Apple Cider Vinegar Side Effects

Health very bad: I have been taking ACV for 3 weeks now and all of a sudden I have ulcer like pains. Could the ACV be causing this? I have so may health isues right now and prayed ACV would help all of them. I pray its not causing it and its just that my body is under detoxing and making me sicker. Any comments would be appreciated and I need so many prayers please and thank you

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.

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.

I started with the 1/4 tsp baking soda + 2 tblespoon ACV back in June. I liked it because it had more energy and my stomach worked daily. After a month I had to stop because I was getting red dots around my ankles which started about a week after I began using the ACV. When I first noticed the dots I did not pay much attention to them because there were only a couple, but by the end of the month both my ankles (front, back, inside, outer part) were covered with tiny red dots which then traveled to the tops of my feet and eventually up the front of my legs (nothing has happened past the knees, its all coming from the ankle and spreading from there).

The dots do not itch, hurt or anything, they are just unsightly if I wear shorts with sandles (I don't go out into the sun, and I'm always wearing pants that cover my legs when I do go out, so I don't think this is a sun problem. I do not wear tight socks either. The socks I wear are loose and breathable). When I stopped using the ACV some of the dots went away, but many stayed and grew light in color but then became brownish (like freckle colored). So now my ankles have a light brownish blotch ring around them with light brownish flecks on the tops of my feet and front of my legs. I finally quit ACV when several dots appeared on my face. Again, the dots were red, some went away when I stopped and the rest turned brown.

I don't now if these dots are a sign of something wrong (too much ACV), do you know?

Well its been eight months since I stopped (brown dots are all still on my face, ankles and feet), but I missed the extra energy and thought I'd try it again, this time I did 2 tsps into 1 liter that I sip thoughout the day hoping the smaller dose diluted in lots of water would not create the red dots (The recipe is 2 tsps to 16 oz water, I think it came from this website or one similar to this site). I began yesterday and woke up this morning with many dots on the tops of my feet, around my ankles and the front and back of my legs (everything still below the knees).

This evening I also found a red dot between my right eyebrow and the crease of my eye (which appeared sometime this afternoon/evening, because it wasn't there aroung noon).

Why is this happening? Is it a sign of something serious or something that I'm doing wrong?

I know that "red dots" are not as serious a problem compared to other side effects one might get from ACV, but I'm already dealing with the dots left over from last time which aren't so bad from a distance, but I don't know how much darker they are going to get if they start forming ontop of previous dots, like they are doing now.

I'm sorry to be bothering you with this, but does anyone else have this problem? How did you fix it?

Thank you, I appreciate any advice/suggestions you may have.

On the bottle of _____s ACV it state to use 1 or 2 TEASPOONS in 8 oz. of water 3 times a day. Not TABLESPOONS. Your mother was taking way too much!

i just re-read your post. 2 tablespoons 3 times a day is a LOT of ACV for anyone. for me that would probably kill me. i have extreme blood sugar lowering effects with 1 tablespoon once a day. i am SURE that the dose was too high. if you decide to try this again PLEASE start lower. try 1 teaspoon in 8 ounces of water maybe 2 times a day. if she can tolerate this dose then you can up it slowly.
djh

i just read your post and i wanted to say that when i first tried ACV (also 5% acidity) _____s - 1 tablespoon in 8 oz of water - it gave me serious gas and bloating. i mean serious. i was scared to keep using it after that. now i take it VERY diluted - 1/2 teaspoon in a liter of water and i drink 2 liters of this - sometimes with a pinch of baking soda. as long as i take it like this i have no gas and bloating.

good luck with your mother. it could be that ACV doesn't agree with her. she might try the baking soda 1/4 teaspoon in a half a glass of water. that is what i ended up using when i felt sick from ACV the first time and it helped immediately.

TED - could it be that she doesn't have the bicarbonate available to help use the ACV?

someone else will know more.
peace and brightest blessings to you both
djh

After reading details on the earlthclinic I recomend my mother to use ACV. She is dibatic with angina from the last 20 years. ACV worked ok in the start. She got good reilief from stomach disorder. She used 2 table spoon in a glass of water three times a day. Last week she got irritation in the upper part of stomch and stomach trach. One morning she got loose motion and had vomit which was with blood. We all worried and consulted with our family doctor. The doctor critisize us for using ACV and stopped immediately. He further told us to wait for another day or two to check if there is another such vomit. Thanks to ALLAH every thing is ok. I am afraid now, either ACV is of not good quality or the dosage is more than normal. I am confused. In Pakistan we have ACV of "American Garden" having 5% acidity. Can anybody guide who have similar experience guide me now...thank you in advance

In response to: 10/06/2008: Della Heywood from Emeryville, CA writes: "Warnings / Side Effects:

You WILL re-build your good bacteria up much faster if you eat fermented foods.

