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I am a research geek when it comes to health, happiness and success.
I’m a late in life mom – who wrote a bestselling longevity book called Life is Long.
Plus I am a recovered binge eater, who wrote and produced a bestselling video course called Stop Emotional Eating.
I have been lucky enough to interview our world’s top doctors, aging experts, nutritionists, researchers – and read many thousands of fascinating studies on how to live longer, healthier, younger, happier.
Today I have a simple weight loss technique to share – one which has been proven to be helpful.
Best of all, it includes something you most likely already have in your refrigerator: apple cider vinegar.
How to Use Apple Cider Vinegar for Weight Loss
So, how do you add this health-improving, weight-loss ingredient to your daily diet? It’s easier than you think!
- The common method is to drink 1-2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar mixed with a glass of water before eating a meal – or first thing in the morning to start your day.
- However, the time and dosing can vary – depending on your tolerance for the taste – and what you think your stomach can handle.
Important Reminder: It’s always wise to consult with a physician before beginning any new weight loss diet.
Next up…
5 Reasons For Using Apple Cider Vinegar in Weight Loss
1. Apple Cider Vinegar Reduces Fasting Blood Sugar
You’re probably already aware that the worst your body is at regulating blood sugar, the less likely you are to be able to lose weight.
Plus, your body’s ability to maintain a healthy blood sugar level while fasting is important to weight loss.
Hence, apple cider vinegar’s ability to reduce your blood sugar levels while you are fasting (or have gone without food for several hours), helps to contribute to weight loss.
Here’s why and how apple cider vinegar helps blood sugar levels.
Apple cider vinegar is made in a few simple steps.
- Apples get smashed.
- Next they are mixed with yeast.
- This turns the sugar in the apples into alcohol.
- When the apples become fermented they turn into acetic acid.
- Studies show that this acetic acid helps lower blood sugar and insulin levels.
Another Important Reminder: If you suffer from chronic illnesses like type 1 diabetes, then you should especially consult with your doctor before adding apple cider vinegar to your diet, because of the effect it has on your insulin levels.
2. Apple Cider Vinegar Helps You to Feel Full and Eat Less
Most weight loss science centers around burning more calories than you consume.
Fortunately for your waistline, apple cider vinegar can help you to feel fuller faster, so you naturally want to consume less calories.
How?
Apple cider vinegar has been reported to slow down your stomach’s “emptying process.” Because you are taking longer to digest your foods, you wind up feeling full longer.
Plus, a 2014 study shows that the acetate from apple cider vinegar even affects areas of the brain that suppress your appetite.
3. Apple Cider Vinegar Helps Reduce Body Fat
One study among Japanese adults proved that over the course of 12 weeks, those who consumed 1 – 2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar (mixed with water) during their meals lost body fat.
The average amount of weight loss over the 12 weeks was around 4 pounds.
The study also showed that those taking apple cider vinegar at meal times also had lower levels of triglycerides.
4. Apple Cider Vinegar Enhances Gut Health
To lose weight, you need to have a healthy gut. One of the many benefits of adding a little apple cider vinegar to your diet is that it works as a prebiotic.
What is a prebiotic? Not to be confused with “probiotics,” (commonly referred to in health articles), prebiotics help your body keep just the right amount of healthy bacteria.
Basically, prebiotics are a great “food source” for that good bacteria in your gut. Thus, giving that good bacteria more reason to stay and thrive.
Interesting? …Or a bit weird?
Anywhichway…the prebiotics in apple cider vinegar allow you to have a healthier gut… and thus, a greater ability to metabolize food in a healthy way, and lose weight in a healthy way.
5. Apple Cider Vinegar Kills Candida
Do you have a sweet tooth? If so, be aware: The more sweets you consume, the more yeast you have in your system. This yeast in your body is candida. And…the more candida you have, the more you crave sweets. As a result, you can get trapped in a vicious cycle of craving more sweets, then eating more sweets, then craving more sweets etc..
Having too much candida in your system also makes your body go into emergency storage mode – whereby your body begins storing all fats instead of burning them for energy.
So where does apple cider vinegar come into play with this?
Apple cider vinegar works as an anti-fungal.
It kills off excess candida in your system, making it easier for your body to burn off fat and avoid storing more. Plus it helps to cut back your cravings for sweets.
More Ways to Improve Your Weight Loss Efforts
Do you find yourself binge eating when you’re stressed, angry, bored, depressed? I know what that’s like. I’m a recovered emotional eater! One day I got a call from my doctor – which became my wake up call!
My doctor told me that my health – and life – were in danger – unless I improved my diet.
So I went into research mode. I interviewed the top weight loss and nutrition experts – and ready piles of research studies. I wound up discovering a range of psychological tools which helped me retrain my brain to resist cravings for junk food.
The result? I lost 20 pounds in 3 months – and have kept the weight off for years now!
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