Apple cider vinegar: the ultimate panacea – or wildly overhyped?

It has been said to kill E coli, reduce cholesterol, lower blood sugar and aid weight loss. But not all health experts are convinced of its powersFeeling peckish one day in 2017, Darshna Yagnik, an immunologist and lecturer in biomedical science at Middlesex University, took a punt on something that had been lurking at the back of the fridge. She soon regretted it and started feeling queasy. Desperate to avoid food poisoning, she racked her brains for something that might help – and remembered the bottle ofapple cider vinegar (ACV) in the cupboard. She decided to glug a diluted shot. “Immediately, I felt like there was something going on, combating the bacteria,” she says. “My stomach was gurgling and after about 10 minutes it started feeling soothed. After about half an hour or an hour, I felt much better.”At that moment, she realised she was using her own body for research. “I was thinking: what is going on with this apple cider vinegar? This is possibly having an effect onE coli. Let me test it in the laboratory. ” She went on to do “a multitude of experiments” throughout the pandemic, resulting ina 2021 paper demonstrating that ACV killsE coli andMRSA in petri dishes almost as effectively as common antibiotics. However, it is not clear how this would translate to the human body.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - Category: Science Authors: Tags: Health & wellbeing Microbiology Food Life and style Immunology Diabetes Diets and dieting E coli Source Type: news