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(Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
03/29/2009
(College Park, MD)
03/30/2009
Hey Vicki, I was 134 lbs and I started taking ACV. I gained weight with that. Gained about 2-3 lbs. Reason being that I took ACV after meals instead of before meals. I have heard that if u drink ACV before meals, then you loose weight and if u take it after meals, then u gain weight. Well, since I had gained weight with that, I lost trust and stopped it. So I believe that ACV only works if u r really over weight, not if you just want to loose a few lbs. Also I started drinking this: take a big glass of warm water, add 3 table spoons of lemon water with 1 teaspoon of honey. Drink that in the morning as soon as u wake up and once before going to bed. I am now 130. Still have 10 lbs to loose, but am not in rush for that. You can either try the lemon water and honey or drink ACV before meals. You will read my posts below, where I was also very depressed that ACV did not work for me, esp cause it worked for everyone else, but me!
(Lafayette, LA)
03/30/2009
Response to Vicky:
I'm not sure what 75 kilos is in pounds, but a 37" waist is NOT that big. When I started the ACV, my waist was 63" and 280lbs . . . so you see why I really think that the ACV works for really overweight people. Maybe you should increase the amount of psyllium you are taking and aerobic exercise will definitely help, but it takes some time. Also, wearing a girdle regularly may help your ab muscles. Don't be so hard on yourself! All the best to you!
(Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)
03/30/2009
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(Portland, Oregon/USA)
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(College Park, MD/USA)
03/05/2009
Hey Michael,
No, I am not consuming more calories at all. I am eating healthy. I dont even think that I eat more than 1300 - 1400 calories per day. And I just had a baby about 8 months ago, so as soon as I go home after work, I am running around after her. Also before going to bed, I tie weights on my ankles and do some tummy and thigh exercises before going to bed! Infact with this ACV, I think I am gaining weight! Please HELP!!!
(Manila, PH)
03/12/2009
(Bristol, Wi)
03/15/2009
(College Park, MD)
03/16/2009
Ellie, are you serious? May be that's why I gained the weight. Because I use to drink it after my meal, thinking it would help burning the fat of what I just ate. I guess I was wrong. I hope the directions were the bit more clearer! I stopped it since a week now and lost my 2-3 lbs that I had gained. Dont think I will try it again now, just lost faith in it. And cannot afford gaining weight, cause it's sooooo hard to loose it again!
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So try it you have nothing to loose but weight, bloating and zits.
(Dayton, Ohio, USA)
01/05/2009
I love this website! My husband has always loved organic this and that, and I grew up on store bought chemicals. I don't know if it's a midlife crisis hitting me at 32, but he's getting ready to teach me how to make homemade soaps. I have got most of the stuff I need for shampoo/conditioners; and today, I went the Health Food Store and purchased the Organic ACV and bunch of other stuff. I hope the ACV works for me in weight loss; I could stand to drop about 30#. I am going to start with a low dosage then increase as I adjust to it. And I am hoping that the ACV with BSM will eleviate my chronic reflux or whatever it is.....I have been so uncomfortable for months now and don't want to go to a bland diet. I will post at a later time with any results whether positive or negative! Thanks
(Friend, Ne.)
02/14/2009
A couple of things from me...first, if anyone has csid reflux, please quit buying the otc tablet stuff and the bottles. Just take about 1 tsp. and if in about 5 min. the acid reflux persists, take 1 more tsp. It does work...no doubt.
My question to all....Can I buy ACV in any grocery store, or do I need to get @ health food store? In the future, could all who read this, please say where to buy? This is important, for some products are not absorbed into the body.
Also a side note, if any folks would like to learn how to grow very healthy veggies and fruit, I will gladly show how to build a healthy soil system. thanks a lot I love this page, God helped me find you!
(Boston, MA)
02/17/2009
In response to someone's question about what kind/where to get ACV.... I read it should be "unfiltered, unpasteurized, and not distilled". I use one of the most popular brands and it just lists "raw and unfiltered" on the label.