Google: "Fermented foods that feed existing good bacteria.

Check out the below link for the full story.
http://www.deliciousorganics.com/controversies/fermentedfoods.htm

Also, google: "foods that feed the existing good bacteria.

Probiotics are just a band-aid.....they cannot adhere to the intestinal wall, therefore, they are expelled during a bowel movement. So you constantly have to spend monies buying more and more pills.

FEED YOUR EXISTING GOOD GUYS BY EATING
PRE-BIOTICS NATURAL FOODS, THIS WAY YOU STRENGTHEN YOUR GOOD GUYS & THEY WILL FIGHT THE BAD GUYS FOR INTESTINAL WALL TERRITORY AND THEY WILL STAY THERE!

Feed them what they need and they will multiply within hours. ie: Fermented Strub's Pickles & Sauerkraut.

Do your homework and see for yourself.
Save money, time and your health!

Hope this helps.

In response to: 10/12/2008: Sandra ([email protected]) from Los Angeles, regarding your acne break-out.

This is a sure fire way to CURE your acne once and for all! I have shared this remedy with the most severe cases and everyone who tried it could not believe that they cured their life long battle with acne so quickly.

Make sure you buy natural organic yogurt in a glass jar. (Friendly bacteria cannot survive in plastic.)

Buy a loofa thin face pad or facial sponge. DO NOT USE A FACE CLOTH! Why? If you let a face cloth soak in a bowl of distilled water for approx. 10 minutes then swish it around, you will see all the residue detergent and bleach that you used to wash it come out of it. Not good for your skin!

Pour a little of the organic yogurt into a clean little glass jar so as not to contaminate the larger jar. Use the contents of the little jar for several days, then throw out what's left over, wash and dry the little jar and replace with more yogurt from the big jar. Store both jars in the fridge.

Procedure: Rinse your face with as hot water as you can tolerate to open the pores, using the loofa or facial sponge. Quickly, while your face still feels warm, pour some of the yogurt from the little jar onto the loofa or sponge and start scrubbing a section of your face. Rinse the loofa/sponge and re-apply the yogurt to it. Scrub another section of your face. Rinse the loofa/sponge again and repeat until you have scrubbed your entire face.

Now, rinse your entire face with the hottest water you can tolerate and repeat the entire procedure again. Only, this time, when you've finished scrubbing your entire face with the yogurt, RINSE YOUR ENTIRE FACE WITH THE COLDEST WATER YOU CAN TOLERATE, TO CLOSE YOUR PORES.

Pat your face dry.

If you can do this upon awakening in the morning, and before you go to bed, within a few days you will see your acne disappearing. Even the worst cases will clear up entirely within 2 weeks, but do keep up the procedure for 1 mth., and it will never return.

If for some reason, mths go by, and one should appear, just put a dab of organic yogurt from a glass jar on it just before you go to bed and in the morning it should be gone.

The good guys in this type of yogurt are responsible for the cure. Guaranteed!

I experienced ACV migraine side effects also. I used 2 tbsp in water with a dash of honey for two days. Migraines both days, with nausea and light-headedness. Is this detox, or something else? If it's detox, I really can't start the ACV until I'm on vacation from work, because I felt so horrible today that I called out sick.

Hi Deb from NI, NH USA: You said you are having trouble with the ACV remedy for GERD. Many people cannot tolerate the ACV by itself at first, so just do Ted's remedy instead, The usual dose is 2 tablespoons of apple cider vinegar and 1/4 teaspoon of baking soda in about a 1/2 glass of water (allow yourself room for fizz when you combine the ACV and baking soda) taken on an empty stomach, and taken twice a day once in the morning and once in the evening. Do this 5 days on, 2 days off.

I did read on a post here that it's good to let the ACV/BS/Water sit for a couple of minutes before you drink it to give it time to reach a higher alkalinity. Just 2 or 3 minutes is all I do. And then just make sure it's on an empty stomach (or 1/2-1 hour after a meal and about a 1/2 hour before a meal).

