Apple Cider Vinegar Side Effects

Serenity, try D-mannose for your uti/bladder problems. In my circle of users, it is 100% effective. They take 700-1400mg a day. It is a simple sugar which attaches to bugs in the bladder and carries them out in urination. Google for full explanation. Can be obtained from any health food store or one of the many catalog/on-line vitamin vendors on Google. Please let us all know how it does for YOU.

Hi: I get yeast infection every time I start ACV after a gap...I don't know the reason, but the same ACV helps relieve it too. For the relief, I use 2 tbsp. of the organic ACV in a jar of water and rinse the affected part with it. I have also tried soaking a face cloth in water and ACV and applying to the effected part for a few minutes. Do this 2-3 times a day for 2 to 3 days and you might be rid of it.

Thank you for your response. Me also..seems like when I stop and then start again I get the infection. Right now they took me off of microbid cause of horrible reactions. dont know what i will do now. I am trying d-mannose to see if it willl help. I will try the application like you said. If anyone has anymore suggestions PLEASE email me. I need all the help I can get now. Thanks and God bless!

This also use to happen to me when I took ACV. However it would occur in my feet. What I started doing was applying coconut oil when this would happen and got GREAT results. I got instant cooling, & relief. Try it on your hands next time around and let me know what happens! - Ezra Gardener

My sister had the same problem. Turns out she was allergic to all types of vinegar.. Try oil pulling with sesame oil: https://www.earthclinic.com/remedies/oil_pulling.html

Dear Sangeetha,

All fermented fruits will have the alcohol effect, tha's why you feel like you are drunk, the side effects will not last very long, drink a lot of water, and if you can get a hold of a fresh coconut, drink a lot of the water, there is nothing better for UTI, and UT related anything. COCONUT water, good, natural refreshing won't cost much $$$ either. Please let me knw how you feel afterword, and regarding your work, it might not even be related with what you took, it might just be the stress of what you were going through.

Hi Ingrid

Thank you for your response. I doubt if we get fresh coconut water here in the Cayman Islands (though I do see plenty of them on the trees), but we do get the canned ones. However, I am allergic to coconut and generally try to avoid it. Stress may be a part of my work related, but it doesnt make you feel drunk and numb all day. I I am feeling drunk and numb even this morning and problems at work have gotten worse and I am seeing my doctor today to understand what's happening to me and to find a cure.

Further to my below post, I must add that I have hypothyroid which seems to have been affected by ACV. I have done blood test for thyroid and the results will come out shortly. The condition I described in my earlier (below) post is called brain fog as stated Cathy's post in the link below:

https://www.earthclinic.com/cures/hypothyroidism.html#COCONUTOIL_22517

I have the exact same condition and have had problems at work due to forgetting, not able to concentrate, etc.

So I guess while ACV did wonders with my kidney stone and food allergies, those with thyroid (in my case hypothyroid) must tread with fear or consult their doctors before using ACV. If I didn't have thyroid, I guess I might have continued taking ACV.

I too have taken 1-2 TAB of ACV, _____'s brand and at first it was great; lost 4 pounds, had clear skin, more energy, no joint pain, eyesight improved etc.. Then, I began noticing that I get dizzy when I take it and got a candida rash on my face. Both went away when I stopped using it. Tested it again one morning and found I was dizzy, my blood pressure and blood sugar shot up, I itched; this was just 1 tablespoon in a huge glass of water. By nightfall, the candida rash was back around the nose and mouth. Conclusion: ACV is great for some but not for all, or all the time. I test it - realized it - eliminated it's DAILY use. Now, I use it only as a medicine when eating badly and when seasonal allergies cause symptoms. Candida is kept very active with VINEGAR plus sugar and wheat in all its forms. I now know that as a life-long carbo addict with thyroid, candida and pre-diabetic issues my DIET had to change. When I'm consistently low carb for at least 2 weeks, my itching, moodiness, hard dry feet, shoulder pain, etc.. diabetic/candida/thyroid symptoms disappear. AND, my eyesight and voice get better. Low carb for me means eating the following daily:

6-8oz of meat or fish
egg yolks (allergic to whites),
raw salad with olive/coconut oil & spices (no vinegar)
unlimited cooked veggies
1 fruit
Gallon of water a day

On this diet I turn into SUPER WOMAN! with consistent weight loss, great memory and energy, AND, no pains or allergies. When seasonal allergies occur or I over-carb, 1 "teaspoon" of ACV before bed eliminates symptoms, but, I get right back on my low carbo diet the next day. Research and test what you are putting into your body and don't be afraid to cut back or eliminate what does not work for YOU ....peace out...CAT

Vinagar did everything it is supposed to do for me. No more constipation, no more dehydration, more energy and loss of weght, however my mind does not function as well, I can't remember the names of the insects I try to classify. I am going to take less and take it in tea to help lose water from my blood to reduce the increase in BP. My blood pressure is too low, but now it goes a bit too high.

