JD said:
Quote from Scarlets
"Health risks
A report regarding an Austrian patient who had consumed excessive amounts of apple cider vinegar (up to 250ml per day) for six years suggests that long-term, high dosage intake of apple cider vinegar can lower potassium levels in the body as well as reduce bone density (osteoporosis); it is theorized that excessive intake of vinegar can cause hypokalemia, hyperreninemia, and osteoporosis.[8] Apple cider vinegar contains chromium which can alter insulin levels and it is therefore recommended that people who have diabetes should talk to their doctors before using ACV.[9] ACV is highly acidic; in one recorded instance, a woman received esophageal burns after an ACV pill got caught in her throat.[7] [10]"
The two cases mentioned above are the only instances of adverse reactions I could find on google. 250 ml a day is a heck of a dose, and seems to me somewhat idiotic!
FWIW my husband D took ACV about 10 years ago for Arthritis. He took 1 x tbsp of Vinegar and 1x tsp of honey in warm water every morning before breakfast. He was suffering with Arthritis in his right toe which caused the toe to curve in by about 30 degrees. After about six months it normalised totally and he ceased the dose having experienced no ill effects.
Last year his left toe began to curve in so he began the same regime and again it is working. Soon he will cease the dose again. As we have just gone over to the Paleo Diet, and he is now using the FIRS we hope the the condition wont return but only time will tell. We feel the difference here is that he is hopefully addressing the cause of his arthritis and not just treating the symptoms, albeit in a natural way.
I've just watched the video below, by Eric Berg, about the beneficial effects of apple cider vinegar, from what he says it might help the body in many ways:
https://youtu.be/XeHl5Y7m1xM
Has anybody seen it yet? I've searched the forum for some discussion of the properties of acetic acid and found this thread. Interesting data that he brings up:
1) Per se, apple cider vinegar doesn't contain any nutrient, but it stimulates the digestion and metabolism of some minerals and proteins in our body, and it also enhances the immune system.
2) It works against inflammations in general.
3) It counteracts the effects of cortisol (stress related side-effects).
4) It helps with acid reflux and heartburns.
5) It does all this, supposedly, because it changes the blood's PH and neutralizes some bad effects of being too alkaline (changes the alkalosis of our bodies into a more balanced PH).
I don't know what to think, because he talks like apple cider vinegar could solve practically all our problems, it sounds too cheap and efficient and to offer relief to so many health conditions. And all based in this alkalosis-acidosis theory. His website looks like a drugstore, and he says he's "delivered numerous weight loss seminars taught in many Governmental Agencies".
https://www.drberg.com/
Anyway, anyone taking regularly acetic acid? Could it work?