Aspartame

[johndh1 0]

The vinegar you get at the market is filtered and strained, but if you get it "organic" it has what looks like sediment floating around in it - this looks nasty, but it's really, really good for you. Organic ACV's have enzymes eccentrically named as "mother". They hold the healing characteristics, and appear to be stringy globs hovering within the bottle. For a more effective approach, shake the vinegar before taking a tablespoon of it so the "mother" will be dispersed all throughout.

In cold weather, I like to put honey in hot water (so it will dissolve) and then add the ACV - it's really good, and good for you.

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[SpeedRacer 1]

wouldn't wine do the same thing as vinegar?

I mean, it turns into vinegar after you drink it & your own enzymes oxidize it.

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[freeflybella 0]

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I know this is an "Aspartame" thread, but you mentioned milk. I use organic rice milk? What do you think about that?

Agave is also a great sweetener to replace syrup and honey.

Rice milk is fine, it's a little nutritionally weak though.

Have you tried almond milk?

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[freeflybella 0]

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The vinegar you get at the market is filtered and strained, but if you get it "organic" it has what looks like sediment floating around in it - this looks nasty, but it's really, really good for you. Organic ACV's have enzymes eccentrically named as "mother". They hold the healing characteristics, and appear to be stringy globs hovering within the bottle. For a more effective approach, shake the vinegar before taking a tablespoon of it so the "mother" will be dispersed all throughout.

In cold weather, I like to put honey in hot water (so it will dissolve) and then add the ACV - it's really good, and good for you.

We're huge fans of kombucha. My 2 year old would drink it day and night if I let him!

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[skydivermom 0]

What great ideas on how to take the apple cider vinegar! Thanks.

Mrs. WaltAppel

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[johndh1 0]

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wouldn't wine do the same thing as vinegar?

I mean, it turns into vinegar after you drink it & your own enzymes oxidize it.

You're right, it will do much the same, but the wine doesn't have "the mother" and a lot of the other stuff particular to the fermented apple opposed to the grape or whatever.

Remember the old saying "an apple a day keeps the doctor away?" That was actually derived from the taking of apple cider vinegar way back.

The wine is good, but the ACV is better.

Oh, and if someone has trouble taking the ACV in water, I always tell people to start with putting it in V-8 - tastes like a Bloody Mary. A lot of the older people who come into the gym are drinking and putting it in their V-8 fruit/vegetable mixes too. I do recommend if you use V-8 or tomato juice that you get the low sodium version, because we all could use a little less salt - I know I could.

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[mnealtx 0]

Thanks, John - I didn't know that.

Something else that I'm sure the PX doesn't carry over here....

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[Ripple 0]

John, thank you for that. I've looked ACV up and I have some on order.
DFWAJG, I looked up raw cacao too. An aphrodisiac hey? It's on my list

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[pinkfairy 0]

There has been so much in the media about how aspartame is bad for you, and how it's totally safe, so I don't know what to think.

What I do know is that it tastes somewhat synthetic in a bad way, so I avoid it for that reason. There's no shortage of naturally sugar free and aspartame free foods and drinks.

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[Ripple 0]

That's exactly how I feel!

Seems that its just common sense (I haven't had much of that...) to avoid anything that is processed or has additives. I'm cutting back on meat too, mainly because unless one goes for completely organic and free range, which is expensive, it's very difficult to tell if one's eating a load of chemicals along with the meat, never mind the farming and butchering process...

If nothing else, it's testing my imagination when it comes to cooking!

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[johndh1 0]

And another practical word of advice on the OACV:

Always shake it upside down really well, and get it mixed up, but then by all means, pour out a bottle full directly into a used-up small plastic water bottle. Use that bottle to pour your daily amount.

The kinds I get, Bragg's and Trader Joe's in the OACV come in glass bottles. If you ever open the fridge and reach for the bigger full Bragg's bottle and the slippery condensation causes it to slip from your hands onto the tile kitchen floor, toward the threshold line where the carpet meets out of the den, you won't want to do that again.

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[DFWAJG 4]

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I know this is an "Aspartame" thread, but you mentioned milk. I use organic rice milk? What do you think about that?

Agave is also a great sweetener to replace syrup and honey.

Rice milk is fine, it's a little nutritionally weak though.

Have you tried almond milk?

I make my own nut milks with my vita-mix. Just soak some nuts overnight. strain, put in the vita-mix and add water. mix. Got milk!

[freeflybella 0]

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I know this is an "Aspartame" thread, but you mentioned milk. I use organic rice milk? What do you think about that?

Agave is also a great sweetener to replace syrup and honey.

Rice milk is fine, it's a little nutritionally weak though.

Have you tried almond milk?

I make my own nut milks with my vita-mix. Just soak some nuts overnight. strain, put in the vita-mix and add water. mix. Got milk!

Really? It's that easy? Soak raw almonds overnight and blend with water? I'm going to try it. Do you sweeten it? My son likes it unsweetened but I prefer it with vanilla added, too.

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[DFWAJG 4]

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I know this is an "Aspartame" thread, but you mentioned milk. I use organic rice milk? What do you think about that?

Agave is also a great sweetener to replace syrup and honey.

Rice milk is fine, it's a little nutritionally weak though.

Have you tried almond milk?

I make my own nut milks with my vita-mix. Just soak some nuts overnight. strain, put in the vita-mix and add water. mix. Got milk!

Really? It's that easy? Soak raw almonds overnight and blend with water? I'm going to try it. Do you sweeten it? My son likes it unsweetened but I prefer it with vanilla added, too.

Sometimes I sweeten it with a date or two. Some people use a nut bag to strain it. I leave the pulp in.

[Oneironaut 0]

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One word - Stevia.

Actually, you might want to avoid stevia. Several studies have shown steviosides to be mutagenic, for instance: Pezzuto et. al. (Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci., 1985, 82:2478-2482). Hence why stevia is banned as a food additive in Canada, the US, and Europe (but still allowed to be sold as a "supplement" in many places).

The health effects of both aspartame and steviosides are likely negligible in the tiny amounts we consume, but personally I'd rather avoid them both and consume sugar in moderation.

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