Re: wow - try REAL vinegar! Bragge's is a scam!
I just want to take a minute here to share my account on Bragg's ACV. Twelve years ago, I was in terrible health, bedridden most days due to pain from iron that was accumulating in my joints, I was finally diagnosed with "Iron Overload Disease". I went to several different doctors who told me there was no cure as little, if anything at all, was known about this disease in the hospitals I went to. I took my health into my own hands and thought hard about a chelation method, since none of my doctors were knowledgable about it. So I went to my garage and grabbed a handful of extremely rusty old bolts, and I laid out 6 tiny little cups and in each cup I put a different type of vinegar in it. After a few days, the cup with the raw apple cider vinegar had completely dissolved the rust (iron oxide) off the bolt and it appeared shiny and new, even the vinegar solution was clear! It was then I decided to consume this Bragg/s RACV. Before I started my ferritin level was 1669, where it had been for 6 months. Three months after drinking the ACV every morning (mixed w/vegetable juice and hot sauce) I went back to see my Dr. and my ferritin level went down a few hundred. I had bloodwork done every three months and watched my ferritin go down and down until it reached 116. Now it stayed normalized at 95, last I had it checked, (which is still high). My point is.... I found a miracle cure in the raw ACV, in my opinion. I never felt better and people always assume I am more than 10 years younger, my energy is phenominal and I have zero health concerns at age 45. I take no meds whatsoever. My doctors were so shocked, they told me to write a book, but... I never considered it as I had no resources.
I must add though that if you drink this Bragg's ACV long term, please be aware that it may reduce your potassium level and puts you at a risk of osteoporosis. To remedy this, I take OTC potassium and Calcium chews. I also attribute the vinegar to keeping me thin as well. It obviously dissolves heavy metals from your blood and I am sure it dissolves other unwanted guests!! ;) Consider it to cure gout, plaque in your arteries, calcium crystals, gallstones, etc.). Often I will add a good spoonful of minced garlic to my morning tonic as well. I can honestly say I have not had heartburn in 12 years! :) It also cures hangovers, trust me! Though I like to take a break from this particular vinegar every once in a while so I am considering switching to the optional vinegars listed in this thread. It doesn't hurt to try! Besides... someone who is obviously so passionate about a particular vinegar must be on to something, I mean... he cared enough to scream it out to the world what he found. I can relate because when I found out what the Bragg's did for me, I wanted to scream it out too, LOL!! Too bad no one would listen, and now they all ask me what my secret to glowing skin and keeping so healthy and thin is. ;) (The secret is raw vinegar in general, not just Bragg's). Obesity, diabetes, strokes and many other issues all run in my family, I am happy to say a shout out to raw vinegar... Thank you very much for keeping all that at bay! My family wishes they could stomach it, but they just don't like the taste. It isn't for everyone and definitely NOT for those who get a canker sore from drinking it, that is a warning sign that your body doesn't want it or that your pH is off balance. Forgot to say... I have been drinking 4
ounces of the Bragg's in a 12 ounce can of V-8 juice with 2 tsp. of hot sauce every morning for the past ten years. That is what I refer to when I say morning tonic. But remember that you should give yourself a break from something every so often. I.E. I also fast for 10 days-2 weeks once a year. Too much of a good thing is a waste.
Just need to add... I am NO doctor, nor do I work for or am affiliated with Bragg's by any means. I have used other brands of raw ACV as well but simply prefer the taste of Bragg's is all. It is sooo yummy with apple juice or apple cider and even champagne or sparking cider! Sometimes I substitute the ACV with Eden brand raw red wine vinegar.... Mmmmmmmm! Healthy and GOOD for you!