Invest In Your Health:

Apple Cider Vinegar

In our society we are frequently lacking many minerals and vitamins that our bodies need to be able to function properly. We can help our bodies by making small changes in our diet. Eating whole foods is an investment in our health. Everything we eat should be filled will vitamins, minerals and as many live enzymes as possible. If we are filling our bodies with processed foods, refined sugars and flours we are eating empty calories that can not help our bodies do much more than survive.

It is very important to make small changes that can stick instead of trying to radically alter everything we eat at one time. One such change we can make is adding Organic Raw Apple Cider Vinegar to our diets. Raw Apple Cider Vinegar (that still has the mother in it) is high in potassium, acetic acid and live enzymes. ACV aids digestion and supports a healthy immune system and has been credited with alleviating arthritis, poor circulation, and weight loss.

Adding ACV to your diet is very easy to do. When eating a salad instead of reaching for a bottle of dressing from the store why not make the recipe below? Do you have problems with heartburn? Instead of reaching for your bottle of antacids drink a cup of ACV Tonic. Whenever you are making something that calls for vinegar use ACV instead of distilled white vinegar. Use it in your favorite marinade recipeLook for ways to add this wonderful food to your diet.

Recipes:

ACV Tonic

 1-2 teaspoons Bragg’s Organic Raw Apple Cider Vinegar

1 teaspoon Raw Honey

4-6 ounces water

Mix together and enjoy!

Salad Dressing

1 clove of Garlic, minced

1 teaspoon sea salt

1 tablespoon Dijon Mustard

1 tablespoon Raw Honey

1/2 Cup Organic Raw Apple Cider Vinegar

1/2 Cup Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Whisk ingredients together and serve on your salad.

RECOMMENDED RESOURCES:

To Learn More about Apple Cider Vinegar here are some resources:

Amazing Apple Cider Vinegar by Earl Mindell

This book details the history of apple cider vinegar and its many uses.

Folk Medicine by Dr. D.C. Jarvis

Originally written in 1958, this great book shares what Dr. Jarvis found to be great folk remedies in Vermont including the use of honey and apple cider vinegar.