Apple cider vinegar:Pros and cons

We all have heard name of apple cider vinegar.It's trending these days.Recently,it's a star ingredient for keto diet.So what exactly is apple cider vinegar?

Apple cider vinegar is a type of vinegar made from fermented apple juice mixed with yeast and bacteria.Some bottles contain 'with the mother' which means it contains useful bacteria.It usually tastes like sprinkled apple juice.

Let's talk about the pros of ACV first.

Pros:

1. Many people have found ACV effective for weight loss programmes.

2.It contains less calories.Just 22 calories per 100 grams and no fat or protein.

3.It's hugely used in cooking several dishes and salad dressings and meat marinations.

4.Some people found apple cider vinegar effective in maintaining blood glucose and lipid level though it is not proved medically.

5.It has antioxidant effects.

6.It can kill harmful bacterias.

7.ACV acts as natural food preservative usually in pickes by restraining E.coli bacteria from growing.

8.Vinegar may improve insulin sensitivity upto 19-34%.So it helps improving type 2 diabetes mallitus.

9.Acts as a toner for boosting up your skin.

Cons:

1.ACV may cause throat burns.

2.Excessive intake of apple cider vinegar causes damage of enamel of your teeth.

3.Causes delayed stomach emptying and may lead to gastroparesis which is a disorder that causes delayed movement of food from your stomach to small intestine.

4.ACV decreases appetite.

5. May cause bone loss if taken for a long time.

6.May lower the body potassium level.

ACV is good for health if taken for a short time but long time intake has harmful effects.

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