I buy it at Whole Foods but I know my dad used to buy it before WF became prevalent so check your local supermarkets or health food stores.
Someone else said the regular Whole Foods or Trader Joe's brands are good. You can even ask your local supermarket if they can carry _____ brand.
(Phoenix, Arizona)
07/30/2009
I just wanted to let people know that they may be able to find the "Popular" brand of ACV in their local supermarket if it has a "organic/healthy" area... that's where I get mine at my local Fry's/Kroger. You probably won't find it with the regular vinegars, but check in the area that offers organic foods (like organic baby foods, and other natural foods) you may be surprised what they have there!
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Additionally, drinking ACV has helped my acid reflux. I do not exactly understand how consuming an acid helps, but it does. I suppose it is possible that my stomach does not have to produce and excessive amount of acid if I am ingesting one.
As a side effect, I did notice that I had the constipation problem other people mentioned. I found it was worse the more ACV I drank, so I just restrict myself to 1 tablespoon per day and give my body a break from ACV at least one day a week.
Weightloss-wise, I've not noticed any results, but I think this is because I am not significantly over-weight and eat a healthy diet in the first place. I'm a 5'8'' 155lbs woman, so even a 5-10lbs loss from drinking ACV would be a bit drastic. I may, over an extended period, lose a bit, but I think that ACV helps more if you have not been taking any weight management measures. I think it might be helpful if more people describe their lifestyle pre-ACV in the weightloss section so that people will have a better idea of what results they can expect.
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EC: Tablets are not nearly as effective as drinking the liquid:
https://www.earthclinic.com/remedies/acvinegar_questions.html#Question_164
(Boston, MA)
02/17/2009
In response to someone's post about no weight loss (I believe it was after using it for 1-2 weeks)... the reports for ACV and weight loss indicate SLOW weight loss, but the weight reportedly stays off.
The following is from another ACV site siting a study done by Professor Carol S. Johnston, a nutritionist at the Arizona State University East in Mesa, to further investigate the beneficial relationship between vinegar and diabetes. The subjects were not engaged in study-related diet/exercise for weight loss.
"As an unexpected side effect she found that her test subjects were losing weight! They were taking two tablespoons of vinegar before each of two meals daily. The average weight loss over the four weeks was two pounds (several people lost up to four pounds)"
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(Phoenix, Arizona)
02/02/2009
Hi Ekta, you may be gaining weight because your fat might be converting to muscle if your clothes are not getting tight because muscle weighs so much more than fat. if that's not the case then, u may have another problem, mine was "sleep apnea" (i'm sure i didn't spell that right) for some reason it kept me from loosing weight. Now I combine 1/2cup Acv & 1/2 cup raw honey in a 2 quart pitcher. that, for me, is a two day supply. good luck
(Mesa, AZ)
05/10/2009
Just to clarify on Gloria's comment - fat does not convert to muscle, nor vice-versa. Fat is fat and muscle is muscle. Muscle gain increases fat loss but one does not CHANGE into the other!! Yes muscle weighs more than fat and is sometimes the reason people who have recently started working out do not see much actual weight loss at first since they are probably, initially, gaining muscle before the fat loss can catch up, of course everyone is different so keep that in mind. But I could not allow that post to sit there without someone correcting it. Thanks :)
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POSITIVES:
1. My hair seems to have suddenly grown an inch and is glossy.
2. My skin is really looking good and that's everywhere even my legs. I've had 1 person comment that I look younger but she didnt know what it was.
