Apple cider vinegar

Apple cider vinegar is a vinegar from cider. By fermentation of alcohol-containing base is created vinegar.

As food apple cider vinegar is used because of its taste as a seasoning for vegetable salads, fish and chicken dishes and as a natural preservative. He also serves as a base for fruit punches, lemonades and addition in the drinking water of chickens.

Fruit vinegar is called after the type of fruit used, or the fruit wine, which served as a starting material.

Medical Applications

Just like other types of vinegar apple cider vinegar is considered as a means of natural healing. Applications include personal hygiene (bath and hair wash ) and oral hygiene. Internally applied to " vinegar drunkenness " cause a detoxification and cleansing of the body and even contribute to weight reduction. When applied externally, a cure for acne, psoriasis or skin lesions is promised. For the said health effects of apple cider vinegar and other vinegars there but with the exception of the antibacterial effect no scientific evidence.

More precise ( reliable ) studies on weight loss not exist, but there are conceivable mechanisms of action, how can saturate apple cider vinegar. The acid in the duodenum stimulates the production of cholecystokinin, acid inhibits amylase, which lowers the glycemic index and the minerals reduce appetite by Mangelnährung. In addition, potassium-rich foods cause dehydration, which can be misconstrued as weight loss. Note, however, that often leads even consumption of vinegar, in which there is contact with the teeth to tooth erosion.