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Apple Cider Vinegar: Kitchen Cupboard Beauty Tips
By Cait Johnson, Assistant Producer, Care2 Healthy Living Channels.
Apple cider vinegar has been the wise woman’s health and beauty ally for centuries.
Now science tells us that it promotes blood circulation in the small blood capillaries that irrigate the skin. It is also antiseptic, combating yeasts, viruses and bacteria that can cause infection.
Apple cider vinegar is rich in alpha-hydroxy acids, helping to dissolve fatty deposits on the skin’s surface and reducing scaly conditions, promoting a softer, smoother appearance. This miracle fluid also regulates the pH of the skin.
You won’t believe how many ways apple cider vinegar can be used to promote healthier skin and hair! Find out some of the couldn’t-be-simpler ways to put it to work for you, below:
1. Hair rinse: Apple cider vinegar gets rid of residue build-up on hair, leaving it soft and shiny. Mix 1/2 cup apple cider vinegar with 1 quart water and use as a final rinse after shampooing.
2. Stain remover: If your hands are stained from chopping berries, dab some straight apple cider vinegar on the stains and they’ll disappear like magic.
3. Tired, swollen hands or feet: Rub a little apple cider vinegar on tired, sore, or swollen hands or feet and feel the soothing difference.
4. Overnight facial: Get rid of blemishes and make your skin more youthful by patting apple cider vinegar on your face before bed. You’ll have softer, smoother skin in the morning!
5. Sunburn bath: If you’ve been singed by the sun, find soothing relief by adding a cupful of apple cider vinegar to your bath and soaking for 10 minutes.
6. Topical skin burns: Apply ice-cold apple cider vinegar to prevent blistering.
7. Lightening age spots: Dab areas with straight apple cider vinegar and leave on overnight.
8. Dandruff fighter: Mix 1 part apple cider vinegar to 3 parts warm water to balance scalp pH and control dandruff. You can also apply undiluted vinegar to the scalp. Allow it to penetrate, then shampoo with a mild shampoo.
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add your comment »I love Apple Cider Vinegar!
If you drink it daily with a glass of water your skin is amazing, and it gives a rosy glow to your cheeks!
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When I have a raw and sore throat, I use a Tablespoon of it in a 6 oz glass of hot water mixed with 1/4 teaspoon of cayene pepper to gargle with. The ACV heals the throat quicker and the cayene pepper relieves the pain. When a cold starts going down into the chest, I put a pan with 1 cup ACV with 2 cups of water and heat up and inhale the steam every hour on the hour. It does help the mucus come up!
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Apple cider vinegar is also good for excess water retention. Take 2 Tablespoons with a glass of water (or mix it in the water) .. just be sure to brush your teeth or rinse thoroughly after drinking it because the acid is not good for your enamel ... it eliminates cold sores also ... When it gets humid, I get swollen ankles and drinking a glass of water with 2tblspoons of acv helps immensely!! it is also supposed to help lower cholersterol but I don't know of any scientific study for that
but it really does help with water retention... just be sure you can get to a restroom an hour after drinking the acv cocktail! I also sometimes mix it in tomato or cranberry juice or in a V-8
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It's my understanding to use the bottle that states, "organic, raw, unfiltered and with the mother". My late great grandmother swore by this stuff and used it for tons of health benefits. She never took a pill in her life, had 16, yes, 16 children and lived to be in her late 80's. God Bless her soul.
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Yeah great article and nick the people who made that site have now opened a health shop! you should check it out http://www.bobbys-healthy-shop.co.uk/
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apple cider vinegar does nothing but good for you! its cheapest in the uk from this place: http://www.the-apple-cider-vinegar-company.com/
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I hear the ACV is good for low temperature, thyroid problems and aching joints. I have been drinking it three times a day with some good results. Tastes awful but I am willing to do anything to feel better. All of this I suppose could be in my head but I heard about it through friends and also on a link called wilsons thyroid syndrome.
Have you heard of any of this?
Thanks...Margeaux S.
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I hear the ACV is good for low temperature, thyroid problems and aching joints. I have been drinking it three times a day with some good results. Tastes awful but I am willing to do anything to feel better. All of this I suppose could be in my head but I heard about it through friends and also on a link called wilsons thyroid syndrome.
Have you heard of any of this?
Thanks...Margeaux S.
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You can make an ACV tea of nettles, chamomile, rosemary and sage. Allow it to simmer for about an hour. I usually use a 32oz bottle and pour it right back in the bottle. It keeps in the frige. I use 1/4 c with a qt water. It makes your hair so nice and the smell is much better :)
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You can make an ACV tea of nettles, chamomile, rosemary and sage. Allow it to simmer for about an hour. I usually use a 32oz bottle and pour it right back in the bottle. It keeps in the frige. I use 1/4 c with a qt water. It makes your hair so nice and the smell is much better :)
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