Hello and

I'm so glad you tuned in today.

I'm Monica Reinagle and I'm so glad you tuned in today.

This week's show was prompted by an email from James,

who wrote,

Can you review which of the many health benefits

attributed to apple cider vinegar

have actually been proven scientifically.

Would these benefits also apply to other vinegars?

And is there any extra benefit to consuming unpasteurized vinegar?

You know, every time I think that the apple cider

vinegar craze has finally settled down, another magazine article or website or

a new product line proves me wrong.

Apple cider vinegar does have a few things going for it,

but as you might have suspected, its powers have been vastly overhiked

in the popular imagination.

Let's get the bad news out of the way first.

Here are a few things that apple cider vinegar

probably won't do for you.

Number one, it's not going to magically melt the fat from your body. As I talked about in a

podcast from way back in 2009, the acidic acid in vinegar has been shown to boost metabolism and cause you to burn an extra calorie or two.

And that's true of any vinegar, by the way, not just apple cider vinegar.

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