For the past few weeks now, I have been taking a dose of honey and cider vinegar in hot water twice a day as advised by many to ease arthritis. I don’t actually yet have arthritis, but is has most certainly been lubricating my joints and I generally feel far more limber, especially first thing in the morning. Online people claims that despite being acidic (the honey is there merely to make taking the vinegar more palatable), the cider vinegar actually makes your body and limbs ‘more alkaline’, thus dissolving the acidic crystals which build up and can cause painful joints. Perhaps, perhaps not, perhaps that’s just a lot of hooey. I don’t know. But I do know it does work and I would like to know why in scientific terms. I’m not a complete scientific dumbo – I did A level chemistry and biology – and I would like a rather more technical explanation than you get on all those Eat Yourself Healthy webites. Anyone able to help me out?
PS I take a tablespoon of honey to two tablespoons of vinegar in hot water twice a day.
PS I take a tablespoon of honey to two tablespoons of vinegar in hot water twice a day.