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Good morning and welcome to Dishing Up Nutrition's new midweek segment called Ask a Nutrition. Now let's get started. Good morning and welcome to Dishing Up Nutrition's

new midweek segment called Ask a Nutritionist. My name is Brandy Burrow and I'm a licensed

and registered dietitian with nutritional weight and wellness. So on today's show, I'll be

answering a nutrition question that we receive from our

Dishing Up Nutrition listeners.

So the question today is, I'm curious to learn more about apple cider vinegar and its

potential benefits to gut health and weight loss.

Well, I think this is a fabulous question because I have seen apple cider vinegar pop up in social

media and different specialty drinks at the grocery store.

So it's definitely trending and I'm sure there's a lot of curiosity about this, not just

this person, but from a lot of our listeners.

So let's talk about what some of these health claims are.

So first off, I would say it is true that apple cider vinegar can benefit gut health.

There's not a lot of published research around this topic, but in our clinical practice,

we have had clients report some improvements with some of their

digestion concerns after trying it. And I'll explain the theory behind why this can be useful for

certain digestive issues. So a lot of the benefit with gut health and apple cider vinegar stems from its acidity.

Apple cider vinegar contains acetic acid and is acidic much like our stomach.

And our stomach needs to maintain a certain level of acid or a pH in order to break down food and digest and absorb those

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