3. Sinus seems to have calmed down the head aches, but I still suffer with the sneezing and sore eyes.
4. Energy levels are definitely higher AND that includes libido..?
1. No weight loss or curbed appetite.
2. Always farting and not the 'fun' type either.
3. Sudden salivating in the mouth for no reason.
(Middle Earth, New Zealand)
10/23/2008
Follow up from my previous post... It is now a month and I have had NO WEIGHT LOSS though my clothes do feel a little bit loose. I tried taking the ACV with baking soda and it tasted like rotten raw potatoes! I drink 2 tsp ACV with 475ml cold filtered water, and sip it through the day. I increased my water intake because you do feel thirsty for water. Even though I havent lost any weight, my hair and nails are really growing fast. It is true that you do feel energised. It is also true that the cravings for sugar and FAT SALTY junk foods are curbed.
Just in the last 2 weeks I noticed that I was eating less and that I cant tolerate some of the fried fatty doughnuts or chips! Now that's an accomplishment!
I'm still going to take ACV regularly because I'm addicted to the taste :)
(Middle Earth, New Zealand)
11/13/2008
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WEIGHT LOSS = YES
Following up from my posts, I've lost 3 kgs (6.6pds) in 7 weeks. The weight started coming off in the 5/6th week. I also increased my drinking intake (of 425ml and 2tsp) to twice a day. I actually feel sick if I eat a couple of chips (your french fries?) or a nibble of biscuits. I can taste the fat in the back of my throat. I also noticed that I lost the craving for KFC. What an amazing thing this ACV is! My weightloss is not as rapid as some of the other posters here but it is working for me. All I needed was a bit of patience and faith.
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EC: Apple cider vinegar is said to alkalinize your pH, not make it more acidic, but the only way to know for sure is to check your urine with a pH strips, bought at your local health food store or pharmacy. (Even garden supply and pool supply stores will have pH kits.) We'll pass your questions on to Ted for response!
I prefer a moderate approach where a both baking soda and ACV is added to the remedy so that the pH is between 7- 7.5. This beats me worrying whether the ACV is going to make my urine pH any more acid because of possible acidity in the ACV. Certainly the pH strips and pH meters of measuring urinary acidity or alkalinity will decide it, but people with low levels of bicarbonates in their system may not have sufficient metabolism to metabolise the ACV to be alkaline in a few cases. The usual remedy to get a fairly neutral or biologically friendly pH is 2 tablespoons of ACV plus 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda in 1/2 glass of water at least. This can be taken 2 or 3 times a day. The pH is between 7 - 7.5, which is fairly close to the pH of the blood. The ORP (oxidation reduction potential) has a -150 millivolts, indicates its healing potential in a solution, while most of the foods and drinks we take actually is a free radical and steals electrons from healthy cells where it's ORP for a typical processed food to be between +200 to +300 mV, which is oxidative kind of food and tend to accelerate aging process, and hence greater kidney damage because of its oxidative nature. Exposures to hydrocarbons and aspartame, Sweet n' Low, and other artificial sugars tend to accelerate metabolic acidosis and kill the kidneys by causing the kidney to be bathe in high acid environment much like our stomach digesting our own kidneys, as an illustration.
Sour foods in general is the major problem, but more bitter foods are generally more alkaline. To help protect the kidney monitoring pH is one of them, but other diets that are too high in beans can result in high calcium oxalates too, so moderation is best and by that I don't mean eating beans everyday. Certain Indian diets I have noticed are quite high in beans where they might consume this almost everyday. Without sufficient alkalinity the oxalates creep into the body as oxalic acid and form calcium oxalates, which clogs up the kidney. The other issue is high blood pressure, and high blood sugar which tends to kill the kidney too. A blood sugar can be held stable if water was drank before during and after a meal so that there's no blood sugar spikes occuring between meals. In fact kidney is often congested after eating if certain people do not drink sufficient amount of water causing a cloudy urine, which is one possible effects of dehydration from insufficient liquids during the meal. In certain foods that I have found to interfere with kidneys is alcohol, potato chips, and many salted products, of which these salted products used common table salt, which raises the blood pressure. A sea salt is substituted and kelp is taken as an iodine supplements instead. Since potassium is above average in an Indian diets from more vegetables the biggest problems appear to be the high oxalate diets found in beans, spinach for example which tends to intefere with kidney health.
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