The first thing I do each morning is to mix a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar with a glass of water and sip it as I watch the sun come up. It's an old homeopathic practice that I follow, something that practice religiously.
Distilled white vinegar is actually a misnomer. It is not produced by the distillation of vinegar but by the fermentation of distilled alcohol. The distillate is then diluted to produce a colorless solution of about 5-8% acetic acid in water. There are dozens of types from the plain white, to the apple cider kind I use, to flavored which includes the expensive aged balsamic variety.
Vinegar has been used for over a millennia in many different cultures for health related issues. The Ancients used it to treat pleurisy, fever, ulcers and constipation. It was also applied to kill bacteria, and combined with honey, was recommended as a cough suppressant. Vinegar was regularly prescribed as a digestive supplement.
Medical science today acknowledges that vinegar can lower cholesterol and triglyceride levels as well as blood pressure and can reduce the risk of heart disease. It is an effective tool in the fight against obesity, too. Externally it can be applied topically to remove the pain of insect bites and jellyfish stings. It is also good at removing tangles from the hair and is a natural deodorant and after shave.
Vinegar is truly a miracle worker and is probably somewhere in the kitchen of every home. Consider joining me tomorrow morning with a toast to this amazing liquid.
Tomorrow: more of vinegar's many uses.
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