The buzz around apple cider vinegar (ACV) for weight loss is everywhere, and honestly, it’s a bit amusing. If it were a miracle cure, it would be flying off the shelves! With that said, I do use ACV daily. I love its taste, and it helps with digestion and blood sugar regulation.
Here’s the scoop: ACV is made by fermenting apples with yeast and bacteria, turning the sugars into acetic acid. This acetic acid, making up 5-6% of ACV, is thought to aid fat burning, lower blood sugar, and improve cholesterol levels.
The malic acid in the Apple Cider Vinegar opens up the bile ducts, which helps with the breakdown of fat. Iodine enhances these results, as iodine is needed to help take the fat out of the body.
Personally, I have not noticed a strong link between ACV and weight loss, but I have noticed it helps with digestion and blood sugar regulation. Furthermore, due to my daily intake of ACV, gallstones tend to not build up in my system like in most people, as the malic acid breaks down stones and opens the bile ducts from the gallbladder.
One consideration is too much ACV can turn the body too acidic if you are already running acidic from poor diet and stress. Furthermore, all vinegars are high histamine, so you may have a higher histamine reaction from the ACV. The spike protein has increased histamine intolerance for many, myself included. While ACV can aid digestion due to low stomach acid, its overall acidity might exacerbate issues if you’re already acidic.
Remember, there’s no magic bullet for weight loss. Be wary of any method promising results without reducing calories or increasing physical activity. If you’re curious about ACV, give it a try, but keep these points in mind!
Potential Side Effects of Apple Cider Vinegar
Apple cider vinegar (ACV) has some notable side effects:
- Delayed Stomach Emptying: ACV may slow down how quickly food leaves your stomach, potentially worsening gastroparesis symptoms like heartburn, bloating, and nausea, especially in people with diabetes.
- High Histamine: ACV is high in histamine, which can trigger symptoms in people with histamine intolerance—a condition becoming more common due to the spike protein.
- Digestive Issues: Some people may experience indigestion, including nausea and decreased appetite when consuming ACV.
- Erosion of Tooth Enamel: The acetic acid in ACV can damage tooth enamel. To minimize this, consider drinking it through a straw.
- Drug Interactions: ACV can interact with medications, including:
- Diabetes Medications: May cause dangerously low blood sugar or potassium levels.
- Digoxin: May lower potassium too much when combined with ACV.
- Certain Diuretics: Can lead to excessively low potassium levels.
While ACV has some health benefits, it’s essential to be aware of these potential side effects and consult with a healthcare provider if you have any concerns.
When it comes to weight loss, it’s not about drinking apple cider vinegar or following a specific diet like low-carb, high-carb, or carnivore. The key is to fix your broken metabolism. But what causes a broken metabolism?
What Causes a Broken Metabolism?
To effectively achieve weight loss, it’s essential to address and remove the factors that cause a broken metabolism. Here’s a detailed look at what contributes to metabolic dysfunction:
Stress
- Impact: Elevated cortisol levels disrupt metabolic processes.
- Result: Increased fat storage and impaired energy utilization.
PUFAs (Polyunsaturated Fats)
- Sources: Found in processed foods, artifical butter, salad dressings, fried foods, chicken, pork, nuts, seeds, seed oils, and fatty fish.
- Impact: Inhibit energy production, increase energy demands, and decrease energy utilization efficacy.
- Result: Lead to mitochondrial dysfunction, reduced fat oxidation, and increased carbohydrate reliance, which enlarges fat cells.
Iodine Deficiency
- Impact: Essential for thyroid and mitochondrial function.
- Result: Impaired detoxification of cells and reduced ATP production, leading to energy deficits.
Radiation
- Sources: Non-ionizing and ionizing sources.
- Impact: Increases insulin resistance, oxidative stress, and DNA damage.
- Result: Causes digestive issues and mitochondrial decline.
Xeno-estrogens
- Sources: Found in herbicides, pesticides, fungicides, plastics, and parabens.
- Impact: Mimic estrogen, disrupting hormone balance.
- Result: Cause mitochondrial decline, low energy, and weight gain.
Leaky Gut
- Impact: Toxins from processed foods and environmental factors damage the gut lining.
- Result: Promotes the growth of harmful bacteria, releasing endotoxins that impair mitochondrial function.
Processed Foods
- Impact: Contains toxins, GMOs, artificial flavors, and refined sugars.
