Apple Cider Vinegar surprising effects...passing it along...

I registered to this forum because I've had some surprising results from drinking ACV and honey I wanted to share and find out if anyone else has been experiencing the same things.
Since early September of 2016, I decided to start drinking it because I had read it can help with weight loss. Every morning to the present, I drink this stuff when I get up before I've anything to eat. I noticed I definitely had more energy, but after a consistent month, I began to notice other things:

-I have suffered from superior limbic keratoconjunctivitis and filamentary keratitis in both eyes for years...where frequent flare ups result in immense pain and discomfort. Doctors and multiple natural remedies (I've tried many), have done nothing to relieve this for me. After about a month of drinking this stuff, I began having consistently clear days with NOT ONE FLARE UP...since Nov 1st till now. I cannot express how amazed I am over this. For those of you who suffer with SLK and filaments...this has been a life-saver. I cannot attribute it to anything else.

-Parallel to this, I also noticed a pigment change in my hair. I am a 51 year old woman who submitted to gray hair when I was 43...white hair, not mixed. I wear it long and actually really like it. However, I began noticing a slight pigment change after about a month...there were darker strands coming from the crown of my head. My husband wasn't buying it, but my daughter and hair dresser noticed it immediately. Now, in early December, it is clear...my gray hair is reversing. It is very slow, but it is happening. I am completely perplexed about this and not sure how I feel about it (I really have grown fond of my white hair), but the relief I have gotten with my eyes is more important than my hair.

Since I've noticed these two things, I've tried to do some research. There are those who use ACV for reversing gray hair and there are also those that use ACV to relieve dry eyes and corneal inflammation, which are both components of SLK that I suffer from. How much of it is true and confirmed?...I don't know, but I will tell you these things are happening to me.

I've grown so accustomed to this drink, I look forward to it like I would a cup of coffee in the morning. Has anyone else noticed these things?...and if you have dry eyes, or corneal inflammation as with SLK and eye filaments, it may be worth it to start doing this. I have suffered for DECADES with this condition and there is NO CURE...just a lot of band aids that don't work or cause other problems (don't get me started).

Thanks for reading.

Hi Cowbell!
Welcome to our community! I'm glad you found us.

Do you suspect you have Lyme or Bartonella? Bartonella can cause symptoms of superior limbic keratoconjunctivitis, and thyroid issues as well.
www.dovemed.com/superior-limbic-keratoconjunctivitis-slk/

And I'm asking because you chose to post this on a Lyme forum.

As for how much to drink, I do know that we do need to be careful with ACV, because it increases the stomach acid. I use it to increase mine when I need to.
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Cowbell65,

I am glad you joined us! Welcome!

Thank you for sharing the information. It is good to know. I suffer with dry eyes terribly and maybe this will help.

I generally do not use ACV...hate the taste, but this convinces me to try it. With caution of course, as Traveler and Peteza pointed out.

What proportions are you doing with the honey and vinegar?

As far as I know, I don't have Lyme's or Bartonella...I just found the heading topic for apple cider vinegar that was recent, not 10 years old...sorry. I have never read where they are related to SLK and I have done a ton of research. The only explanation I have ever gotten was that it is an autoimmune disorder that could be related to thyroid issues, which I'm clear on as well. My first symptoms were in my mid-20's...I am now 51 and it has gotten much worse with age...at least until the past month. It took a very long time to get diagnosed...three ophthalmologists missed it completely. Three years ago I found a guy that recognized it right away, but the treatment he put me on gave me very aggressive cataracts...and didn't help.

My mixture is a teaspoon of ACV and a teaspoon of raw honey in a cup of water.

Appreciate all your comments.

I think that Bragg's with the mother is the most commonly used brand for this, July. It's what I use. I know there are other brands, though.

Traveler said...
I think that Bragg's with the mother is the most commonly used brand for this, July. It's what I use. I know there are other brands, though.

I got my hopes up but I'm guessing right now it's had no affect on your hair color? I had originally thought my hair had just quit growing, but it still is. I know dead ends will keep breaking off, seeming like it's not growing, but I keep trimming mine about every couple of months.


Hahah, think of the breakthrough this would be if it truly did reverse color. Maybe I'm over simplifying.

Welcome to the community cowbell!

I use ACV with the mother in it, Mrs. Braggs. I first started taking it when I was diagnosed with Lyme. My LLMD thought I also had Candida so treated me for that first. I read that Mrs. Braggs was good for Candida and took about a shot glass and had one of my first herxes ever. I thought I was going to die. It's gotten better after a year and a half of treatment and I still take it. I still sometimes herx from it but I think it's because I may have cheated a bit on my lyme diet.

But I just wanted to let people know that it may have that effect on you as well.

Hi cowbell.

You said that you have a thyroid issue. Do you take this before, with or after your thyroid med in the morning?

Laker7491 said...
I use ACV with the mother in it, Mrs. Braggs. I first started taking it when I was diagnosed with Lyme. My LLMD thought I also had Candida so treated me for that first. I read that Mrs. Braggs was good for Candida and took about a shot glass and had one of my first herxes ever. I thought I was going to die. It's gotten better after a year and a half of treatment and I still take it. I still sometimes herx from it but I think it's because I may have cheated a bit on my lyme diet.

But I just wanted to let people know that it may have that effect on you as well.

Oh, I had one of those too, from my first dose! In retrospect it was both funny and frightening.

Thankfully these awesome people here stayed 'with me' and coached me out of it with ideas, and I did not have to go to the e.r. which would have probably ended embarrassing.

I drank waaay to much within just a few minutes, on an empty stomach. Like you, probably a shot glass worth,.
First suggestion for newbies to it, start with just a teaspoon of it, drink it with food, and up your amounts gradually! I still don't use more than a couple tablespoons at a time, but I often get the bottle out at least twice a day.

I have the reverse graying going on as well. I had attributed it to healing my leaky gut, so it's possible that is what the ACV does as well...I am also on the fence about the black hair coming back! I kind of liked it all white. hahaha

Hi groombridge - welcome to our community.

Thanks for posting your experience with ACV. Wow, that's quite a testimony!


Do you have...or think you have Lyme disease?