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Sandy (In the sticks, Nevada) on 11/25/2007:
ACV is the first thing we reach for when our tummies feel out of sorts. A tablespoon of ACV in a tall glass of water has helped us many times and usually very quickly. We try to take it the minute we get that feeling of sickness. Just sip it and take it easy until you start to feel better. I have had it work almost immediately -- sometimes it takes up to an hour. I wish I had known about ACV years ago, as I am prone to food poisoning.
I thought I had food poisoning yesterday morning from a brunch buffet the previous day. I was vomitting and had diarrhea. I really believed the ACV would work, after reading the testimonials. 3 times during the day I took 2 tablespoons of ACV. Each time, I held it down for about 10-20 minutes, then I vomitted. Everything I consumed that day, including pepto bismol, I vomitted after taking the ACV. I finally went to the doctor and was so dehydrated that they had to put me on IV to rehydrate before releasing me. Then they injected Zorphin (?), an anti-nausea medication, and had me sip pedialite every 20 minutes, and I felt much better. I was disappointed to learn ACV doesn't work for everyone. I appreciate the site, though.
After a long night and a trip to a fast food restaurant, I woke up at around 3am vomiting every half hour or so. I have had food poisoning in the past and have always thought I had to let it run it's course. What a miserable feeling! My boyfriend and I were in town visiting his mother, so that morning we went to her house were I continued to be ill and quite miserable. His mom saw that I was in a lot of pain and wanted to find a remedy for me. Shortly after searching the internet,she and my boyfriend went to the local grocery store and purchased the store brand acv for me. Within minutes after taking the 2 tbsp. I went from feeling horrible and sick to my stomach to feeling like a new person and full of energy. I was ill once more after taking the acv, but I had felt it coming on before I took it, and after that I was done vomiting and revitalized. To this day I tell everyone about this great cure whether or not they have food poisoning. I want to spread the word and make sure no one goes through that terrible experience unecessarily. Thank you for posting this helpful information.
Stella (Chelmsford, Essex, England UK) on 10/06/2007:
I had explosive diarrhoea for a period of 4 weeks travelling in China from Beijing to Xian. No chemicals did anything but treat the symptoms. Upon returning home and taking an anti-biotic the diarrhoe went from explosive to less explosive. Test came back a "virus". I was getting really down by this and starting trawling th intenet. I came upon this site and through I'd try the cider vinegar - what did I have to lose. After my first dose I felt a difference right away. My stomach felt "different". I continued with the cider vinegar and 3 months later, I am completely cured. It didn't happen overnight for me as I had 4 weeks in China to recover from. But I am so grateful for finding this site. I'm also thankful for all the comments that persuaded me to give it a try. Thanks to all those who posted comments as you certainly gave me the confidence to give it a go - your comments cured me!
Excellent! I've been suffering for about 24 hours with food poisoning - the cramping and diarrhea have been the worse part for me. About an hour ago, I left work to pick up the AVC and baking soda. I'm feeling much better now. The cramping subsided within about 30 minutes.
ACV cures food poisoning. Had a bad stomach pain and diarrhea after eating a grilled barbecue meat chicken and steak. Had to go to hospital prescribed antibiotic for bacterial salmonella. It sure help and cured it. Then it happened again, I felt same symptoms next day. This time i took 2 teaspoon nondiluted acv. It cured it instantly within one minute.
My brother was feeling really terrible - dizziness, pounding headaches and queasiness in AM - by noon, he could barely drive or walk. He had diarrhea and a sour stomach that later turned to constant vomiting. I was scared, because I have never seen my brother so sick - he is a 10 time marathon runner, cyclist & an extremely healthy & strong person. He said that he thought that he had gotten food poisoning. I went on the internet and found this site that described the symptoms and cure. I told him to take 2-tablespoons of ACV ...he was hesitant, because the thought of it made his stomach feel even worst. I read to him the other stories on this site while he was on the bathroom floor by the toilet. It wasn't too long 'til he mustered up the guts to take the ACV because he could feel the vomiting symptoms coming back and in less than 10 minutes after taking the ACV - he was already feeling better and could feel his system stabilizing. By 30-minutes later, he was @ almost a 100% recovery. He says that when he travels - he will always make sure that one of those 3-ounce liquid containers that TSA allow you to carry on will be 3-ounce of ACV!!!
