar, my friend. I am a firm believer in the stuff. I have been suffering from gout for 5 years. The ACV (with Mother)will help reduce the Uric acid in your blood. Everyone suggests to take 3-4 table spoons with honey, with 6 oz of water. I like to mix 4 table spoons of ACV with 6 oz. of orange juice. I think it is all the same, you just need to get it into your system. It has worked miracles with my Gout, I wish you the same success.
(Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)
01/25/2011
Answer to Greg from Prairie Du Chien, about gout
The best thing I found for my gout was when I learned about pH balance. Gout is caused by accumulated uric acid crystals. A big portion of uric acid is eliminated by the kidneys. However, uric acid will be eliminated mostly if the urine is near pH 7 (neutral). You can verify this fact by yourself by measuring the urine pH with pH paper designed for this purpose. Look for EC alkalizing formulas, or some of my posts for some suggestions. Changes in diet will also help. Eat the least processed food as possible. Recent research have also shown that fructose will cause uric acid. Check those process food with high fructose corn syrup (HFCS). This stuff is almost in every processed food. A quick test to increase the pH (less acidic) of the urine is to take ACV with baking soda (sodium bicarbonate). If you have water retention, half of the baking soda should be replaced with potassium bicarbonate or potassium citrate.
See: www.earthclinic.com/remedies/alkalizing_formulas.html where you will find these 2 formulas.
Apple Cider Vinegar and Baking Soda Formula
1-Two tablespoon of ACV plus 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda. Take this two to three times a day on an empty stomach. It is supposed to give you more energy. The pH of this formula is about 7. 2-For People with Sodium Issues and Want to Alkalize
1/8 teaspoon of baking soda 1/16 teaspoon of potassium bicarbonate 1/4 teaspoon of citric acid. Add water to 1/2 glass of water. Take this twice a day once in the morning and once in the evening on an empty stomach. This is done to avoid diarrhea problems, if taken along with food. You may also consider adding a pinch of EPSOM salt to you drinking water, meals or the formulas above as magnesium will also help to alkalize see this post "
Lithiasis - Uric Acid Diathesis. Magnesium Treatment"
curezone.com/forums/fm.asp?i=1657135#i
You will find more complex and complete protocols on these other sites specialized in pH balance
curezone.com/forums/f.asp?f=739
curezone.com/forums/f.asp?f=740
Also, search the Internet for "Alkalizing foot baths".
Good Luck, Alain
(Montreal, Canada)
02/24/2011
(San Fernando, Luzon, Philippines)
02/25/2011
Hi Guy... In order to understand how ACV is handled in the body requires that you understand a little about human digestion. Digestion begins in the mouth where the saliva juices and enzymes (alkaline) begin to digest only carbohydrates. The food then reaches the stomach which is an acid environment and then moves into the small intestines or duodenum where bicarbonates are secreted from the liver as bile and from the pancreas as enzymes in bicarbonates to neutralize the acid chyme. The digestion environment in the duodenum must be alkaline to neutral otherwise the digest the food and enzymes cannot do there job. Also, the necessity to neutralize the ACV wastes body bicarbonates which are critical for both proper body/blood alkalization a well as for respiration and human energy itself.
So if you ingest ACV as the acid form -- it will pass into the duodenum and must first be alkalized to citrate and malate salts(more alkaline) which is how it is best absorbed into the body. This neutralization process wastes your alkalizing body bicarbnates unnecessarily.
This is why Ted always insists that you should always neutraize the ascetic and malic acids with Sodium Bicarbonate(Baking Soda) from ACV FIRST, before you ingest them -- in this way you will not waste your essential alkalizing body bicarbonates on just neutralizing these acids.
(San Fernando, Luzon, Philippines)
02/25/2011
Hi Guy... I forgot to add that when the ACV's malic and ascetic acids are converted to their citrate and malate salts and are absorbed into the blood -- these salts are somewhat alkalizing which again helps to dissolve out the excess uric acid crystals causing the gout
Since gout is all about blood acidity, an equally useful remedy for gout is simply to take 1/2 tspn of Baking Soda(sodium bicarbonate) in a 1/2 glass of water 2 or 3 times a day. This remedy directly alkalizes the blood, which will help to easily dissolve out the uric acid crystals causing the problem.
Yet another remedy for gout which I have used very successfully is to take about 1000 mgs Chanca piedra(capsules) twice a day at mealtimes. Chanca piedra is alkalizing and is also a diuretic which acts as a wonderful liver and kidney protective and balancer.
(Archdale, Nc, Usa)
11/27/2011
Thanks for educating me on the digestion system, Bill. I was just doing the ACV because I heard so many bad things about baking soda. Just doing ACV my pH went from 6.5 to 6.2. That really confused me. Is it because I only consumed the ACV?
I also ordered the Chanca Piedra. If I take 1000mg a day of this, will I still have to consume the ACV and baking soda? It really upsets my stomach, I find it more and more difficult to consume.
(Moorpark, California)
11/27/2011
(San Fernando, Philippines)
11/29/2011
High Buttercup37... Over 80% of your main blood serum macro-electrolytes (Sodium, Calcium, Magnesium and Potassium) is Sodium. Your body needs sodium to balance the serum electrolytes. That's why sodium bicarbonate will not hurt you. It is usually refined salt that is the problem -- and its not the sodium but the chloride part of salt that causes all problems which nobody ever mentions.
