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19th July 2012, 03:58 PM
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Apple Cider Vinegar Diet?
At my grandma's birthday last weekend my aunt was telling me about a diet her mother is trying. I hope I'm remembering the details correctly, but basically you drink two teaspoons of apple cider vinegar added to a 6-ounce cup of water each morning and... that's it. My aunt said her mother lost 50 pounds over the course of a few months doing this. She doesn't usually go in for woo, usually has a pretty good head on her shoulders, and besides, it's her mother she's using as an example, not a friend of a friend. It still sounds like bull to me though.
Thoughts? 
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#2
19th July 2012, 04:01 PM
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She probably threw up fifty pounds af gastric juice from the taste!
Actually, for a while I did that to lower my cholesterol. Don't know if it worked - I quit doing it. I mixed it with grape juice. I did not lose weight, but then again, I am not overweight...
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#3
27th July 2012, 06:52 PM
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The stuff seems to be a cure-all. I've had it recommended for acid reflux. Popping a store brand generic prilosec every morning isn't that big of a deal, you know. I'd like to not have to rely on the pills, but really. yuck!
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#4
27th July 2012, 06:54 PM
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This was big in the 80's. Eventually faded out. 50lbs sounds like a lot for not doing anything. She should get checked out.
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#5
27th July 2012, 07:11 PM
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Ha! Weird coincidink. Just last night I was in my favorite Indian grocery buying some kind of turbo-organic super amazing apple cider vinegar to make an old fruit mixture called a shrub and the owner's son was telling me about some guy who did this and lost weight and got healthy and attracted supermodels won lotto and the whole bit.
It probably doesn't work when added to a cocktail though.
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#7
27th July 2012, 08:01 PM
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Webmd isn't so quick to say bull. However, the way it apparently works is by making you so grossed out that your appetite is supressed, so there's that. http://www.m.webmd.com/diet/apple-cider-vinegar?page=1
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27th July 2012, 08:13 PM
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Growing up, my parents had an thin old paperback extolling the wonders of the apple cider vinegar and iodine diet. This was in the 70s, and the book was old and yellowed then so it had to be at least twenty years old.
I remember even as a kid questioning my mom about it; when I paged through it there were suggested diets to supplement the wonder powers of vinegar and iodine. Stuff like oatmeal and cottage cheese and lean fish and fresh vegetables, all basic stuff that'll make you lose weight so where the magic from vinegar and iodine?
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#10
28th July 2012, 12:49 PM
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Making fun of miracle diet chasers is fun, but to be clear I'm not one of them. If I were to try this diet it'd be in addition to already eating healthy food and exercising, not instead of.
Drinking vinegar actually sounds really gross and I have a bit of a weak stomach, so I can't say I'm planning on trying this. I was just curious about my aunt's story since it sounded so far fetched.
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#11
28th July 2012, 02:37 PM
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If something simple actually worked, there would be no fat people left and the diet pill sellers would go out of business.
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#12
29th July 2012, 05:37 PM
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Various vinegar drinks have been popular in some Asian countries for a long time. You'd think that would give enough data points to spot a miracle health benefit.
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#13
29th July 2012, 09:52 PM
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Any diet that involves ingesting some sooper sekrit ingredient, or is based on a "little known" folk remedy is quackier than a duck show/faith healing/crystal convention. Honestly, you can make people lose weight by making them think about what they're eating. No other intervention, no advice to eat this or that special food, no conscious decision to change their diet, just ask them to keep a food journal and they'll lose weight, at least for a while.
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