Vinegar has been used for thousands of years to do everything from pickling and preservation to medicine. Right now, the spotlight is on apple cider vinegar’s antimicrobial and antioxidant properties. These features can improve your health and, as a bonus, help with cleaning around the house.
Before you jump into apple cider vinegar, there is a proper dosage, benefits and some risks you should know about first.
What is apple cider vinegar or ACV?
When you combine apples, sugar and yeast and allow it to ferment, it creates apple cider vinegar. Over several weeks, the yeast will digest the sugar to make alcohol. Once this happens, natural bacteria will turn the alcohol into acetic acid, which is where the pungent odor and taste of apple cider vinegar comes from.
You have two options when you buy apple cider vinegar: filtered and pasteurized, or raw and unfiltered. The cloudy sediment that collects in the bottom of the bottle is