12 Benefits of Vinegar and How to Best Use It

From livening up a salad to increasing digestive power, a splash of vinegar has many healing effects.
12 Benefits of Vinegar and How to Best Use It
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A splash of vinegar in your cooking enhances flavor and provides a range of health benefits.

Health Benefits of Vinegar

Vinegar was used by the Babylonians as an ingredient in cooking, as a preservative, and as a medicine. Today, it is still valued for health and healing.

1. Relieves Fatigue

Vinegar can help break down lactic acid buildup in the body, effectively relieving fatigue, restoring energy, and alleviating shoulder and lower back pain.
A randomized clinical trial found that apple cider vinegar functions similarly to sports drinks by reducing lactic acid buildup after endurance exercise, thereby delaying muscle fatigue.

2. Promotes Glucose Metabolism

Vinegar can burn calories and boost metabolic rate.
Kuo-Pin Wu
Kuo-Pin Wu
Kuo-Pin Wu has practiced traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) for nearly 20 years. Formerly a structural engineer with a master’s degree from a renowned university, he later earned a doctor of medicine degree in TCM. Leveraging his engineering background in logical analysis, he specializes in identifying patterns to diagnose and treat complex diseases. Wu is currently the director of XinYiTang Clinic in Taiwan.
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