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Apple Cider Vinegar Side Effects
Posted by Jennifer (Pahrump, NV) on 02/26/2009
Can't drink vinegar....help!!!! I've tried numerous times but that last time completely scared my mind. I just can't do it. Just it touching my tongue cause a gag reflex :) Seriously. Can I get the same effect from the capsule form and is there one you can recommend to me. I have bad acid reflex amounst other issues I believe ACV will help. Just can't drink it. I don't much of anything with vinegar unless it's buried in sugar. I can drink pickle juice..........I think???
Apple Cider Vinegar Side Effects
Posted by Jess (Burbank, CA, US) on 02/21/2009
I started with the 1/4 tsp baking soda + 2 tblespoon ACV back in June. I liked it because it had more energy and my stomach worked daily. After a month I had to stop because I was getting red dots around my ankles which started about a week after I began using the ACV. When I first noticed the dots I did not pay much attention to them because there were only a couple, but by the end of the month both my ankles (front, back, inside, outer part) were covered with tiny red dots which then traveled to the tops of my feet and eventually up the front of my legs (nothing has happened past the knees, its all coming from the ankle and spreading from there).
The dots do not itch, hurt or anything, they are just unsightly if I wear shorts with sandles (I don't go out into the sun, and I'm always wearing pants that cover my legs when I do go out, so I don't think this is a sun problem. I do not wear tight socks either. The socks I wear are loose and breathable). When I stopped using the ACV some of the dots went away, but many stayed and grew light in color but then became brownish (like freckle colored). So now my ankles have a light brownish blotch ring around them with light brownish flecks on the tops of my feet and front of my legs. I finally quit ACV when several dots appeared on my face. Again, the dots were red, some went away when I stopped and the rest turned brown.
I don't now if these dots are a sign of something wrong (too much ACV), do you know?
Well its been eight months since I stopped (brown dots are all still on my face, ankles and feet), but I missed the extra energy and thought I'd try it again, this time I did 2 tsps into 1 liter that I sip thoughout the day hoping the smaller dose diluted in lots of water would not create the red dots (The recipe is 2 tsps to 16 oz water, I think it came from this website or one similar to this site). I began yesterday and woke up this morning with many dots on the tops of my feet, around my ankles and the front and back of my legs (everything still below the knees).
This evening I also found a red dot between my right eyebrow and the crease of my eye (which appeared sometime this afternoon/evening, because it wasn't there aroung noon).
Why is this happening? Is it a sign of something serious or something that I'm doing wrong?
I know that "red dots" are not as serious a problem compared to other side effects one might get from ACV, but I'm already dealing with the dots left over from last time which aren't so bad from a distance, but I don't know how much darker they are going to get if they start forming ontop of previous dots, like they are doing now.
I'm sorry to be bothering you with this, but does anyone else have this problem? How did you fix it?
Thank you, I appreciate any advice/suggestions you may have.
Apple Cider Vinegar Side Effects
Posted by Marilyn (Oswego, Il) on 02/21/2009
Health very bad: I have been taking ACV for 3 weeks now and all of a sudden I have ulcer like pains. Could the ACV be causing this? I have so may health isues right now and prayed ACV would help all of them. I pray its not causing it and its just that my body is under detoxing and making me sicker. Any comments would be appreciated and I need so many prayers please and thank you
Apple Cider Vinegar Side Effects
Posted by Nadeem (Lahore, Pakistan) on 02/06/2009
After reading details on the earlthclinic I recomend my mother to use ACV. She is dibatic with angina from the last 20 years. ACV worked ok in the start. She got good reilief from stomach disorder. She used 2 table spoon in a glass of water three times a day. Last week she got irritation in the upper part of stomch and stomach trach. One morning she got loose motion and had vomit which was with blood. We all worried and consulted with our family doctor. The doctor critisize us for using ACV and stopped immediately. He further told us to wait for another day or two to check if there is another such vomit. Thanks to ALLAH every thing is ok. I am afraid now, either ACV is of not good quality or the dosage is more than normal. I am confused. In Pakistan we have ACV of "American Garden" having 5% acidity. Can anybody guide who have similar experience guide me now...thank you in advance
Apple Cider Vinegar Side Effects
Posted by Jan (Spfd, MA) on 02/02/2009
I experienced ACV migraine side effects also. I used 2 tbsp in water with a dash of honey for two days. Migraines both days, with nausea and light-headedness. Is this detox, or something else? If it's detox, I really can't start the ACV until I'm on vacation from work, because I felt so horrible today that I called out sick.
Apple Cider Vinegar Side Effects
Posted by Marilyn (Oswego, Il) on 01/19/2009
I was on Klonopin for 14 years and am off for 4 years now. Having anxiety attacks, panic attacks, balance problems are horrible. I took ACV and it made me feel good for a couple of days but now I have a possible UTI, shakes, dizziness, I am wondering could this be the detoxing of my body? please email any responses.
Apple Cider Vinegar Side Effects
Posted by Trevor (Tucson, AZ) on 01/19/2009
I also have had severe headaches after taking ACV. I took 1 tablespoon in 8oz of water, and ive had a killer headache for the past 12 hours. I wish someone here would explain why it gives headaches as a side effect. I cannot find information for this anywhere.
