Why You Need To Be Using Apple Cider Vinegar Daily
Adding apple cider vinegar to your daily diet is one of the healthiest things you can do.
I'm going to outline exactly what it does for you and why you should use it.
Lowers Blood Sugar & Burns More Fat
One of the main benefits of apple cider vinegar is its' potent ability to lower blood sugar levels. When you have a low level of blood sugar, your pancreas won't need to release as much insulin into your body.
If you don't already know, when you eat carbohydrates, your blood sugar goes up, and your pancreas needs to release insulin as a countermeasure to bring your blood sugar back down.
The problem with this is that insulin is a storage hormone. So when it is spiked in your body, you will be incapable of burning fat.
This is the scientific reason behind why low carb diets are great for inducing fat loss.
By keeping blood sugar and insulin levels low on a daily basis, apple cider vinegar ultimately helps your body burn more fat and utilize nutrients more efficiently.
Lowers Cholesterol
Apple cider vinegar can reduce blood triglycerides, lower cholesterol, and lower blood pressure.
All of which, if they are too high, are direct precursors to cardiovascular disease.
It goes without saying, keeping your cardiovascular health in check benefits you.
Promotes Satiety
Consuming apple cider vinegar promotes satiety, the feeling of being not hungry.
By incorporating this into your diet you can control cravings and hunger levels more effectively, allowing you to lose more weight with greater ease.
Boosts Immune System And Eliminates Acid Reflux
Apple cider vinegar in itself is acidic, so by ingesting it, your stomach will stop its' release of hydrochloric acid.
That will relieve you of the indigestion feeling that can be experienced with acid reflux.
In addition, by reducing your body's overall acidity and increasing its' alkalinity, your immune system will function at maximum capacity and promote a feeling of overall well-being and good health.
Recommended Daily Intake
This is more of an individual preference. As benefits can be seen at all ranges of intake, the more you take, the better it works.
I recommend 1-2 teaspoons minimum or 1-2 tablespoons maximum.
Do not exceed that or you may encounter negative side effects.
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Ryan
Make sure to put in water, undiluted will eat tooth enamel.
Jerry
Hey Derek, I practice intermittent fasting and wanted to know if taking this 1st thing in the morning would break my fast? Thank you.
jerrixh
Hey Jerry,
That’s a good question. Technically the calories in the apple cider vinegar might actually, from a purist point of view ‘break the fast,’ as it will cause enzyme release from your stomach and pancreas. That being said, it is so negligible and is most likely off-set by the addition of the acidic solution that it probably can be dismissed from being statistically significant.
The general idea of intermittent fasting is to keep blood sugars low; as that will cause an upregulation of insulin receptors. This will result in an increase in insulin sensitivity and hence decreasing insulin secretion, as well causing an upregulating of glucagon secretion from alpha-cells in the pancreas. Not all cells require insulin for uptake, and exercising skeletal muscle is an exception to this rule. Glucagon during starvation/fasting is also used to activate pathways to cleave glucagon, triglycerides and other long term storage fats in order to maintain glucose levels. Our bodies do not use glycogen (stored-carbohydrates) as a long-term fuel storage as it is energy inefficient compared to fats and we only store enough glycogen for around 60 minutes of intense exercise or 24 hours of starvation without exercise. These are just ball park numbers; if you are active than you are going to fall in the middle of these ranges. Therefore, intermittent fasting will result in glycogen stores being depleted and fat stores (triglycerides) being utilized which is our main source of long-term energy as they are the most efficient energy producers in our body.
Many practitioners will therefore suggest drinking apple-cider vinegar (diluted with H2O of course) after dinner but before lying down as this is usually the longest fast the average person will go through in their day – while they are asleep.
If you can understand that biology, then you can also understand why many people will suggest a ketonic diet which is high in protein and high in fat. In reality, it all depends on your gene expression. Some will respond better than others and learning how to sense when your body is performing at maximal function is key to understanding yourself and your personal physiology.
Hope this helps.