you know i've been having a lot of fun with my new research tool um called illicit.org if you haven't heard about this it's a great search engine that allows you to reach out to 200 million papers to find information that is very difficult to find when you do just general google searches and of course i did a deep dive on apple cider vinegar i wanted to see if there's any additional benefits that i haven't mentioned in other videos now the main acid in apple cider vinegar is called acetic acid and your microbes make acetic acid
in fact acetic acid is the most abundant short chain fatty acid now what do i mean short chain fatty acid well your microbes by digesting fiber make this byproduct and it just so happens that acetic acid is one of them in fact it's the one that's over 50 so yes vinegar is a type of fatty acid which is fascinating so this acetic acid is like fuel for your colon cells in other words 70 of the energy that is needed from your colon cells are received from these short chain fatty acids and our human cells get
about 10 percent of its energy from these short chain fatty acids and this is why i mentioned in other videos that apple cider vinegar can improve your energy now you know why and in the other videos i talked about the benefits of an apple cider vinegar or your blood sugars okay decreasing the ph to make things more acidic to decrease pathogens because it's a very powerful antimicrobial and because it helps insulin resistance it can help lipids cholesterol triglycerides fatty liver and of course this relates to a lessening of your belly fat as well as decreasing
your appetite and improving overall digestion but let's talk about the benefits that you may have never heard about number one the acetic acid and apple cider vinegar is a very potent anti-inflammatory especially in your gut so of course you would want to dilute apple cider vinegar with water like a maybe a teaspoon or a tablespoon you're not going to drink it down in its concentrated form because that's going to irritate your tissues so we're just talking about diluting this acid number two apple cider vinegar helps support mucin which is part of the immune barrier in
your colon to help regulate the immune system and keep the pathogens from crossing this very important barrier so apple cider vinegar can help prevent a leaky gut number three apple cider vinegar has additional things not just acetic acid it has what's called phenolic compounds like catechin caffic acid gallic acid etc etc now these compounds actually have the potential to inhibit the formation of beta amyloids in alzheimer's patients the plaquing in your brain these compounds also significantly can improve your cognitive function and number four and this is interesting certain medical procedures actually use acetic acid to
inject directly into tumors to shrink them so acetic acid and apple cider vinegar has an anti-cancer effect number five acetic acid in alps of vinegar can prevent the overgrowth of candida in someone's dentures number six it can be used for fungus in the ear this is called otomycosis where this fungus or candida is is living in the external part of your ear number seven apple cider vinegar is beneficial for something called a topic dermatitis so it helps inflammation of your skin of course you're going to dilute apple cider vinegar maybe a teaspoon and a 12
ounce glass of water and then apply that to your skin it can help reduce inflammation so not only is apple cider vinegar good for the immune barrier in your gut but the immune barrier on your skin number eight i found a study that showed that apple cider vinegar can help inhibit plaque formation in your arteries that's wild and number nine apple cider vinegar is hepatoprotective it helps protect the liver against certain heavy metals like cadmium and aluminum and also helps protect the liver against certain unfriendly microbes so apple cider vinegar is just an amazing home
remedy that you can use for a lot of different things now if you haven't seen my video on apple cider vinegar the one that got 14 million views i put it up right here check it out