- Result: Destroy gut health and mitochondrial function, leading to overeating and weight gain.
MSG
- Sources: Common in processed foods to enhance flavor.
- Impact: Increases appetite and lowers metabolic function.
- Result: Leads to weight gain.
Fluoridated Water
- Impact: Competes with iodine, which is crucial for thyroid function.
- Result: Lowers ATP production and inhibits mitochondrial health, leading to weight gain.
Diet Sodas
- Impact: Contain artificial sweeteners and are extremely acidic.
- Result: Increase weight gain and risk of metabolic syndrome by lowering cellular energy and increasing appetite.
Spike Protein
- Impact: Dysregulates the ACE2 enzyme receptor in the liver.
- Result: Causes water retention, insulin dysregulation, oxidative stress, inflammation, and hormonal imbalance.
Copper Deficiency
- Impact: Essential for regulating uric acid and preventing insulin resistance.
- Result: Increased processed food consumption and spike protein deplete copper, leading to metabolic issues and weight gain.
Addressing these factors by removing toxins, ensuring proper nutrition, and managing stress can help restore a healthy metabolism and support effective weight loss.
How To Fix a Broken Metabolism
The goal is to increase ATP and mitochondrial health to help with that broken metabolism. Below are the top three supplements to do so.
Acceleradine® Iodine
Iodine boosts ATP production by 18 times and is crucial for mitochondrial health. A deficiency can lead to mitochondrial failure. Iodine also enhances fat oxidation, helping to target fat loss efforts like those with apple cider vinegar. It supports liver and blood detoxification, improving metabolism, hormone balance, blood sugar regulation, and cellular hydration. It aids in detoxifying cells from toxins and radiation, even repairing DNA damage caused by the Spike Protein. These benefits help reduce insulin resistance and uric acid levels.
Acceleradine® iodine stands out as the only monatomic, radiation-free iodine supplement with 100% absorption, enriched with scalar frequencies. The Scalar frequencies increase the efficacy of the supplement beyond any other. Unlike other iodine supplements from toxic sources, Acceleradine® reduces the body’s toxic burden.
Accelerated Fast
The ingredients in Accelerated Fast are designed to shift your body into ketosis, where it burns fat for fuel. Here’s how it works:
- Burns Fat Efficiently: Converts liver fat into an easily burnable form, reducing insulin resistance and uric acid.
- Curbs Cravings: Suppresses urges for sugar and processed foods, which are culprits in increasing insulin resistance and fatty liver.
- Reduces Inflammation: Lowers oxidative stress, improving insulin sensitivity.
- Boosts ATP Production: Increases cellular energy by 10 times, unlike fructose which actually depletes ATP.
This helps your body effectively burn fat while preserving muscle and maintaining energy levels.
Accelerated Thyroid®
Nine out of ten people have suboptimal thyroid function, leading to weight gain, fatigue, and water retention. The ingredients in Accelerated Thyroid® tackle these issues head-on by boosting metabolism and fat burning, reversing fatigue and hypothyroidism, and detoxifying the thyroid. These benefits collectively support weight loss and overall well-being, helping to combat obesity effectively.
Accelerated Scalar Copper®
Copper is essential in combating insulin resistance, managing uric acid levels, and addressing obesity through several pathways:
- Polyol Pathway Inhibition: Copper blocks the conversion of glucose to sorbitol and fructose, balancing uric acid levels and preventing insulin resistance and weight gain.
- Triglyceride and Liver Fat Regulation: Copper helps maintain healthy levels of triglycerides and liver fat, reducing insulin resistance.
- Fat Metabolism: Copper is vital for breaking down and utilizing fat efficiently.
- PDE3 Enzyme Inhibition: Copper inhibits the PDE3 enzyme, promoting fat burning.
- Fat Cell Metabolism: Adequate copper levels ensure proper processing of fats and sugars in fat cells.
- Iron and Oxidative Stress Regulation: Copper helps manage iron in the blood, reducing oxidative stress and maintaining healthy uric acid levels.
Accelerated Scalar Copper® is unique for its 100% absorption rate, enhanced with proprietary Scalar technology and healing frequencies, making it highly effective compared to other supplements.
Sara Banta
Sara Banta is a Stanford University Graduate with a Degree in Economics and Psychology, and a certified Natural Supplement Expert & Graduate of the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. Sara is the Founder of Accelerated Health Products and host of the health & wellness podcast, Accelerated Health Radio.
