Sunday, January 18, 2009

Good Health and Vinegar

By Boston B Stevenson

Vinegar has been used for more than ten thousand years and documented history tells us that vinegar has been an important condiment. Uses of vinegar range from beauty aides, effective germ fighter, preservative, antiseptic and general medicine. People have used vinegar to improve their health for decades. Vinegar is not a new idea as it has been used in worldwide cultural medicines for many years aiding the health of animals and humans alike.

Improving your health with vinegar is easy. Vinegar, when naturally fermented contains no fat, has low salt content and a rich source of trace elements, vitamins and minerals including sulphur, magnesium, iron, calcium, phosphorus plus enzymes. All in all a natural way to approach a feeling of wellness.

Over processed and over heated brands which are diluted and highly filtered are not the best option when buying vinegar to improve your health. Reading the labels and lchecking for the words organic, pure, unfiltered, or aged in wood. These varieties may be overlooked in a supermarket and are more likely to be found in a health food shop but may cost you more.

There are many types of vinegar with different flavors and aromas and personally I prefer the taste of the sweet dark, expensive balsamic vinegars to those found in the supermarket. One of the most nutritious vinegars is apple cider vinegar, but vinegar can also be made from potatoes, melons, honey, molasses, beets, sorghum, maple syrup, cactus, grapes and coconuts.

Even as far back as the Stone Age vinegar was used as a means of getting healthy, and Greek and Roman soldiers used it as a source of power and strength, as did Japanese Samurai warriors. It is excellent for digesting high protein meals and heavy foods and may explain why it is a favorite with "Fish and Chips" one of the favored foods in our diet, and the mint sauce accompaniment with Lamb.

Looking at other ways to improve your health with vinegar brings us to taking stock of a short list with more information in further articles to come: Effective fighter of bacterial and fungal infections Dandruff and flaky scalp rinse. Enzymes to help keep your gallbladder healthy Aides indigestion and liver stagnation Painful arthritis and osteoporosis even aides memory loss For the relief athlete's foot when used in a footbath Ear infections in children Blood pressure regulator Dietary aide in losing weight

Using vinegar as a preventative measure against backache, can also improve your health especially if you are a keen gardener. Vinegar used in the garden will kill those prolific nuisance weeds like Clover, Dandelion, Thistle and Ragweed. When you use Vinegar as an organic form of weed control there are multiple health benefits while you get rid of weeds. Chemical weed killers are likely to spread to the surrounding areas and poison the adjacent plants or grass. This means you not only kill the weed but also ruin your garden and lawn. Toxic chemicals are found in many of today's synthetic weed killers. These chemicals be extremely dangerous not only to us, but also to our pets and the wildlife in our gardens.

If you are interested in organic gardening then vinegar is considered biodegradable and therefore comes into this category. I have it on good authority that there is no need to worry Worried about the PH levels in your soil when using vinegar? Well there is no need, because although vinegar decreases PH levels it is an organic substance and it will restore to its original PH within two days.

Therefore you can improve your health with vinegar, keep your garden weed free and thriving, without the backache of pulling each weed by hand - 16955

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