Six health and beauty benefits of apple cider vinegar

Apple cider vinegar has been used in homesteads for a variety of activities for a long time. This essential vinegar is made from apples, sugar and yeast and has many benefits; from health, beauty, cleaning and cooking.

It is made by crushing apples and squeezing out the liquid and adding bacteria and yeast to ferment. Although apple cider vinegar has little known nutritional value, its properties earn it a place in most kitchens for salad dressings and food preservation.

As proven by studies, apple cider vinegar also has many health and beauty benefits and many people have learnt to integrate it in their daily uses. This is due to its antioxidant, antibacterial, antiseptic and antifungal properties. Some of the reasons you might need to get a bottle of this apple cider vinegar are;

Body odour

Your underarms have among the most apocrine sweat glands on the body. These glands produce sweat that is easily broken down by odor-causing bacteria on the skin leaving you with a sweaty lasting odour.  Dabbing a little amount of apple cider vinegar under your armpits will naturally balance out your armpit ph. You may also add several drops to your bath water to get a lasting freshness all day long.

Acne

Sometimes the acne on your face occurs when the beauty products you use disrupt the normal acidity of your skin. Luckily for you, the acetic acid in apple cider vinegar has both antibacterial and keratolytic properties that will restore the natural acidity hence wiping acne off your face. You should dilute it before using to avoid burns.

Healthy hair

From preventing hair loss, treating an irritated scalp and removing hair products build up to restoring your scalp’s ph. Using apple cider vinegar will leave your hair feeling taken care of. This is because its anti-fungal and anti-bacterial properties help combating scalp infections, dryness, and itchiness keeping dandruff at bay.

Skin soother

Everyone desires and deserves a smooth silky skin. Apple cider vinegar makes this possible as it contains alpha hydroxyl acids which exfoliate dead skin buildup paving way to healthy new skin cells. Dabbing dilute amounts of this product to your skin once in a while restores the proper ph. levels to your skin, while beta-carotene helps to counter future skin damage.

Smelly feet

Sometimes your feet will have a lingering odour from either working in closed shoes for long, bad shoes choice or underlying health issues. Apple cider vinegar steps in to help you fight this problem and restore your confidence by fighting off bacteria that cause smelly feet. Soaking your feet in a mixture of water and ACV is a sure way to achieve this.

Whiten teeth

We all want a set of dazzling white teeth, don’t we? Apple cider vinegar might be your one ticket to that since its acetic acid helps remove plaque from teeth and cure stains caused by smoking or drinking red wine or coffee. Remember to use it sparingly and dilute to avoid damage to your gum as it may burn.