My mother swears by ACV! She believes ACV can cure any ailment as long as you use it as a preventative measure. I can say honestly that all my life I cannot remember my mother ever falling ill and that is no lie! I used to wonder 'what does she do that makes her so full of energy and never get sick'? She later told me that she started taking ACV years ago. She drinks a teaspoon full every morning straight and chases it with hot water. She says that if a person does this every day as a preventative measure they will not get colds, flu or any other common ailment. She also tries to convince me that it can prevent other illnesses like cancer but these are her theories and if I can find some testimonies and information to back it up I will follow up on this article later. I can attest to the fact that ACV has improved my skin tremendously when I use it as a toner at night after cleansing. I also take it internally mixed with honey, water and a little cinnamon as a health tonic to boost my energy and help rid my body of toxins. I have been slacking lately but I plan to incorporate this in my daily diet. I want to continuously reap the benefits of what is historically believed to be naturally cleansing and healing to the body. I use Bragg ACV which can be purchased at most health stores i.e. Whole Foods, Vitamin Shoppe, GNC. Bragg's brand is so much better than other leading brands that you can find in regular grocery stores because it is raw and unfiltered and contains what is referred to as the 'Mother' which are strands of protein enzyme molecules that form naturally. This is not to discredit any other pure brands of ACV but I can personally speak on Bragg because I have been using it for years now and several months on my skin which has remained pimple free ever since (despite the occasional small pimple which rears its ugly head every so often). If I do get any small pimple it is because I may be slacking on the ACV meaning I may have skipped a week of using it out of pure laziness. All I do is get back into my regimen of using about 2 teaspoons(approximately) of ACV on a cotton swab after cleansing my skin and the pimple disappears within a few days. Gone are the days of those pesky pimples that linger and linger for weeks all to transform into a dark blemish which is a whole other story. I highly recommend ACV for the skin and taken as I mentioned earlier as a health tonic. No concrete evidence on how it improves my health besides the fact that I rarely get sick but other factors could contribute to that as well. Here are pics that show my skin prior to ACV use and then after using ACV for a few weeks:
Here is the left side of my face where you can clearly see the pimples
Another left side shot of my acne prior to using ACV
Ugh! I strongly dislike this pic but anyhoo...A frontal view of my acneic skin
3 months after using ACV at night as a toner