I can't understand the inability to concentrate. I am still experimenting and now am taking one teaspoon in a cup of tea with some artifical sugar.

Ted said any brand will do as long as its made from apples. Continue taking it and observe for a few days. Maybe your system is on transition period or healing crisis. Goodluck hope it works.

Dear Renee:

Apple Cider Vinegar may not for some who has metabolic acidosis. A person with low levels of bicarbonates to neutralize the acidity may experience headaches. Therefore, a baking soda is added to neutralize the acid. My experience has been that an acid reflux works similar to that of yeast, which causes gas to rise as it ferments from the stomach. Most fungus yeast like bacterium are destroyed either from increasing the acidity of the stomach acid, or by alkalizing the body sufficient to neutralize them. The second remedy that is used is 2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar plus 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda in 1 glass of water taken twice or three times a day. The resultant pH here is roughly 7.5 pH when it's fully reacted, but will see a 7.0 pH initially. Acid reflux is noticed whenever a saliva 's pH to be below 7, instead of the usual 7.3 and a person has a lot of acid reflux at 6.5, become very weak and insomnia whenever saliva pH is below 6.

The baking soda may raise a little of saliva pH, but the effect is seen more if the potassium bicarbonate or the preferred tripotassium citrate is added along with baking soda. The third remedy I used is 2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar plus 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda plus 1/4 teaspoon of potassium citrate in one glass (or if a person has trouble taking a full glass, then 1/2 glass of water may be necessary). It takes about over a week for the body to neutralize the acidity accumulated in the body and the acid reflux to subside.

A little known information is that most fungus, as in yeast, tend to grow at low acid condition, where the pH is between 4- 5.0. Most healthy person has a pH below 3 whenever the stomach needs to digest food. Starches, peanuts, potatoes and especially low acid food as in orange juice or fruit juice may wosen the condition as pH is acid but not too acid and tends to add fuel to the fire and this is how acid reflux is tested.

The simplest of all remedy I used is baking soda alone, but a newer remedy I may add a small pinch of ammonium bicarbonate or ammonium chloride, which kills the fungus and yeast. However, baking soda alone works, but to effectively raise the esophagus, and throat pH, I may need to add the potassium. The remedy is 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda and 1/4 teaspoon of potassium citrate in at least 1/2 glass of water taken twice a day. This should have least effect on headaches and other problem. A potassium bicarbonate may be substituted. Some other people whose saliva pH is much lower such as 5.5, may require a lot more potassium to normalize the condition however. For example 1/2 teaspoon of baking soda plus 1 teaspoon of potassium citrate in 1 glass of water and taken at least twice a day. A yeast condition or an acid reflux, are quickly killed in some cases with 1/8 teaspoon of ammonium chloride or ammonium bicarbonate alone is possible. However, acid reflux in Thailand is generally rare and hard to find, but I had very few cases and is generally neutralized with the mentioned remedy. A person of acid relfux may also have low chromium, low vanadium, low manganese, low copper and low molybdenum, but the easiest way is to just avoid sweets and starches are the easiest. And then the drinking water we add minerals by simply adding the sea salt, either sea salt as in dead sea, himalayan or even the sea salt they used in fish aquarium, which have clearly labeled minerals on their packages.

The addition of sea salt is between 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon per liter of water. If a drinking water has contaminated with heavy metals, the addition of 1/4 or even 1/8 teaspoon of sea salt will taste unusually salty or metallic. In which case adding to ordinary bottled mineral water would not have this effect and the source of the contamination often comes from bad pipes and rusty or contaminated water faucets. So the sea salt is synergistic with the other remedies mentioned. The addition of baking soda cannot be added with any sea salt, because it has a laxative effect, unless of course a laxative effect is desired due to constipation.

For most headaches I found that excessive calcium and lack of magnesium and especially vitamin c deficiency to be the common cause. If I take 500 mg of sodium ascorbate vitamin C twice a day, all headaches are gone the next day. A high common table salt intake and sometimes too high of sea salt may cause a headache too. The common table salt causes much higher headache where the most common source comes from the all American diets of french fries and potato chips, which are acid, high in calcium and has high fats. Low potassium and low magnesium can cause it too. Too much calcium entering the brain leads to headache and a magnesium is antagonistic so it reduces them. A potassium citrate increases alkalinity as do a baking soda and reduces calcium from leeching of the bones as the blood alkalinity is increased thus reducing the headache that way. So there's many causes of headaches, but these are the major ones. The apple cider vinegar is acid so a body without sufficient alkalinity to neutralize this has high blood calcium as the acidity causes higher leeching from the bones and reaching the brain and it's more worse if the person has low level of vitamin C, the form I prefer is sodium ascorbate, because it's an alkaline form, as opposed to an acid form of vitamin C such as ascorbic acid.