Apple Cider Vinegar Side Effects
Posted by Dawn (Penrith, NSW Australia) on 01/12/2009
I was amazed to read about the fluid retention in the right arm of one of your contributors. I am suffering exactly the same sympton. I have been taking ACV three times a day (two teaspoons along with the honey and warm water) I found it was good for inhibiting my appetite and my skin became very soft. Upon reading the fluid retention story, especially being in the right arm I was amazed. I decided to stop taking the vinegar for one week to see if the problem clears up.
Apple Cider Vinegar Side Effects
Posted by Rainbow (San Carlos, CA, USA) on 01/05/2009
Six months ago, I started to drink ACV twice a day for weight loss but stopped in about two weeks cos' the ACV has made me hyper and couldn't sleep through the night. I retried drinking it again a week ago to cure my hair loss and the same happen to me. Now I'm drinking one cup per day (2 tbs of ACV) in the morning to keep my energy high during the day and skip the evening cup. Does anyone has the same experience?
Apple Cider Vinegar Side Effects
Posted by Sangeetha (Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands) on 12/27/2008
I ws using Heinz brand ACV for 5 days before I realised I have to use the organic one as remedy for my food allergies. I was totally fine with using 2 tbsp Heinz brand (diluted in 16 z water with a dash of lemon juice, salt and pepper, so I bought 2 big bottle of Eden brand organic ACV when I found it. I mixed it the same way as Heinz (the ACV might have been just a tsp or so more than 2 tbsp as I accidently dropped more in the glass)and drank some of it before lunch and continued drinking after lunch. To my surprise, shortly after lunch my head started to hurt. I never get headaches, so I was surprised. I hoped it would get better shortly, but instead it went on increasing and the whole left side of my head was so terribly paining I had to take a pain killer. I was feeling so weak with the pain I actually didn't even have the energy to go and get the pill...I really had to force myself to do it as I couldn't bear the headache. To add to this, I had been feeling nauseatic sometime around when the headache started and then I vommitted a lot...my whole lunch was thrown out. I suffered from headache, nausea (followed by vommitting)and weakness and my body felt cold for nearly 5 hours and even then it was the painkiller that helped get rid of the these problems.
I do not like and can't eat apples but because I was perfectly fine with Heinz brand I didn't suspect anything will go wrong with the organic brand. I don't think I am ever going to take it again.
But I would like to know why all this happened to me. What is it in the organic ACV that caused me to have a severe headache? Why did I throw up all my lunch (which is again a very rare thing for me to do). I have read some other readers also complaining of such side effects - why does this happen to some of us? What is wrong with us?
Will the commercial brand give the same results as opposed to the organic one, as I seemed fine with the Heinz brand?
EC: Quite a few readers over the years have reported great results using a brand like Heinz. Ted thinks it works just fine too!
Apple Cider Vinegar Side Effects
Posted by James (Cambridge, Ohio) on 12/02/2008
I have heard bad things about taking the ACV in pill form. There have been reports where it has caused burns to the esophogus <--(spelling?) and that's not something that i would play with... scarred throat tissue is no fun.
Apple Cider Vinegar Side Effects
Posted by Sana (Islamabad, Pakistan) on 11/21/2008
hi i have recently visited ur website and find many remedies by using apple cider vinegar...but when i gave it to my father for the problem of arthritis...my father also had ulcer from 20 years..and by taking ACV he noticed that it had disturbed their ulcer disease and pain occurs...i have given 2 tspn in a glass of water mixed wid honey...please can any one tell me any solution or alternative that my father can take ACV by not hurting their ulcer..ive tried to give them in between their meals but it didnt worked please help me bcz i found ACV as a miracle for arthritis but my father cannot take it bcz of their ulcer disease...plz plz plz help me
Apple Cider Vinegar Side Effects
Posted by Malathi (Hyderabad, India) on 11/20/2008
Hey I took ACV pills for 4 weeks and today I switched to ACV liquid. I took 1 tbsp in 16OZ water and was sipping it through out the day and I feel a heart burn...should I stop taking it?
Apple Cider Vinegar Side Effects
Posted by Hemlata (Bangalore, India) on 11/16/2008
I have been taking ACV (Heinz) as the organic one is not available for my Hypertension which is 130/90 with medication. I took ACY 2tsf in 200ml of water plus 1tbsf of Honey twicw a day before breakfast and before lunch. I tried once to have before dinner but I could not sleep that night (?excess energy). I have noticed my BP shot up to 180/100 in the mornings.Got worried so I thought I would ask if there are any chances of ACV raising the BP?
Apple Cider Vinegar Side Effects
Posted by Ishika (Las Vegas, Nevada) on 11/09/2008
Hi, I have been taking ACV in water,3x a day for last 2 and half weeks.I have noticed that I am passing lot of gas,which was never a case with me earlier. Could ACV be the reason? What should I add to the ACV solution to avoid gas?? Please help, as I don't want to stop taking ACV as I want to lose weight. Thanks!!