After 3 days of agony I jumped online to see if there were any home remedies for food poisoning. I think i ate bad meat or it came from eating an apple, either way the pain was unbearable. After reading this remedy from this site my darling husband went and found some Apple cider vinegar from the supermarket.. i was prepared for a burning sensation as others suggested it would be like, but i like vinegar so i found it quite nice and no burning whatsoever. the results were pretty much immediate although a little groggy which I think is due to being dehydrated,' the pains in my tummy have gone and i feel 100% better than what i did before. I only wish i knew of this 3 days ago.. thanks to everyone who has posted..I truley reccommend this home remedy!
I have been suffering from acute food poisoning for 4 hours now. Ironically, I contracted it eating a salad I made with nonorganic apple cider vinegar, approx, 3 tablespoons, for the dressing. So either I would be in the hospital now if I hadn't had the ACV, or this cure doesn't seem to help everyone.
A week ago, I was working outside, got too hot, had all the signs of a heat stroke and apparently some sort of poisoning - food or other - inhalation or absorbtion - and have been violently ill ever since. For a week, I have not even kept water down - going at both ends several times a day - lost more than 7 lbs in a week. About 2 days ago I found this website and had my husband buy some Apple Cider Vinegar - it sat on the counter for a day until I could get up enough courage to even sip it - since every thing I swallow comes back up violently. Plus I didn't know if I could take it when I had eaten something or when to take it - then I read several more of these stories and decided I could at least get 2 tablespoons down. And I did - and don't do as I did and put it off. It is no big deal - one tablespoon at a time is squat. I began to feel better about 30-45 minutes later. Now it's been a couple of hours and I feel better than I have in a week - I couldn't even hardly hold my head up - I literally slept 20 hours out of every day - Whatever you do, don't wait, get the Apple Cider Vinegar down - I was shocked - but it stayed down for me. I'm getting ready to eat - and really really looking forward to it!
This is the second time your ACV remedy for food poisoning has bailed me out. It usually hits me the same - about 11 PM to Midnight I wake up with cold sweat and my stomach in a knot. I used to know that I was in for a long night of agony riding it out. But the 2 tbsp. of vinegar straight down the hatch is a miracle. The first time you will think you are never going to catch your breath - it is that strong. But in a half hour when you can lay down without heaving, you will be glad you took it. Remember the baking soda rinse, too. New teeth can be expensive!
Last night I ate some hot dogs that had been in the freezer for a while. About 4 hours later I woke with explosive diarrhea and a sour stomach. Fearing I was on the brink of food poisoning I went to the local market and got ACV and baking soda to rinse my mouth with. Reading the testimonials I was apprehensive that drinking the ACV would be a terrible experience. As I drank it I remembered that it was what I put on my fish and chips! didn't taste too bad. It did take my breath away though! The foaming of the baking soda rinse was different but a needed experience to save my teeth. So far so good - There was little burning (like taking a shot of whiskey or other strong liquor) but it turned into a nice warm fuzzy feeling in my gut. Thanks for having this available to the public to read and share! Mike
My boyfriend just came home from work complaining of being sick. Throwing up, diarrhea and severe back pain. He never gets sick so I suspected something he ate but the back pain threw me off. I came across this site and found the ACV remedy. So far,so good. He has stopped whining and is now asleep. I'm guessing the back pain was from throwing up pretty hard. Wish I had known about this last year when I got food poisoning from under cooked corn dogs.