Ted

Dear Renee

Sorry I read your question much late (4months after you posted it) as I was researching on side effects of ACV. I made the same mistake i think sometimes early this year and bought the American's Garden ACV because it is the first thing I saw in the supermarkets. I had not done much research on ACV

My advice (hope it is not late) would be that you look for natural ACV. If I remember well the one I got had 5% citric acid (natural ACV has 5% natural acidity)and i guess it was distilled (of course i did not realize that until i took it and my whole body started aching especially in the joints). With more info I started looking for natural ACV in the few health shops we have here in Nairobi. The one I found is OK and I would therefore advice you to look for health shops in Kampala, you might get lucky to get natural ACV. I do not take it regularly though because it makes me loose weight and I am very petite.

I was however confused because I saw one in one shop labeled "_____s" but the word "organic" was canceled manually with a marker everywhere it appeared on the label. Hope you get the right ACV and all the best. Cess

Hi, Renee. I have 2 suggestions for you. First is to try 5ml (instead of 10ml) of ACV in 500ml water and see if that dosage suits you better. Second is to increase your daily water intake. ACV may be flushing out toxins from your body and without water, the toxins remain in the body and cause problems. So, more water will ensure the toxins are flushed out. Also, tiredness and headaches can be your body's way of telling you that you need more water. Best wishes.

Just wondering if large doses of apple cider vinegar (2 Tablespoons 2-3 times a day) will make a person smell like vinegar, much like garlic does? I work with the public and do not want to be offensive! Thanks for your help!

Once I stopped the vitamin E cream, my face stopped it's rash/sunburn symptoms. I have noticed I am more energetic, but my face is breaking out more! And it's oily! I use to have dry skin. Is it the shea butter soap doing this? Is this suppose to occur? Still drinking the ACV twice daily and using the toner now with BC (aspirin) powder in the mix to help exfoliate and die down the redness and doing this once to twice daily depending how my face feels. Should I wash it off after a few minutes, or keep letting it sit on my face?

What face creams do you recommend with ACV for acne remedy? I have scars already too. ):

TY if anyone can assist me. (:

I suggest you stop everything you are putting on your face. Use a face cleanser of your choice - not the shea butter soap; you are adding more oil to your face and you don' t need that. After you wash your face, then use 100% tea tree oil. Do this at night time only. The smell is very potent, so you don't want to smell like tea tree oil during the day!

In the morning use only water to wash your face. If you need a light moisturizer, check out ___ [drugstore] in their face cleaning section and find one that is good for acne.

Your shea butter soap- use that for your body. I personally use shea butter and vitamin E formula I get from ____ [drugstore], as my moisturizer in the morning - but I don't have major acne problems.

My son was having major bumps on his face from shaving. In addition to changing what type of razor he used, he added tea tree oil to his nightly regimen. His face cleared up!

Tea tree oil is expensive for the little bottle ( get it at ____ or some local pharmacy store like it). The cost is around $13 for 1 fl oz. BUT it lasts a long time! Everytime I would get a pimple or feel one coming. I would put the tea tree oil on and it usually was either gone the next day or smaller. Gone by day two or three.

I had horrible acne for about three months from excessive facials and using too many various facial products. The cure was the the virgin coconut oil.

It has been less than a week since I threw out all my expensive products and switched to virgin coconut oil. I wash my face with a face wash that only has natural ingredients - absolutely no parabens!. Don't over wash your face either. Twice daily - max.

I then apply the virgin coconut oil as often as needed. I understand that your experiencing more oil production, but the virgin coconut oil will help balance.

Another thing to consider - ingesting the virgin coconut oil. Just make sure you don't use refined coconut oil It's not the same.

Good luck.

My first thought was that you might be low in potassium, but as this effect happened to both of you under the same circumstance at the same time, then I wonder if it is indeed the ACV. Are you using an organic type with the "mother" in it? If not, try the organic, and also start smaller - just a teaspoon or two once a day to see how your body handles it, then you can increase it a bit. Please let us know how it goes as it could be relevant to someone else down the line :)

I too have been experiencing extreme leg cramps at night since beginnin ACV, which frightened me. I assumed it might be an extension of the gout for which I was taking acv.

