Apple cider vinegar (ACV) is a type of vinegar made by the fermentation of apple cider. During the fermentation process, sugar in the apple cider is broken down by bacteria and yeast into alcohol and then into vinegar. Like other types of vinegar, apple cider vinegar contains acetic acid and it also contains some lactic, citric and malic acids. Always look for a good raw, unfiltered brand 'with the mother'.
Non-distilled and organic variety which is natural raw organic apple cider vinegar is apple cider vinegar with the mother. This natural cider is rich brown in color and, when held to the light, you can see a tiny cob web like formation of substances which are called the mother. And as it ages, you will see the mother. Natural ACV doesn't need refrigeration.
Avoid buying the clear looking apple cider vinegar from the grocery store (it has been distilled). And it doesn't contain mother, and thus doesn't offer any health benefits. Mother is the bacterial foam, and natural apple cider vinegar which contain mother have the enzymes and minerals which you will not find in ciders sold at grocery stores. Due to over-processing, over-heating and filtration processes the mother is lost, and thus are these beneficial nutrients, hence it is important that you buy natural variety.
APPLE CIDER VINEGAR USES:
A note to remember is to use apple cider vinegar for personal care and health benefits!
Always have a small spray bottle filled with apple cider vinegar for personal care!
Apple cider vinegar is well known for helping with many illnesses and personal care products!
Personal Care
1. Hair Rinse - Use apple cider vinegar daily as a hair rinse. It is a natural product that helps your hair to shine.
2. Hands Softener - Spray apple cider vinegar onto your hands each day to keep them soft.
3. Skin Cleanser - Use vinegar as a skin cleaner instead of soap. Soap has alkaline as compared to skin pH. Add 50% vinegar to 50% water and shake well.
4. Bath Soak - Add 2 cups of apple cider vinegar to a warm bath and soak in it. It will add potassium to sore aching muscles.
5. Mosquito Repellent - Add 2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar to a spray bottle of water. Spray on as you would a mosquito repellent.
Medicinal Uses
1. Sore Throat - For a sore throat add 1 tablespoon of apple cider vinegar to a glass of warm water. Gargle this solution every hour or when needed, Swallow the mixture twice after you have gargled it.
2. Mucus in the throat - Stir 5 tablespoons of honey with 5 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar and stir till it is mixed well. Take 1 tablespoon of the mixture when you need to. This amount should last a day or two. It can be kept in the fridge.
3. Weight loss - To help you to lose weight, drink a glass of water with 1 tablespoon of apple cider vinegar and 1 tablespoon of honey before every meal.
4. Antiseptic Spray - Use vinegar as an antiseptic for abrasions, mosquito bites, insect bites or any other skin problems. Simply spray vinegar onto the affected area. It's even good for sunburns.
5. Hiccups - Gargle on apple cider vinegar to stop hiccups.
6. Athletes Foot - Add some vinegar to your bath water and soak in it for half an hour each night before going to bed.
Cooking Uses
1. Marinade - Add 2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar to your meat marinade.
Use white vinegar for cleaning products. Always have a small spray bottle filled with white vinegar for cleaning and odor uses.
Pets and Animals Uses
1. Pet Odors - Use white vinegar to get rid of pet odors in your carpet. Pour the vinegar straight onto the carpet where the odor is. Leave it soak in for 5 minutes then blot the carpet with a paper towel. Keep blotting until there is no more soil. Finish with a tiny bit more vinegar and let it air dry.
2. Pet Bowl Cleaner - Each month clean your pet's bowl's out with white vinegar.
Outdoor Uses
1. Weed Killer - Heat up a bottle of white vinegar and pour on grass and weeds to kill them. Or use vinegar in a garden sprayer bottle. For thick grass and weeks it will take a couple of times to work. This method should used on a sunny day.
2. Fly Deterrent - Pour white vinegar around your pool to keep the flies away. Also helps in keeping the mosquito's away.
Laundry Uses
1. Fabric softener and static reducer - Use white vinegar as you would use your fabric softener. It's a great natural fabric softener and it also reduces static electricity in your clothes. 1/2 cup in rinse dispenser.
2. Diaper Sterilizer - Add 2 cups of vinegar in your diaper bucket to soak cloth diapers in. This takes out all the smell and stops the diapers from staining.
3. Stain Remover - Keep a spray bottle filled with half white vinegar and half water near your washing machine. Spray on clothes that have stains as you would with a commercial stain remover before you put them in to be washed.
Cooking Uses
1. Cooking Eggs - Use a tablespoon of white vinegar in the water when you cook your boiled eggs. It will help the eggs keep their shape.
Cleaning Uses
1. Window Cleaner - Mix together a quarter of a cup of water with a quarter of a cup of white vinegar. Put this mixture into a spray bottle and use it to wash your windows. If you wipe your windows with scrunched up newspaper they will always sparkle.
2. Toilet cleaner - Use white vinegar to clean your toilet. It is good to have white vinegar in a spray bottle and spray it at night and let it stand overnight. It will help to keep germs away.
3. Copper and Alloy cleanser - Make a paste by mixing white vinegar with salt. Use this paste to clean tarnish from copper and alloy surfaces.
4. Dish Washing - To rinse your dishes after you have washed them use 50% white vinegar and 50% warm water. Add to rinse section in dishwasher.
5. Floor Cleaner - Add a half a cup of white vinegar to your bucket of water to mop your floors. Not only does it make them shine but also kills germs.
6. Calcium Deposit Cleanup - Use full strength white vinegar on calcium deposit buildup. Let it soak in.
7. Coffee Maker Cleaner - full the coffee maker reservoir half way with white vinegar and run it through. Then run through plain water. This will clean out your coffee maker.
Odor Control Use
1. Air Freshener - Mix together 1 teaspoon of baking soda with 1 tablespoon of white vinegar. Add 2 cups of plain tap water and mix well. Put this mixture in a spray bottle and use as a natural air freshener.
2. House odors - Place white vinegar in shallow bowls throughout the house to absorb household odor's.
3. Wall Paper Remover - Put white vinegar into a spray bottle. Remove the top layer of the wall paper and then spray the vinegar onto the wall. Let it soak in for around 10 minutes. Then pull off the under layer. Use a paint scraper to remove the excess glue. Use the vinegar to spray if you get stubborn spots. This works great and is so cheap.
Miscellaneous Uses
1. Chewing gum remover - Heat some white vinegar either in the microwave or on the stove top. Saturate the area where the gum is stuck. It will dissolve the gum.
Wow! I didn't realize you could do so much with vinegar. Pinning for later.
ReplyDeletePinned! I knew some of these but not others. Fascinating stuff.
ReplyDeleteI love vinegar and use it a lot but I learned a few new ways to use it here! I can't wait to try the mosquito repellant! Here in GA we need all the help we can get in that department! LOL!
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