I got some kind of food poisoning. I woke up with terrible dizziness and queasiness this AM. Must have been something I ate last night. Nothing came up, but I was dropping a lot out the other end, but not diarrhea . (Sorry for the graphic description.) I went online for cures for food poisoning and everyone was raving about the quick relief from apple cider vinegar. I shot some down and it worked! Some relief in 15-20 minutes. I'm a believer. Extra acid to help the stomach out I guess. Then brushed my teeth with a baking soda toothpaste to save the enamel. Thanks! Pass the word around to help anyone suffering the awful effects of food poisoning.
My boyfriend came home from the pub very drunk last night and was very hungry. So he put together a turkey sandwich with ingredients from the fridge, eat it and then went to bed. An hour later I woke up to him bolting out of the room to go to the toilet. For the next half an hour he was vomiting ferociously and his diarrhea was diabolical! I asked him what he had eaten and he said he'd made a turkey sandwich. I was a bit confused as I hadn't actually cooked any turkey! I went to look in the fridge and he'd made the sandwich out of raw turkey...what a donkey! So I searched the net and found this site, so I rushed to the 24hr convenience store and got some ACV. He took 2 tablespoons in a shot glass and thought he was going to through up for the next 10 mins, but managed to keep it all down. He is now lying in bed feeling fine...although i do have to say that his wind is still the worst thing i have ever smelt! Hopefully he'll be going to the toilet soon to get rid of all that raw turkey he consumed. What an idiot! Thanks for the tip it worked a treat...I keep laughing every time I think about it!
I came down with a case of food poisoning last night. This seems to happen to me about once every year or 2. And I always just ride it out. But this time, the pains were unbearable. I was literally screaming out loud. I couldn't take it much more. So I searched the internet and came across this site. I just happened to have bought a bottle of apple cider vinegar a few weeks ago. Boy was that lucky! After taking 2 tablespoons, I had no more pain after 10 minutes. No joke! 10 minutes! This really works! I wish I had known about it before now. It would have saved me a lot of pain. But now I know! And so do you! What a great remedy!
I was very sick last night at around 10:30pm (nausea, cramping, throwing up) after eating sushi at Ten in Newport Beach. I thought it tasted a bit funny, but ate it anyway. I tried pepto bismol tabs, since all the local health food stores were closed; that's the only thing the regular market had to offer me. I ended up throwing those up as well. I then found this site and rushed back to the market for some ACV. I was somewhat prepared that it would taste horrible, but words cannot even describe it! I took two tablespoons and rinsed with baking soda water. It was the most rancid, buring sensation I have ever experienced. And the baking soda water foamed in my mouth, making the experience even more gruesome. BUT, about 15 minutes afterward, I was feeling much better. I guess the "pain" was worth it. I was able to fall asleep at around 1:00am. THANKS!!
I don't get sick very often. Last night we ate at a catfish restaurant and I ate a chilicheeseburgher. (I know what you're thinking, but I've done this lots of times with no adverse effect). This morning, I woke up with diarrhea and cramps. I didn't go to work (self-employed). All day long I stayed in bed feeling yucky. About 2:30pm, I headed to the internet to find home remedies. I took 2 tablespoons of ACV straight, & felt better in about ten minutes. That was about 40 minutes ago. I just felt well enough to play wrestle with my kids. I'm heading out to my backyard office to catch up on some work I REALLY needed to do today. Thanks
I found this earthclinic site about 2 weeks ago so when I ate some of an Omellette that was too old I got food poisoning. I had been in the bathroom for about 20 minutes before I felt good enough to go back to the bedroom and get onto this site. My gut hurt my breathing was fourced and through my mouth. I wanted to throw up and pass waste at the same time. I was feeling a little faint also. I looked up "food poisoning" and got the ACV Cure listed. I already had some Apple Cider vinegar from our local Health Food Store. The ACV I had was ___________. I took 2 Tablespoons by sipping it. That did not hurt my throat. Then I mixed about 1/4 tablespoon of Baking soda and 1/2 glass of water and swished it in my mouth to keep the enamle on my teeth from being affected by the ACV that I drank. Within 5 munutes I was feeling better. I did throw up then. Within 15 minutes I felt much better. I could breath normaly again and the cramping was greatly reduced. In 30 minutes I was basically fine. I have had food poisoning 2 times before this and I was misarable for hours each time. This site is a Godsend. Thank you so much.
