Apple cider vinegar is a product that has a great natural acidity, which helps clean and regenerate the body.
It also contains up to 30 important nutrients, vitamins A and B, essential fatty acids, mineral salts, enzymes, pectin and important minerals such as phosphorus, tannins, calcium, potassium, magnesium, sulfur, sodium, zinc, iron, fluorine, silicon or boron.
What is apple cider vinegar?
The raw materials of apple cider vinegar are fresh and ripe apples. The process begins by leaving them to ferment (without the need to add any type of additional chemical component). In this natural fermentation, the sugars are transformed into malic and acetic acid by the yeasts present in the apple in a natural way. After this process, you get a product of a characteristic brown color, which is left to stand for a while. Malic acid provides the aroma of this vinegar.
Apple cider vinegar comes from the East and has many properties and benefits for the body, thanks to its acidity and content in bioelements. This product has been used for many years for cleaning, disinfecting the skin, coughing, unclogging the nose, inflammation of the gums, relieving digestion, losing weight or preserving food. In this article we talk about the ecological uses of vinegar, then we will explain the uses and properties of apple cider vinegar.
Apple cider vinegar: properties and uses
Apple cider vinegar has many medicinal properties, here are some of the main ones:
Digestive properties
Due to its acidity, vinegar improves the activity of digestive enzymes, destroys harmful bacteria and regulates stomach acids. In this way, it relieves gas from the stomach, spasms of the stomach, improves digestion and helps maintain the proper functioning of the digestive system. In addition, it also helps to renew the intestinal flora faster, improving the problems of constipation.
Apple cider vinegar also helps detoxify the liver, because it helps the function of metabolizing fats.
Properties in the kidney
Apple cider vinegar helps keep the urinary tract clean, since it keeps acidic urine. If a small amount of vinegar is consumed on a daily basis, the risk of urinary, renal or spleen infections decreases. In addition, as it is rich in potassium, it helps to alkalize the pH of the blood, which in turn favors the diuresis or elimination of body fluids.
Cardiovascular properties
Apple cider vinegar helps regulate blood pressure, in the face of ups and downs. This also improves circulation, which helps relieve varicose veins and cleanse the blood of contaminants and toxins. In addition, vinegar facilitates the metabolism of sugars, so it also helps lower blood cholesterol.
Properties in muscles and bones
Due to its mineral content, especially potassium, it helps relieve muscle cramps, muscle aches, inflammation, sprains or muscle contractures. It also helps to mitigate the pain caused by arthritis problems, reducing the progress of the disease because it eliminates and softens the calcium that forms in joints and improves gout problems.
Properties in skin and hair
Due to its pH it helps relieve, eczema, itchy skin, psoriasis or skin burns. Another property of its application that restores the vitality of the skin and helps eliminate calluses and fungi. In addition, if applied to the hair, it helps to shine and eliminate dandruff.
Other properties of apple cider vinegar for health
Other properties of apple cider vinegar are the following:
It helps to dissolve the calcium accumulations of the body.
It helps to destroy the fat cells, so it provides benefits in people with obesity or cellulite.
They improve the mucous membranes of the body: for its high content of vitamin A and mineral salts.
It helps to calm insomnia and nervousness.
It has satiating effect.
It provides improvements in migraine and headaches.
Helps to fight sore throat and cold symptoms
Apple cider vinegar: contraindications
Consuming apple cider vinegar, in small doses and properly diluted in water is beneficial for health and helps the body’s general metabolism. It can be consumed at any age or introduced into our daily diet. For example, we can take one or two tablespoons a day or dilute it in a glass of water or even use it as dressing for salads, vegetables or in accompanying sauces. For applications in skin, hair or muscles, you can apply diluted apple cider vinegar directly on the areas or perform massages with apple cider vinegar.
However, apple cider vinegar should always be used in low doses, since its consumption in amounts higher than recommended can cause poisonings that lead to diarrhea, headaches, acne or pruritus (itching), which are symptoms of the body tries to detoxify.
The use of apple cider vinegar as a condiment for salads or in certain foods does not present great inconvenience. However, if we want to take a daily treatment based on apple cider vinegar, it is advisable to consult with the doctor, who will inform us how to take it, the doses or if they can interact with medications that we are consuming.