Also, if you find you're still belching/burping quite a bit after you drink the solution, it means you need a little more baking soda... so up it to 1/2 tsp. (Ted says to start on the low side then "increase slowly as needed. For tougher cases like Acid Reflux, you can go up to 2 tablespoons but you must start slowly or you will upset your stomach. Most people will not need this much baking soda." The amount of belching seems to be the gauge, lol. Sure hope this helps! https://www.earthclinic.com/remedies/acv_baking_soda_cures.html

did you heat the water for the acv? i got heartburn also if i drank it in cold water. but if i heated the water, and added honey, it didn't give me heartburn. hope this helps you.

Hi, Why did you use 1 quart of water instead of one cup of water. I just started using the ACV myself, but I drink 2 tbsp in 1 CUP of water, then drank it in a short time. (no sipping) then I gargled with baking soda to stop the acid from eating my teeth. I avoided drinking the baking soda because of all the side effects.

I think it is already helping, but this is only my second day. Last time I mixed the ACV with diet sprite. It went down good and seemed the easiest on my stomach. I hope this helps. Rick

I've had gerd for many years now, and am desperate to get off of the omeprazole meds. I tried acv this weekend with high hopes, sipping on 2 tblsp. acv mixed with 1 quart of water whenever I felt heartburn. The first day was okay I guess, but today I had terrible heartburn even with the acv and had to relent and take a pill. Is there a "best" way to begin acv therapy? How long does it take to cure the heartburn? What can I take besides the omeprazole to relieve the suffering until the acv does its work? Is it possible that I am not a candidate for this therapy for some reason? What is it exactly that makes the acv cure heartburn? thank you very much!

I've been taking ACV (_____) for almost a year with 1-2 tbsp. and was used for getting rid of seasonal allergies and escezma; now that it's gone I continue to use it generally for detoxing. I find it's best to slow down the intake of ACV by having a meal/snack before a dose or sips. It will give your digestive system time for it to get accustomed to ACV by slowing it with food. From experience and what I've read, some people have a harder time dealing with high acidity of certain brands of ACV. Different brands vary, but it's best to use the organic ones for it being more potent and less diluted or stripped off it's minerals, amino acids, etc. And as for your concerns of heartburn, it usually means that your body is slowly moving the toxins out of your body. It will wear off in a couple of days or 1 or 2 weeks depending on your health condition; just remember to take it slooow. A slight pain, discomfort, unusual boost in energy or better mental focus is the norm.

I have been using Heinz brand ACV for about 3-4 weeks now. I have kept it in my office and drink it there. Couple days ago when a colleague saw me drinking it, she said it thins the blood, so be careful. Is that true? If it does thin the blood, what then are its effects (good or bad) on our bodies? Thanks.

I also have had severe headaches after taking ACV. I took 1 tablespoon in 8oz of water, and ive had a killer headache for the past 12 hours. I wish someone here would explain why it gives headaches as a side effect. I cannot find information for this anywhere.

I was on Klonopin for 14 years and am off for 4 years now. Having anxiety attacks, panic attacks, balance problems are horrible. I took ACV and it made me feel good for a couple of days but now I have a possible UTI, shakes, dizziness, I am wondering could this be the detoxing of my body? please email any responses.

I have been taking _____s ACV off and on for 3 years and discovered not to take it too late in the day. I was having night sweats and insomnia. ACV acts as a cleanser/detoxifier. I find it best to take 1 tbsp. per 16oz. water water with a meal.

Vinegar is very good for the skin...it restores the pH balance. Also, it is a wonderful hair rinse...makes it super shiny and feels great.When I've used it on my face I just dabble it on and then rinse. It does have a smell in the hair but when it dries it does not. My mom used it for year and had georgous hair. Also, for the hair just use regular grocery store brand but for internal use the organic Apple Cider.

I was amazed to read about the fluid retention in the right arm of one of your contributors. I am suffering exactly the same sympton. I have been taking ACV three times a day (two teaspoons along with the honey and warm water) I found it was good for inhibiting my appetite and my skin became very soft. Upon reading the fluid retention story, especially being in the right arm I was amazed. I decided to stop taking the vinegar for one week to see if the problem clears up.