I was at the toilet just about on an hourly basis for six days straight, after having received what I believe to be salmonella poisoning from eggs at a restaurant. I had not taken any OTC medications as I would rather my body run its natural course towards healing. I finally decided to try something and came across the Apple Cider Vinegar remedy (still shunning OTC meds). After reading through all the testimonials, I knew it would work. I took it yesterday.wow, that was about the nastiest stuff I have ever tasted.it took all of my concentration to keep from vomiting it back up...definately did not taste like apples or cider...but it worked! I have only had to go to the bathroom once since I took it (about 24 hours ago) and my stools are already getting back to normal. Thanks so much earth clinic!!. (P.S. {for you analytical bunch like myself} you might be thinking that I got better because I believed the ACV would work.you are probably half-right! A strong combination of faith and facts always seems to lead to results!)
I came accross your website while in intense pain from salmonella poisoning I got over the Memorial Day weekend. My GI system is extremely sensitive, so I've had it before and know it lasts 4-5 days and all doctors say is "your body is riding itself of the virus; you have to let it run its course" which means pain, cramping, and trips to the bathroom every 10 minutes for days! I came accross your remedy of 2 tablespoons of ACV and my husband rushed to the store. I was extremely skeptical and thought maybe this was a cruel joke to get people to drink this stuff- the smell alone will make you gag. In complete misery I decided I had nothing to lose so I mixed the 2 tblsp of ACV with 1 tblsp honey in a cup of hot water (not too hot to drink), held my nose (so you don't taste it), and gulped away. Before I unplugged my nose I rinsed my mouth out with cool water without swallowing any. It wasn't that bad but did burn a little going down and have a bit of a yucky aftertaste. Within 15 minutes my pains were gone and I didn't make a single trip to the bathroom again that evening! I slept great and woke up perfectly fine, ate my usual breakfast and am back at work. THANK YOU! I can't believe more people don't know about this. I guess it would put pepto bismol out of business (and ACV is sooo much cheaper too!). Thanks again!!!! It really works!
First, one point must be made. Apple Cider Vinegar kills every germ, bacteria, and virus ON CONTACT!!!So if you travel into a foreign country where the water might not be the healthiest, and consuming the food there might also be seriously questionable, take a tablespoon of Apple Cider Vinegar before ingesting any food. If you do develop food poisoning from food or water, throw down just one tablespoon of Apple Cider Vinegar and within a short time the miseries will be gone. Too strong to just gulp it down? Take a cup of very hot water and add one tablespoon of honey and add to it three tablespoons of Apple Cider Vinegar. Stir until the honey is dissolved, then add a little cool water so you do not burn your mouth, and drink it. For a sore throat - make the same mixture of hot water, honey and cider vinegar, and then SIP - DO NOT GULP IT DOWN. The sore throat will be gone overnight, because every time you SIP the mixture, it washes down your throat and kills more and more of the infection. At first you will feel the sting of it working, but quickly that goes away and the throat begins to feel much, much better. For a good and sound night's sleep? Slowly drink the mixture and go to bed. Why? Your chemistry is different between first thing in the morning and at bedtime, so at night the drink will help you achieve a peaceful and sound sleep, and then in the morning drink it and it will give you a shot of energy! I hope all this helps someone. It has helped me for the past fifteen years.
So i went to a charity event and they had diner there for us. I at at about 5 and i was awake by 3:30am so uncomfortable that I couldn't sleep. no matter how I was laying down my stomach was is PAIN. So I tried to use the toilet to feel better but that didn't work. So I searched for at home remedies. Well Hello ACV!!!! What a great one! I have a bad gag reflex so after one shot of this it basically all came back up, but it's about a half hour later and I feel better already.
My boyfriend had food poisoning and had terrible stomach pain. I searched the internet and found your site. I went to the store got some acv and gave him a shot of 2 tbl. After 2 minutes he was throwing up. But said he did feel better. About an hour later I gave him another shot, he fell asleep within 25 mins and woke up feeling great!! It really works.
