As the name suggest, apple cider vinegar is a tonic made with fermented apple juice. This tonic has several heath benefits and has been used as a health tonic for hundreds of years. The high acid level of the tonic is believed to aid in digestion as well as destroys harmful bacteria in the digestive system and has great fat burner effects.

To follow the apple cider vinegar diet, you will need to take one to three teaspoon of tonic everyday before meal. Make sure not to take more than three teaspoon because your stomach may not be able to handle the strong acidic nature of the vinegar. Apple cider vinegar diet pills are also available these days, making it easier to consume.

Although, it is not yet clear about how vinegar helps lose weight, vinegar has been around as a “diet miracle” since Lord Byron popularized it in the 1820′s. The main reason verifying that this diet will work is that it is advised to eat in moderate portions, check the nutritional composition of the food you intake as well as get exercise.

Dr. D. C. Jarvis, a country doctor in Vermont wrote a book named Folk Medicine published in the 1950s that set the stage for apple cider vinegar as a weight loss agent. He claimed that consumption of the apple tonic regularly would help burn fat rather than stored. It has also been clamed that the pectin present in vinegar will bind cholesterol and help get rid of it from the body. Despite all the conjectures, you can be sure the apple cider vinegar diet is harmless and will stimulate your body to maintain healthy weight, if not lose weight.