If you keep up with wellness trends, odds are you’ve heard people raving about apple cider vinegar and all of its potential health benefits. Vinegar has been used throughout history in both medicine and food preservation, so this is nothing new. But do apple cider vinegar’s benefits actually live up to the hype online and on social media? Is being healthy really as simple as drinking apple cider vinegar?
Though research suggests apple cider vinegar has some potential benefits, it isn’t the miracle cure some people make it out to be. Here is everything you need to know about the potential ACV benefits, side effects and dosage information to remember.
What is apple cider vinegar?
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 gives apple cider vinegar its pungent odor and taste.
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