That's why it's better to first neutralize the ACV with a 1/4-1/2 tspn of Baking Soda as Ted recommends. It also tastes much nicer and isn't acid.
When raw ACV is ingested and gets to the duodenum -- it uses the bicarbonates from the pancreas anyway to neutralize the acids in ACV before it is absorbed into the body. So why not neutralize the ACV before you ingest it. All you're doing here is just creating the post-digested form of ACV, so what's the difference ?
I'm also not sure why you are using ACV. ACV can be used in its raw form to help GERD problems where stomach acid is lacking -- because this increases stomach acidity. But if you are using ACV to alkalize and you are having problems with taking it -- then you should really be using the ACV and Baking Soda with half a glass of water as Ted recommends.
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(Ottawa, Ontario, Canada)
02/09/2010
Answer to John from Sulphur Springs about ACV and Gout.
I read that 60%-70% of uric acid is eliminated by the kidneys. It would indicate that gout might be an indication of reduced kidney functionality.
Also, being an acid, uric acid may dissolve better if the urine pH is less acidic. It is said that uric acid dissolves 1,000 more times with urine pH of 7 (neutral) than compared to a urine pH of 5 (acidic).
Here are a few recommendations:
Read the following pages, they are related with alkalizing formulas -
https://www.earthclinic.com/cures/gout_questions.html#Question_1246
https://www.earthclinic.com/remedies/alkalizing_formulas.html
As a quick fix I would try the baking soda or BS ACV formulas to see if it helps. Careful with BS if you have water retention. But a better formula would be the [ACV or Lemon Juice or Citric Acid] [Baking Soda] [Potassium Bicarbonate or Potassium Citrate] [with a pinch of Epsom Salt (Magnesium Sulphate)]. For the correct amounts see Ted's formula.
Drink a lot of good water to cleanse the system and help dissolve uric acid crystals.
You can also try these and alternate to see what may work. Soak a paper towel with ACV or Epsom Salt concentrated sollution or Milk of Magnesia, and wrap the painful area (then wrap with saran wrap plastic).
Buy yourself some pH paper and measure the pH of your urine. You should see that the pain will decrease as the pH of your urine will increase (I assume that your urine pH will show it is acidic). I recall that after using alkalizing formulas and drinking a lot of water of lot of pain disappeared after 10 hours. During that time, the pH of my urine went from below 5 to above 7.
BS formulas are quick fixes, some say they should not be done foe an extended amount of time. There are formulas that are more complete mineral wise.
I suggest you search the web for alkalizing diet. Seek food that are not detrimental to the liver and kidneys. Avoid alcohol (very acidic), processed food, sugar, synthetic sugar. Reduce red meat and shellfish ... Unfortunately it will probably mean a change in lifestyle, eating more natural. No soda pops, no coffee. When you will find alkalizing food charts you will know what is good and what is wrong.
Search my posts at earthclinic and see other web pages addresses I suggest for pH balance.
Finally good luck
Alain alainwiel[at]yahoo(dot)ca
(Sulphur Springs, Texas)
02/10/2010
Thanks for your quick responce, I look forward to trying your recommendations & I will keep you informed with my progress. I love the website, it's really nice to have a place that offers natural/alternative options for our health problems. All medications have such terrible side effects, I know the Good Lord gave us the herbs to heal ourselves with if we only would, but it all goes back to greed & money. Shame on the AMA & FDA!
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(Kansas City, Ks)
03/14/2010
I am curious as to how the ACV is working for you now. I am 43 years old and this is the second time I have been "hit" with gout. As many of you can easily attest the pain from gout is often quite unbearable! I have it in my right ankle this time. The first time was in my big toe on my left foot.
I will try the ACV and see what happens. I have been drinking cherry juice but have really not seen a benefit as of yet. However...I'll give it another shot. I can't be put in the position of NOT being able to work...
Thanks.
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(Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)
02/10/2012
I have been a gout sufferer since 2009, went to the dr as I was having severe pain, thought I broke my ankle, to discover the dr diagnosed it as a case of gout, to which he perscribed allopurinol which by reading on the internet burns a hole in the lining of your stomach which encounter pain from, and indomethacin. Indomethacin it works wonderfully. Cherry juice did not work for me as a friend of mine has full body gout and she drinks the cherry juice and is free from pain.
So now that I have discovered the ACV with apple juice- oh my god, there is a heaven out there and have been pain free for two years now, and not have to be bedridden for 6 weeks ever again along with the loss of work as well.
Thanks so much
(Wollongong, Nsw. Australia)
02/15/2012
I've been reading your post on Gout attack rescues. Read with interest about the use of ACV. I've been a gout sufferer for the last 3 years and it now attacks frequently in the feet.. I'm usually a very active 51 year old who attends the gym on a regular basis but because of the gout attacks I'm unable to attend.. Tonight I'm trying the ACV remedy for the 1st time.. I've eat some blueberries and strawberrys as well.. Also 3 tablespoons of ACV with water.. I'll keep you posted. I 'm currently on Aurinpol and took the pain killer prednisone tonight because of the pain.