Apple cider vinegar for food poising apsolutely works and fast. My 16 year old daughter had stomach cramps, throwing up and diarrhea I recalled reading about acv on your website. I gave her 2 tablespoons of acv and a glass of water and in less than 30 minutes all symptoms had stopped. Yesterday we had gone out to eat and about 3 hours later I could feel something wasn't right. I had such sharp pains in my abdomen that I can only compare them to labor contractions. They were that bad. Then came the diarrhea, right away I took 2 tbls of acv and it worked. Everything was back to normal and slept like a baby.
My 20 year old daughter called me from college around 11:00 pm and told me her boyfriend had eaten fast food chicken earlier that evening. He had been throwing up for over an hour and figured he had food poisoning. She asked me what to do. I immediately surfed the web while she drove to his home. This website was the second one I read and I told her about the apple cider vinegar. She stopped at the grocery store and while still on the phone with her, I read some of everyone's experiences. She bought the apple cider vinegar, had him drink 3 tablespoons, and he felt better almost immediately, but most importanly his vomitting subsided after 1 1/2 hours of nonstop. I talked to her about 1:00 am and said he had been asleep for over 30 minutes. She sounded relieved having already lived this experience herself with a hospital visit. We were both amazed that the apple cider vinegar cured his food poisoning! Said she'd call me tomorrow. It's 11:30 am now and have not heard from her so I imagine he's ok now. WOW! I'm buying apple cider vinegar for my medicine cabinet!
My boyfriend has been visiting the bathroom non-stop for almost 24 hours now. I started looking on the internet for 'food poisoning cures' and we came upon your website and the apple cider vinegar. I then pop out to buy a bottle and after much consideration (and reading through all your 'Yea' comments), he decided to take it. At the dinner table, in front of a bowl of congee (which is porridge, but cooked with rice insteal of oatmeal), he downs the recommended dosage of two tablespoons and reaches for his cup of water when...he violently spits out the water and vomits all over the table and into the congee. I see him dash to the bathroom then hear him retching his poor, little body to death. He's now resting in bed, but I'm not sure if it's worked or not. We plan on visitng the ER later! Thanks for all your help!
I'm so happy that I chanced upon your website. Yesterday was the last day of the Lunar New Year holiday here in Seoul. I'd gotten lazy and just reheated some leftovers because I was going to visit a friend who was set to move to China today. The visit went fine and I made it home okay, but about 4 hours after eating, I got horribly sick.
I threw up and thought that was the last of it. However, since I am an insulin dependent diabetic, I was concerned about how it might affect my blood glucose level. I drank some grape juice and went to sleep. I woke up an hour or two later unable to keep the juice down and threw that up. Hmmmmm. Okay, now I'm concerned about dehydration, so I drank a cup of water and went back to sleep. After an hour or so the same thing happens again and that was just frightening to me. I couldn't keep down water!
I ran a search and found your page on food poisoning and the ACV remedy. I figured why not as I was headed straight to the emergency room if I kept being unable to hold anything, including water, down.
I drank maybe two tablespoons full of double strength ACV (it's all I had.) I immediately felt better. I went back to sleep and woke a couple of hours later feeling pretty good. I figured I'd drink a bit more and go back to sleep. I slept well again with no vomiting. In the morning when I woke up I figured I'd top off my ACV doses with another. This time however I did throw up. I figured that was okay since one of the commentators said that happened to them too. I mean maybe it was the last purge of bacteria?
Anyway, I called my nurse in the morning. She recommended a sports drink, Pocari Sweat, to replace lost electrolytes. After that last ACV purge I slept like a baby again. I really do think the ACV and that last purge in the morning is what kept me from having to go to the doctor today. I'll definitely use this as a remedy in the future. Thanks.
well 12 hours after getting food poisoning i realized that i had ACV in cupboard and i took about a 1/2oz shot and I'm only 15minutes in and i'm feeling better already. what a rank taste though.