Diabetes And Apple Cider Vinegar:

Improving Your Diabetic Health
Thru Alternative Therapies

Relatively new, diabetes and apple cider vinegar as an at-home therapy program for increased diabetic health has been hitting the news more and more frequently the last few years. Although for medicinal purposes ACV (apple cider vinegar) has been used for thousands and thousands of years, it's reported lists of accomplishments include everything from treating sunburn, soothes a dry throat, relieves muscle pain, reduces the severity of allergies and digestive disturbances, treats acne and even dries up a troublesome wart. Add to these a list of folk-lore remedies that have been passed down through the generations and ACV may seem like the original "wonder drug" of the millenia.

But it does have a proven record to aid in pre-diabetes with percentages of up to 50% and insulin sensitivity for type 2 diabetics with percentages between 19 to 34% of the documented participants showing marked effectiveness during clinical trials. It has proven when diabetes and apple cider vinegar are used together, time and time again in the past few years it has reported results by its supporters that have documented its aid in loss of weight (because of appetite control) and its capability to aid in the stabilization of out of control blood sugar levels. It has also shown its capabilities to promote more weight loss because of its ability to retard fat accumulation due to your body's normal liver insulin secretion.

Raw organic ACV is an unfiltered, unpasteurized and unheated vinegar made exclusively with fresh organic apples plus 5% acidity. The fermentation process between the fresh apple and "the mother" is a naturally occurring maturation process which contains all of the concentrated enzymes, vitamins and minerals which help your body obtain better health. Regular vinegar (from a grocery store) has all the compounds ("the mother")killed off during the processing with heat and pasteurization. Thus the important nutritional qualities have been destroyed during food processing and packaging.

Raw organic apple cider vinegar with the mother has the capability of preventing many starchy foods you ingest from breaking down completely into glucose in the blood stream. Without this normal step in digestion, if a large portion of glucose is not rendered, then it prevents the sharp rise of blood sugar levels.

Another plus for diabetes and apple cider vinegar with the mother is it has also been proven to lengthen the time food takes to make it through the entire digestive process. The slower food passes through the process of digestion, the lesser amount of available glucose hits your blood stream, again resulting in a slower raise in blood sugar levels.

You also get the advantage, all the available vitamins, minerals and nutrients obtained in the foods you are eating are being made available for a longer period of time in your system, thus your body captures and utilizes the greater concentrations of these important nutrients to use for future better health.

This folklore remedy has led many alternative therapy programs to suggest that diabetes and apple cider vinegar may be a road to the beginning of a recovery plan for those type 2 diabetics who always seem to be struggling with the control of their blood sugars.

Another Advantage To The Diabetic

Actually, many times even with the extra effort, a type 2 will still show weight gain. Often the troublesome factor is their pharmaceutical medications. Many of the commonly prescribed medications for diabetes actually do cause weight gain in the diabetic. Therefore the more you keep trying to lose, your medications keep packing on the pounds.

ACV with the mother though ingested before your meal activates an enzyme which helps you to control your appetite, thus reducing serving sizes which is leading to normal weight loss.

Along with this, the fat-burning cells are stimulated which aids your body in burning off it's own stored fat, especially from the liver. A common trait of most type 2 diabetics is an increased incidence of fatty build-up being stored in the liver. With the new combination of stored fat deposits breaking down and the reduced serving sizes because of appetite control, a slow and steady weight loss can finally be achieved.

Dosages And Common Recipes

Although with many remedies, more is considered better, this is not necessary with this remedy program. Start a standard program of once or twice daily, add 2 teaspoons to a glass of pure water. If you desire, add a small amount of organic honey (or a better option for the diabetic is a small amount of stevia or xylitol), stir and drink this down before your meal. Some people reportedly do not mind the flavor of this drink without the sweetener. The important part here though is to just get it down.

Use caution though because extended use can lead to corrosion on the tooth enamel if drinking this beverage is not accompanied with food.

When using just as a stand-alone beverage, always make it a habit to brush your teeth afterwards to dispel the corrosive acids used in fermentation. Extended use over long periods of time can lead to softer enamel pockets on the teeth surface. Easily remedied though, just use your beverage with food.

So adding organic raw apple cider vinegar to your daily diet can really be very easy. If you choose not to drink your ACV, use it on salads, with most vegetables, as a flavor booster in soups or stews, on top of meats before cooking (as a tenderizer) when using your slow-cooker or just sprinkle it lightly on oven-baked fries or plain popcorn.

Diabetes and apple cider vinegar with the mother just seem to be a pair made to co-exist with each other. These two can aid in the many varied troublesome symptoms common to the type 2 diabetic.

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