hi guys welcome to another episode of
sugar md
youtube channel for diabetics today
we are going to talk about apple cider
vinegar
if you haven't asked this question
before at least you must have heard
somebody talking about it
but it's benefits about diabetes
benefits about weight loss
is that real let's talk about it this is
dr ahmed ergin
i'm an endocrinologist and a diabetes
education specialist in florida
and i'm here to help you understand
diabetes better
let's get started
so guys apple cider vinegar
so there's a lot of things out there of
course apple cider vinegar is on the
shelf in the market supermarket right
you can go buy that
you can buy apple cider vinegar gummies
you know some people who hate apple
cider vinegar
and then they kind of hope a lot of
things to come from this apple cider
vinegar
so what do you really expect from apple
cider vinegar let's talk about the
benefits first
so apple cider vinegar that is true it
can help with the weight loss how does
it do that
so primarily most people will consume
apple cider vinegar who want to lose
weight
in a glass of water they will put a
tablespoon of apple cider vinegar for
example and
they can put some lime juice or lemon
juice whatever
to make it taste better and they
typically drink it before the meal
and to be honest with you if you are
drinking a glass of water every time
before the meal you are going to end up
eating less
but the acetic acid in the vinegar also
makes you feel
four faster and also apple cider vinegar
can actually
slow the emptying of the stomach which
also helps because then you're going to
stay full
longer now we never recommend taking
apple cider vinegar
by itself because it can really cause a
lot of harm on your teeth and so forth
or in your stomach we'll talk about in a
minute but if you're having apple cider
vinegar either having a glass of water
before the meals have it in your salad i
love apple cider vinegar and lemon
as a dressing on my salad and i believe
that is the best way to do it i'm not a
big fan of making
drinks that doesn't taste very good i
rather use apple cider vinegar in a
tasty way and i
love eating salad i eat salad almost
every dinner
and i think that's the best way to do
and actually i eat salad sometimes twice
a day
i typically order some sort of salad for
my lunch as well
so i think that's the best way to do it
but
definitely helps with the weight loss it
also helps with the cholesterol if you
have high triglyceride
for example that can definitely help
that there's a lot of
healthy bacteria that comes with apple
cider vinegar
and these are probiotics and as you know
you know instead of
buying expensive probiotics you know you
can just use apple cider vinegar on your
dressing
on your salad dressing or you know just
drink
once or twice a day that can also help
greatly
now does it really help with
diabetes well the studies show that
there are
benefits but it's very mild
modest whatever you call it um
maybe five percent change in your
fasting blood sugars and so forth
i mean it may not be necessarily the
greatest
anti-diabetic help out there but
given that there are so many other
benefits you know the heart benefits
cholesterol benefits the probiotic
benefits
and actually i forgot to mention there
is antibacterial and antiviral benefits
so it boosts your immune system
so it helps fight infections as well
so since there are so many other
benefits as a diabetic
and you know your immune system is not
that great you know that you're
susceptible to infections you know your
cholesterol may not be the best
so i think apple cider vinegar kind of
fits a nice space there in your
treatment
again it's not a miracle thing it is
just another way of taking care of
yourself
you can call it a supplement to your
diet you know and i think at the end of
the day
that's what you want you want to
surround yourself with healthy food
and healthy things and healthy lifestyle
nothing is
miracle you have to we have to
learn to get to the healthy lifestyle
eat healthy drink healthy and control
your diabetes that way
now after we talk about these benefits
let's talk about
the potential harm so if you are again
having it in a shot form like you just
drink it by itself without any dilution
that can really cause significant harm
to your teeth because
it's extremely acidic the acetic acid in
the apple cider vinegar
can really be harmful to your teeth and
also your stomach especially if you have
stomach ulcers or if reflux disease and
so forth
you have to be very careful when you're
consuming high doses of apple cider
vinegar
now who else needs to be careful if you
have advanced kidney disease
too much of this apple cider vinegar
because of the acidity
can be a problem because
your kidneys may not be able to get rid
of the acidity that is already
present in your system and if you add
more load to a system that's already
overloaded
then the acidity level in your blood may
go high and definitely that's not going
to make you feel good
i think overall it's a good thing to add
to your diet
i love apple cider vinegar especially on
my salad
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