Apple cider vinegar is becoming a popular aid in weight loss. Consuming this vinegar has a multitude of benefits, not limited to weight loss. The tart liquid can help relieve heartburn, promote healthy cholesterol and blood sugar levels, and helps your body to better absorb nutrients. This wonderful fluid can do a lot for your body, but for now, let’s focus on how it helps you lose weight. 


How It Works 

Research has been done to narrow in on how exactly drinking apple cider vinegar aids weight loss. One way that was found is the presence of pectin. Pectin is a soluble fiber found in apples. This fiber helps suppress your appetite, which can keep you from overeating.

Another way apple cider vinegar helps you lose weight is by using its acid content to aid with digestion. The acid from the vinegar helps break down fat cells and helps your body digest protein. This will leave more protein for your body to utilize, which will help keep your metabolism going! That means more burned calories when you’re resting.

More efficient digestion means less time for fat to stay in your body. Your body needs enough time to absorb important nutrients from your food, but sometimes it can hang around in your body long after the good stuff has been absorbed. The apple cider vinegar helps move that excess food along.

Apple cider vinegar also helps your body to be able to better utilize iron. Iron is important when it comes to weight loss. The iron in your body kick-starts the fuels your body uses to burn calories and do everything you do during the day. Iron is needed to help carry oxygen to your cells. It doesn’t do the actual oxygen carrying, but it allows other substances to do the job. The apple cider vinegar helps pull the iron from the food you eat so that oxygen can be carried to your cells. Without that oxygen, your body wouldn’t be able to burn energy. In other words, without that oxygen, your body wouldn’t be able to burn fat.

Another great way to use apple cider vinegar to lose weight is to use it in place of salt. Salt and sodium raise your cholesterol and make your body retain water. But sometimes your body graves that salty taste. In place of salt, use apple cider vinegar. The bitter vinegar taste compares well to the taste of salt without the high levels of sodium and dangers to your body. Avoid the water weight by avoiding salt. You can use apple cider vinegar in virtually every situation you would use salt. Use it to season and flavor all types of foods.

Precautions

It’s common to want to overdo something that’s supposed to be good for you. When we want to lose weight we can sometimes workout too much, limit our calories too much, or eat too much of a healthy food. Too much of a good thing can be bad. Drinking too much apple cider vinegar can be harmful your body. The vinegar contains acid that is great for you in small doses, but harmful in larger quantities. The acid in the vinegar can hurt your throat and stomach if you overdo it.

Expectations

Before you start adding an apple cider vinegar regimen to your diet you should know what to expect. This is not a get fit quick magic potion. You won’t drop 5 pounds in a week. This regimen is meant to be a long-term process. Take your weight, measurements, and before pictures and compare them to after measurements and pictures 3 or 4 months apart. Drinking apple cider vinegar is a way to aid your weight loss. It does not take the place of a healthy diet and exercise. So step away from the cookie jar!

Directions

One way of taking your apple cider vinegar is drinking it with a glass or water before 3 meals a day. Add 1 to 2 teaspoons of apple cider vinegar to 8 ounces of water. You can drink it with just water, or some people prefer to add a little honey to the water. The vinegar has a very bitter taste that honey can dull a little bit. Make sure to have a meal immediately after drinking the mixture. That way it can do its job of helping your digestion process.

If you’re like me and can’t stomach the idea of drinking the apple cider vinegar, then you can always add it to your food. I enjoy having a couple small salads throughout the day to keep my metabolism going strong. I like to add the apple cider vinegar to my salads. I put it on top of the bed of lettuce or use it to flavor a cucumber and tomato salad. It’s a small amount that can be paired with other seasonings to help take the bite out of the taste.

Apple cider vinegar is largely beneficial to your body in all types of ways. Add a regimen to your diet and reap the many benefits it has to offer. Losing weight is never easy, so anything that can help is wonderful and welcome. Remember that it’s not a quick fix or an excuse to eat poorly or skip your next workout. Also remember that too much of a good thing can be harmful. Don’t exceed the recommended dosage of apple cider vinegar as it will only hinder you. Eat clean, sweat a lot, and drink apple cider vinegar and you’ll be shedding those extra pounds in no time.