Yes!  You have the solution! I take apple cider vinegar three times a day with every meal and have been doing so for a year and a half.  I feel great.  I no longer have asthma, arthritis, or anything.  I would advise everyone to do a search on google to see the benefits of apple cider vinegar and start a routine for optimum health.

Luella

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   First of all, the Apple Cider Vinegar you should be using is the organic kind. The one that has the MOST sediment floating at the bottom is the best. Make sure it is minimally processed. Next, take a tablespoon of apple cider vinegar & put it in 1 cup of DISTILLED water. Distilled water is used as opposed to other kinds because it is a hungry water. It has no additives of any kind. As a hungry water, it will enhance the properties of whatever you put in it. If you drink it plain like I do, it will absorbe toxins as it passes through your body. Anyway, if 1 tablespoon is too much for you at first, you can start out with the least amount your body will tolerate. Even if that happens to be 1/8th of a teaspoon. Just work your way up to the full dosage & drink it 3 times a day.
   I also use it on my daughters scalp & teeth gunk. Just be careful when using it in your mouth & dilute it REAL good. It will eat ALL the toxins in the surrounding area & if you are full of toxins, you might find yourself with very little skin left.
  It is also good as a vaginal rinse when you have a yeast infection. Rinse instead of wipe & air dry. Apple cider vinegar by it's self is good for getting rid of toxins, but it is even better when used in conjunction with a program to eliminate all toxins. I have a 3 day cleans program & an incureables program if anyone is interested. 
   I have had a number of people that has come to me for help. The toxin symptoms are as follows, alzheimers, MD, MS, parkinsons, bi-polar, epilepsy, cancer, rheumatism, arthritis, chrones disease, IBS, diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, AIDS and the list goes on. Bottom line, take care of the toxin & you won't have a problem.
   The symptom is simply the bodies way of saying HELP! The symptoms manifest themselves for 1 of 2 reasons. Either you have a genetic pre-disposition for it, meaning your family genetic line shows the weakness, or you have a personal weakness for it. Either way, by eliminating the toxin & eating whole foods that FEED your body & not your taste buds, you can live a healthy LONG life.
   If anyone is interested, I could even let you know the ONE herb to use if you have a blocked gall bladder & the doctor wants to remove it. There is a nautral fix for anything that's wrong with the body.
   I hope this answers your questions of how much, but I hope even more that it has raised more questions. As a Master Herbalist, it is my job to educate people on what's REALLY going on with their bodies. And the more questions I raise, the healthier you can be. 

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"hungry water" Cool.

My Mom takes it with honey. Is honey recommended? I have heard some bad things about honey being adulterated in processing at times. How about that agave sweetener I've seen? Would that be safer than honey?

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Thank you for the information. You have answered my question and given me other useful informationa as well. I didn't know distilled water absorbed toxins.

Thank you for your knowledge.

Peace

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WildOne,
  As long as the honey is minimally processed, it's one of the best natural sweetners there is. Royal jelly is a major health supporter. Also, the honey you get from your local bee keeper is not only minimally processed, but if someone has allergies, it is good for that as the bees get the pollen from the local flora & fauna. Hence, the help in de-sensitising the allergies.
  Alot of people I know use honey in their distilled water & apple cider vinegar. I have a cough formula that's made with honey. I don't know anything about agave sweetener. I have never heard of it.
  Here is the list that I promote for natural sweetners. Starting with pure, raw, sugar cane which can be knawed on to promote healthy teeth & gums, then honey for reasons already mentioned & black strap molasses which is processed, but what it is is the nutrients & enzymes from cane sugar that has only been heated & pressed.
  I hope this information helps. As long as Mom gets her honey from her local bee keeper, she should be fine.

Namaste`, Pat 

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More than 60 uses for vinegar---

http://www.members.tripod.com/Howtuz/vinegar.html

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So sorry I havent dropped in sooner.  Been so busy and now my computer is in the shop so I am using a laptop that is not very cooperative.

Anyway, let me give you my personal regimen and testimonial for apple cider vinegar.  I take one tablespoon a day with every meal.  Organic apple cider vinegar mixed with raw honey.  I prefer it this way to mixing it with distilled water.  However, make sure you rinse your mouth after this as the vinegar can hurt the enamel on your teeth.  Someone asked if they could use filtered water.  The answer is no, because you want the water to be as pure as possible. 

I have been doing this for a year and a half now. 

I used to have asthma and needed three inhalers a day to live.

I no longer have asthma.  I am mediation free and I have an indoor cat now.  By the way, apple cider vinegar and honey will rid you of your allergies.

I used to have fibromyalgia, together with the sleeplessness and exhaustion that accompanies it.  My hips were so arthritis ridden that I could not climb up to simple steps without making a big production out of it.

I no longer have fibromyalgia.  I can sit on the floor and spring back up.  I have energy and sleep well.

Study the links given you in this forum and do your own search on the benefits of apple cider vinegar.  It is good for everything, including your organs.

