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Q. Do you have any information about apple cider vinegar mixed with honey for stiff joints? I have mixed a cup of vinegar with a cup of honey in a gallon jug and then filled it up with cold water. But I don’t know how much of this to take in a day. I would appreciate any other information about remedies for stiff joints.
A. Several recipes involving apple cider vinegar date back more than a century. Famous Texan Sam Houston supposedly drank a daily half-cup of a mixture of 5 parts grape juice, 3 parts apple juice and 1 part cider vinegar.
Other remedies for stiff joints include pineapple, grape or pomegranate juice, spices such as ginger or turmeric and herbs such as boswellia or stinging nettle.
We are sending you our Guide to Alternatives for Arthritis with more apple cider vinegar recipes plus other remedies for stiff joints.
I made a drink of red grape juice, apple juice and apple cider vinegar for years. It was available in a supermarket in Florida for a long time under the label of "Joggin' in a Jug" but haven't seen it for years so - I made my own. Somehow, after all the traveling, I forgot about it but, thanks to your information, will make it again. I am 80 years 'young', with arthritis in hands, shoulders, knee, back and neck but am still 'ticking' and play golf. I take one other thing for arthritis and it
combines glucosamine, Vit.D3, MSM, Bromelain, Turmeric, Devil's Claw, Boswelia - a tablespoon at bedtime.
I have been using your recipe of white raisins soaked in gin for over a year now to alleviate the arthritis pain in my fingers. If I miss only two days, the pain returns. Thanks again for the recipe.
Of course apple cider vinegar is excellent for your health. It is a potent anti fungal. Much of what we suffer from is fungal related, given our high sugar diet. Sugar and carbs just feed the hungry fungus and yeast overgrowths inside us. Just take the apple cider vinegar, no other vinegar, preferably raw apple cider vinegar, and even skip the sugar-laden honey, and you will feel a lot better.
I use vinegar for a lot of ailments. I gargle with it for a sore throat, use it for nausea and stomach upsets. I drink it when I feel like I am having a "sugar high". It is also good for sunburn and I have used it to help heal sores. People laugh at me but it works!
I enjoyed reading your comments about apple cider vinegar and the combination of apple juice, and grape juice to help aching joints. I have rheumatoid arthritis,osteo arthritis and fibromylgia, therefore, I am very interested in anything that will help relieve the pain.
As a Dental Hygienist, I caution my patients about the tonic use of vinegar (an acid) with any type of sweetener (honey, juices, sugars) and the dramatically increased potential for tooth decay, especially if the mixture is consumed several times during the day. The formation of dental plaque is much greater with the sugars and the acid helps to break down the tooth surfaces fast. Just be sure to brush the teeth after taking this or take it only with meals, brushing carefully afterward. Flossing once a day really helps, too.
I started using pure, unfiltered ACV a few weeks ago and sweeten it with organic blackstrap molasses. I used it initially to help my skin which always seems to be breaking out (and I am 52!). Within a few days, my skin began looking much better and I had more energy too. I also noticed that I seemed to be breathing easier and my thinking was better and more clear.
I read a post somewhere where a woman was helped with her hot flashes by using the Blackstrap molasses and I realized that I have been having much fewer of them also since the ACV and Molasses mixture. Anyone else have information about molasses reducing hot flashes? I am also hoping for some improvement with my hip and knee pain, but as of yet, it remains. I have no diagnosis for this pain.