In 400 BC Hippocrates the Father of Medicine prescribed his patients with apple cider. He used undistilled apple cider as a powerful cleansing and healing elixir – naturally occurring antibiotic and antiseptic that fights germ, bacteria, mold and viruses – for healthier, stronger, longer life.
Created through the fermentation of raw apples within wooden barrels, vinegar from apple cider is extremely acidic (with pH around 2.8) and this may be the key factor of its amazing curative powers.
The Babylonians used it as a condiment and preservative, while Julius Caesar’s army used apple cider tonic to stay healthy and fight off disease.
It was used a body deodorant, healing tonic and delicious drink to keep body healthy and ageless in Paris during the Middle Ages.
Even Christopher Columbus use it to prevent scurvy in 1492 when he discovered America.
Apple cider vinegar is also great for skin – a known antioxidant that helps maintain the integrity of tissue cells, thereby slowing the aging process.
Organic apple cider vinegar has numerous vitamins, mineral, and trace minerals, especially potassium, which aids in the cleansing and healing process.
Apple cider vinegar contains natural antibiotics and antifungal that fight ear infection, dandruff, athlete’s foot, even when used externally. It also can boosts memory, fights arthritis, promotes weight loss, soothes sore throats.
Have one or two tablespoons of apple cider vinegar every day, diluted with whatever amount of water makes it enjoyable. Some people prefer to add apple juice or hot water with a honey.
Apple Cider Vinegar and Health Benefits
Technically, any liquid intended for drinking is a beverage so named by a word derived from French and Latin verbs meaning ‘to drink.’ Healthy beverages are beverages with health benefits that attribute by its nutritional value. The use of healthy beverage for promoting health and relieving symptom is as old as the practice of medicine.
Sunday, October 03, 2010
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