Apple cider vinegar will give your body perfect alkalinity.  Where therre is perfect alkalinity, there is no room for disease.

Doctors aren't even aware of this.  I have educated my doctor who, of course, does not pass it on to her patients, as she truly fears the FDA.  So, I am doing things naturally now.

By the way, and a little off the subject, oatmeal will bring down cholesterol.  So why don't doctors prescribe this method instead of giving you the meds that will kill you?  The drug companies are out of hand.

Hugs!

Luella

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Great Post Everyone, I've been starting each day with an AC Vineger drink using 2T ACVinegar added to 1/4 tsp baking soda let fizz then add 6-8 oz warm water.... for three or four days  then take a break the rest of the week. The other days I use a 1/2 fresh squeezed lemon juice/ 1T maple syrup/ pinch of cayenne pepper / 6-8 oz warm water.

When I did my "due diligence" research for this I discovered it was very important to include the baking soda to protect tooth enamel, and to prevent calcium from being leeched from bones. It was also important to give the body a bit of a break each week, thus the days off in my regimine.

I wasn't able to find information about lemon juice/cider vinegar combined in daily drink....still waiting to read the answer to that question from someone. 

Bottom Line for me....I listen to my body and feel teriffic when I take these morning beverages.  I'm not a big coffee fan (love the smell though) When my sleep is not as sound as usual,  I'll take an evening ACvinegar too, sweetened with molasses. 

I'm 50 years young, climb trees, turn cartwheels with my nieces and LOVE to Dance.....and enjoy learning more every day.  Thank you all for your contributions.

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Hi, Cynthia 

For any questions on water, please look at the  "WATER, Gotta Have It!" thread. It may contain the answer to your question.

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I've got this from somewhere ... even possibly in this group ... if I can't give credit where credit is due ... but I just made this, and I can't wait for the 5 days so I can start taking it:

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Hi Elena, I have just whipped up my first batch and will be starting the dose next Friday. We are going to be so healthy we will be jumping out of our skin. 

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Has anyone tried this?  I've heard it is similar to ACV???

Lemon Cleanse

LEMON DRINK for your Master Cleanse
you need:

2 tablespoons FRESH squeezed lemon or lime juice (approx. 1/2 lemon)
2 tablespoons genuine organic maple syrup, Grade B (the darker the better)*
1/10 teaspoon (a small pinch!) cayenne pepper, gradually increase (the more BTUs the better)
300 - 500 ccm (10-14 oz) pure water

There are many who swear by lemon and others by apple cider vinegar.

Shall we have a competition over which is better?

Or could we mix them for a double whammy?

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oh yes, " HEALING POWERS " . I´ve drunk apple vinegar for more than 10 years, organic and cloudy, as the clear one, i.e., the one that´s not cloudy reminds of denatured alcohol rather ,lol,...About half an hour after dinner, as I only eat 2 times.

I pour a big shot of water into a large glass of cold water , cold water to "bypass"  the taste of it, at least in my case if I take for sure 10 cl , as otherwise impossible to swallow; so I gulp.

I´ll post soon more about apple vinegar.  

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Elfmagic.

Well, this was my first day trying the miracle remedy(garlic, vinegar and honey one). It definitely is an aquired taste! I love garlic, honey and apple cider vinegar alone, but their combination ...  again. It took me over 1/2 hour to drink that cup of water, after doing the oil. Sorry for the mental picture ... but I'm still burping it up! I think tomorrow I'll just have the two spoons all at once and follow it with lemon water or something. Hope that's ok!

If not, I'll try the lemon cleanse posted by Erin.

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Elena, you´re right and I can imagine.

I for one live prentively. And I´ve lived this style for at least 20 , that´s twenty years-. Nothing induced or pushed me to do so, just like that, simply I decided. Sure the circles of friends...The result : at the risk of not being believed: I haven´t sneezed or coughed or had a temperature ever since.

The tips given here by the one or other member, all fine, but the things we intake need to be tasty somewhere somehow, we musn´t have the feeling, we need to throw up...Therfore, to the gentleman here above ( didn´t exactly notice the name ), who is speaking of lemon and..., we don´t need to wait until we need to cleanse if we live healthily...And my tip, folks well meaning, works wonder! It truly does: don´t eah much, see to it that your food contains enough roughage, and drink apple vinegar every day after your meal. Please read the (my) post about apple vinegar --in cold water--.

I was in a group somewhere, some time ago, not on this website, no ! And some members were in the habit of joining forces and show each other up instead of supporting each other, it reminded of a sort of " SHADOW BOXING ".  It just took them to like each other, same kind of view, and then it said in the post :  

" I prefer Marita´s recipie though !" ,e.g., commenting on the post the unpleasant way, a way that speaks for them without them being able to think so far that the reader notices everything. LOl.  And it´s a shame when it comes from a host. Nobody knows whether they tried  the thing in the post . Sympathy or the opposite for the one who posts, decide or hence how they comment...