Six months ago, I started to drink ACV twice a day for weight loss but stopped in about two weeks cos' the ACV has made me hyper and couldn't sleep through the night. I retried drinking it again a week ago to cure my hair loss and the same happen to me. Now I'm drinking one cup per day (2 tbs of ACV) in the morning to keep my energy high during the day and skip the evening cup. Does anyone has the same experience?

hi - i just wanted to say that if you take a bath and put a 1/2 a cup or more of the ACV in your bath water - that it will work it's way into your uretha and help with uti's. my friend had the same problem with you and taking it didn't help as much as soaking in it in the tub.

I would like to say that not only is bubble bath bad but tub baths are bad for females! The bubble bath causes anything in the water to work it's way to the urinary tract faster. I have been using ACV for UTIs. It works. The only thing is that as soon as I taper off, the UTI comes back! I've read a lot of the posts here and I think I may be taking more at one time than necessary. I have been using 1T ACV, 1T honey in 4 0z water, 4 times a day to cure the UTI. I tapered off to 3 times a day on the fourth day. Nine days later I'm in pain again! I guess I have to experiment with the amounts and dosage. I appreciate all the help I have found here.

Thanks for confirming commercial brand ACV also gives results. What I would like to know is what is the main difference between the oganic and the non organic brands? Does it take longer time to get the results with the non organic brand? Thanks.

Hi Tess, Thanks for your response. I never get migraine headaches and hardly any headaches. I do get a slight headache if I am out in the sun for too long, but that is totally bearable and I don't need to take any pain killer. As for the brand, I doubt if I can find any other brand of organic ACV in Cayman Islands.

Has anyone had problems with Eden brand organic ACV? Which is the brand most acceptable by others?

Hi Sangeetha. You are describing a migraine headache -- ouch! Poor thing. The only time I get migraine headaches is sometimes after flying (sinus pressure) or if I get too much sun, so I can't say much about that. But I think you might try another brand of apple cider vinegar cautiously once you have fully recovered.I bought a brand of organic acv (gold cover on it, can't remember the name) and got really sick from it. It was too acidic, caused terrible heartburn that lasted for hours. So a different brand might make a difference.

I ws using Heinz brand ACV for 5 days before I realised I have to use the organic one as remedy for my food allergies. I was totally fine with using 2 tbsp Heinz brand (diluted in 16 z water with a dash of lemon juice, salt and pepper, so I bought 2 big bottle of Eden brand organic ACV when I found it. I mixed it the same way as Heinz (the ACV might have been just a tsp or so more than 2 tbsp as I accidently dropped more in the glass)and drank some of it before lunch and continued drinking after lunch. To my surprise, shortly after lunch my head started to hurt. I never get headaches, so I was surprised. I hoped it would get better shortly, but instead it went on increasing and the whole left side of my head was so terribly paining I had to take a pain killer. I was feeling so weak with the pain I actually didn't even have the energy to go and get the pill...I really had to force myself to do it as I couldn't bear the headache. To add to this, I had been feeling nauseatic sometime around when the headache started and then I vommitted a lot...my whole lunch was thrown out. I suffered from headache, nausea (followed by vommitting)and weakness and my body felt cold for nearly 5 hours and even then it was the painkiller that helped get rid of the these problems.

I do not like and can't eat apples but because I was perfectly fine with Heinz brand I didn't suspect anything will go wrong with the organic brand. I don't think I am ever going to take it again.

But I would like to know why all this happened to me. What is it in the organic ACV that caused me to have a severe headache? Why did I throw up all my lunch (which is again a very rare thing for me to do). I have read some other readers also complaining of such side effects - why does this happen to some of us? What is wrong with us?

Will the commercial brand give the same results as opposed to the organic one, as I seemed fine with the Heinz brand?

I have heard bad things about taking the ACV in pill form. There have been reports where it has caused burns to the esophogus <--(spelling?) and that's not something that i would play with... scarred throat tissue is no fun.

You might try the acv with 1/4 tsp of baking soda. I tried acv with honey and it caused all kinds of stomach problems. I figured out it was the honey. Now I use 1/4 tsp of baking soda in it (which I learned from this website),and for me it works like a charm. Be sure to use raw organic acv as grocery store avc I've read has toxins and other issues that can cause problems.