I cured restless leg syndrome. One thing I used was quinine which is in Canada Dry soda water.

Sounds like low magnesium to me... Try magnesium citrate and make sure to keep up your potassium. I've noticed that some people get low iron with ACV and thyroid problems. I believe Ted's original suggestion of 1-2 tsp. Is a great way to start, but for those now experiencing these awful symptoms like memory loss, anemia, leg cramps, etc... I would suggest backing off ACV for a month, then trying again with added minerals like magnesium etc... ACV may cause detox, but if it is painful, lower the dose or stop completely for a few. Peace out, Cat

Hello Laurie,

You might try breaking that tbsp. of ACV down into l teaspoon in a glass of water with meals (3 times a day) to see if that stops the problem of the tongue swelling. If not, you might try Ted's sea salt along with it because I think I read that somewhere in his advice for reducing edema.

To Ruby, Hi Ruby I take apple cider vinegar to cure gall bladder attacks. Is it possible that the honey may be contributing to your side effects? I have a bad reaction to honey sometimes even though it wasn't a problem a few years ago. I would try less acv and no honey next time.

This is about the individuals that are having reactions to honey. If you buy honey in your local grocery store you may be getting honey that comes two or three foreign countries blended together. Always read the labels. Here is another thing about honey. Some of the honey comes from plants that are genetically altered. Why should that be a problem? Well the bees collect the pollen from these genetically altered plants and bring at back to the hive and it is made into honey. That kind of causes people to have allergic reactions. If the honey is local honey it may not be a problem depending if the bees are getting their pollen from plants that are genetically altered or not. Genetically altered plants are not recognized by your body and that honey is not recognized either. I got a hold of some local honey once that was from Mesquite trees. The Trees/bushes have flowers. Fortunately these are not genetically altered and probably won't be/bee.

Hello Jess, What you are describing sounds like petechiae but I don't think that usually turns into brown freckle-like spots. However, if it is petechiae, then you need some rutorbin (also called vitamin P). A good source of it is greenbeans. Another thing you might want to look into is Paul Linus recommendations for cardiovascular health which is vitamin C and L-lysine.

Jess, What it sounds like you are describing is petechia. However, not being able to see your skin, I cannot tell you this with 100% confidence. Petechia occur when the little blood vessels in your skin hemorrhage [ or leak out]small amounts of blood. This results in little red dots forming on your skin. What is happening to you is concerning to me. If you are experiencing petechia, it is possible that you may have a blood disorder. Having too few of platelets in your blood [ platelets make your blood clot] can cause you to bleed. Hence the petechia. I recomend discontinuing the ACV and visiting your doctor to get blood tests done. You want to know the concentration of your platelets. He/she should be able to detect a blood disorder or not. Not to scare you, this of course is the extreme condition. It is just possible that you have an underlying condition already that is being aggravated by the acv and especially the baking soda. Do you have diabetes? Are you a bit overweight? these 2 issues my also affect the red dots being on your lower legs.
Please take care. Feel free to contact me for more information :]
~Andrea. holistic nursing student.

Thank you everyone here at Earth Clinic. I followed your advice and went to get the red dots checked out. The Dr. took a look at it and diagnosed it as petechiae. She asked me questions about allergies and my daily routine. I explained the ACV to her (2 tsps to 16 oz water). She checked my spleen and took several blood samples. As it turns out I am 100% healthy from what the results showed everything was normal, BUT she asked that I keep track of my petechiae outbreaks, if and when they do occur again. (When it happens, what was I doing that day, what may have triggered it, how severe was the outbreak (a few dots or many), etc.) For now it seems that I may just have a petechiae reaction as an allergie to the 2 tsps ACV. So I have reduced it to 1/4 tsps ACV to 16 oz water. I have been doing this for the past 3 days and have had no reaction yet. If it continues this way, after a couple weeks I will go up to 1/2 tsps ACV and continue working my way up to the 2tsps ACV the recipe calls for. Hopefully this way my body gets used to the ACV over time and does not react to it the way it did. Thank you everyone! I love having this forum where we can talk. Thank you again.

I just wanted to add to this in case others experience the same blood spots.

Both acetic acid and sodium bicarbonate are anticoagulants.

Eating high vitamin K foods helps coagulation of the blood. Which in theory should counter the issue.

There could be too many anticoagulant foods and drink in your diet. There are soo many and are supposed to be healthy.

Green tea, cranberry juice, tonic water, chamomile tea, herbs like thyme and oregano, fish oil... I would google search the supplements, food and drink you consume often and check if they are anticoagulants or blood thinners.