In other words, this group is fine. I´ll linger for a while.

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and with due respect for and towards views and tastes sure, to me it´s tantamount to sending my taste buds into lithargy by denying them the right to acquire a taste, this is inherent in us, it´s part of us , of mankind,  possible throwing up is part of it when something doesn´t agree with us... But one thing is certain, I would not like to learn to only swallow pills, so that one day l could lose to make the difference between mustard and chocolate .

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You’re right, Mongi, preventatively is way better, yet some join the healthy ways at different stages in their lives, so …

I can’t speak for anyone else, but … personally … I ate good and healthy up to when I left for university when time-saving, low budget frozen meals (or just a plain bag of potato chips ) replaced all hearty meals I was used to. Plus smoking, a bit of drinking here and there, stress, city pollution  ... you know what I mean. No proud of that, but … if I knew then what I know now …  

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Searching the net, came across this website:

Apple Cider Vinegar

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art8171.asp

Apple Cider Vinegar Usage And Dosage

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art38036.asp

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Here's one I'll bet you never heard about...

http://www.elephants.com/pdf/wh_acv.pdf

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So far I am not up to the tabs of vinegar in water but I'm workin gup to it.

I am interested in the three day cleanse. Could give me some info about it?

Thank you

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My husband mad the ACV/Garlic/Honey stuff this morning so in 5 days we will be trying it out. I have a rare collagen genetic disorder called Ehlers-Danlos-Syndrome that affects my joints, tendons, ligaments they are loose and unstable, I am prone to sudden constant dislocations, I struggle with my right shoulder and hips slipping in and out. Also after my 5th Childe almost 2yrs ago March my hands started up with the tingling, springing pain so they tell me post pregnancy carpel tunnel and said they believe once I was done breastfeeding and hormones are back in order it will cease. I stopped breastfeeding In May and still here! so hoping if this taste BLAH! I can get passed it! I am not a candidate for carpel tunnel surgery due to my condition. Someone mentioned taking oil with this what EVO? My mother in law swears by this stuff, she said her uncle who is a sceptic took it and it disolved his enlarged RA knots on his hands.

I recently found out on top of my EDS I have Osteoarthritis in my hips,knees and shoulders plus I was diansosed at 33 with borderline Osteoporosis, which is early onset with EDS.

Hope to have a good report to share soon

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   There is so much here, but what is the best way?

My mom has a bad hip, she walks with a cane, she also has high blood pressure and is 60lbs overweight.

I would like to loose about 30lbs and I have EXTREME hot flashes.

Should we mix with water, take by the spoon?

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Rabecca - all the best to you and really hope it will help. Keep us informed!

I usually take 1 or 2 teaspoons as is and then drink water afterwards. 

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I know years ago when my mother in law sent it to us like 1995 (we were bad and didn't want anything to do with it then) it was much more chunkier than what we made today with the food processor but then again maybe she like it that way as I am sure she was doing it all by hand no blender.

She took it by the spoon can't remember if she chased it with OJ or mixed it I will have to ask her.

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Personally, I use this as a preventative.. to stay healhy and prevent disease.I buy a gallon at a time and transfer it into smaller bottle. 

I combine reverse osmosis filtered water with 2 tablespoons organic apple cider vinegar plus a tablespoon of honey, AND a teaspoon of ginger powder..

The honey is mainly for energy, but it is also a healing food all by itself.

Ginger is a  powerful Ayurvedic herbal remedy..

Straight vinegar is a powerful acid so I would make sure to get it off the teeth as fast as possible after taking it... Either brush your teeth or swish with water afterwards.

In the body, vinegar is processed into an alkalkine end product, which is what makes it so healthy, but it is also an end stage fermentation product, so it is a LIVE food, with lots of living things in it... similar to yoghurt or miso...

If you put it in the sun, you will see things growing in it.

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Thank you all so much for all the info,.

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Is there scientifc evidence that you can control acidity and alkalinity in the body with your diet? I know that pH is tightly controlled in the bloodstream by your brain/chemoreceptors and feedback mechanisms connected to your oxygen intake. It's nice to think you have control over it, but unless someone tested the pH levels in the body, you wouldn't know.

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Hi everyone

I'm new to this site and have a question. 

I started taking ACV a week ago, and I'm still having bad reflux and hearburns and pain/tender spots from fibromyalgia.  Can someone tell about how long I take this before having some relief.  I have noticed I stopped craving sweets 

Thanks so much

Vickie

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Haven't been able to bring myself to drink the stuff yet, but I buy it by the gallon and pour it into my bath. So soothing; feels great on the skin. Wonderful to rinse through the hair as well.

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Hi Vickie,

being a natural remedy, it may take a little longer to kick in ... Could also be different for different individuals, based on their system. I am not sure though - not an expert - so hopefully one of our more qualified members will answer this for you.

Wish you well.

Elena

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