I too had ulcers for years and yes the ACV bothered my stomach for awhile but it eventually healed my ulcers. i was taking daily stool samples to the doctor because of bleeding ulcers and after a few weeks on _____s ACV my ulcers were healed. I have numerous tests and I no longer have ulcers. I do believe in _____s ACV because it is smoother and has a lot of valuable nutrients. I drink 3 tsp. in a cup pf water with just a touch of baking soda to cut the tartness at least twice a day.

hi i have recently visited ur website and find many remedies by using apple cider vinegar...but when i gave it to my father for the problem of arthritis...my father also had ulcer from 20 years..and by taking ACV he noticed that it had disturbed their ulcer disease and pain occurs...i have given 2 tspn in a glass of water mixed wid honey...please can any one tell me any solution or alternative that my father can take ACV by not hurting their ulcer..ive tried to give them in between their meals but it didnt worked please help me bcz i found ACV as a miracle for arthritis but my father cannot take it bcz of their ulcer disease...plz plz plz help me

Hey I took ACV pills for 4 weeks and today I switched to ACV liquid. I took 1 tbsp in 16OZ water and was sipping it through out the day and I feel a heart burn...should I stop taking it?

Hi, I had the same thing happen to me. When I first started taking ACV. I don't if you added honey. I figure out it was the honey so I stop adding it and had no more problems. Also use raw organic AVC which is important. I've read that regular store bought vingar can be toxic and will cause problems. Hope this helps.

Cayenne pepper for bleeding.

Dear Roz,

Your Grandfather is 93 and still tickin after colon and throat cancer. If he has been taking ACV religiously for 30 years and is just now having problems it could just mean that his body is breaking down as everybody elses does when they are almost a century old. There's no amount of meds, remedies, healthy diet that will keep us alive forever. All we can do is try our best to live as healthy as we can and it looks like your Grandfather did just that. Kudos to your Grandpa for keeping himself healthy, naturally.

well i think that would probably be to much acid intake counter-acting the bodys balance of acid already-it may have taken a while for this to happen, but that is usually the case when stomach bleeding occurs. xx

Something very similar to this happened to me. I have been taking 2 tsp ACV in 16 oz of water throughout the day for about 2 weeks now, just for general health benefits and to ward off colds. Yesterday I tried the ACV/baking soda bath. First I did some dry skin brushing and then took a 30 min soak with 1 cup each ACV and baking soda. After about 15 min I started to get a burning sensation on the backs of my thighs and my rear. This lasted for a while after I got out too. Then I took a nap and it was gone when I woke up. All I can figure is that I am detoxing through that area? I am not sure if it is due more to the dry skin brushing or to the ACV.

I have been taking ACV (Heinz) as the organic one is not available for my Hypertension which is 130/90 with medication. I took ACY 2tsf in 200ml of water plus 1tbsf of Honey twicw a day before breakfast and before lunch. I tried once to have before dinner but I could not sleep that night (?excess energy). I have noticed my BP shot up to 180/100 in the mornings.Got worried so I thought I would ask if there are any chances of ACV raising the BP?

Leslie,

I am not a doctor or midwife but I have been pregnant before and I have worked in the medical field before also. I have two beautiful, healthy children; I am well read in many different subjects but what I really wanted to say is that I think it was precarious of you to try this remedy while you are pregnant. Did you ask your Dr. or mid-wife first? I personally would not take or drink any concoction during a pregnancy b/c it also affects your baby and if your not used to drinking vinegar or sour things then you will just vomit it up and cause extra unneccessary stress on your body and your baby.

Hi, I have been taking ACV in water,3x a day for last 2 and half weeks.I have noticed that I am passing lot of gas,which was never a case with me earlier. Could ACV be the reason? What should I add to the ACV solution to avoid gas?? Please help, as I don't want to stop taking ACV as I want to lose weight. Thanks!!

I have been taking ACV for just over a week, it has cleared up my uti but I am incredibly tired and have felt depressed since I started taking it, I was hoping this was a sign of detoxing but I don't seem to be getting any better. I also have muscle ache especially in my legs, I usually go the gym 3 times a week but since taking the ACV I have been too tired to do anything.

Does anyone know what has caused this? I would like to keep taking the ACV but not sure if it is right for my body, should I take the symptoms as a good sign that I'm detoxing or that it's not right for my body??

Thanks for your advice, any help is much appreciated!

Do you use bubble bath? I used to suffer from frequent UTIs until someone told me to stop using bubble bath.

Tamara, My bottle suggests that one takes only 2 teaspoons for each doseage. are you taking too much by taking 2 tablespoons instead of 2 teaspoons?

I tried taking the ACV for a number of different reasons.I started drinking it on a Thursday last week and by Saturday I had a horrible yeast infection. Any reason why? I did 2 tablespoons 2x day with 16 oz water each. Any one explained what happened?