Apple Cider Vinager

In South Africa, this product seems to be very popular for fat loss, Im using EAS Phen Free fat burners as well as EAS CLA HP capsules daily toghether with a diet and Myoplex Lite, oh and of course exercise

Just wanted to know if anyone is using or has heard anything about ACV?

Thanks
BatZ
The has landed

They sell it here in drugstores, folks who are scared of stimulants seem to buy it. Have you used it? Did it seem to provide Results?

I read somewhere that it's supposed to help increase muscle glycogen uptake. Sort of like ALA. Don’t know much more than that. It’s cheap and certainly not unhealthy if used in reasonable amounts…couldn’t hurt to give it a try.

http://www.cuttingedgemuscle.com/Forum/showthread.php?threadid=881

Int J Sports Med 2002 Apr;23(3):218-22

The efficacy of acetic acid for glycogen repletion in rat skeletal muscle after exercise.

Fushimi T, Tayama K, Fukaya M, Kitakoshi K, Nakai N, Tsukamoto Y, Sato Y.

Central Research Institute, Mitsukan Group Co. Ltd., Handa, Japan. [email protected]

We examined the effect of acetic acid, the main component of vinegar, on glycogen repletion by using swimming-exercised rats. Rats were trained for 7 days by swimming. After an overnight fast, they were subjected to a 2-hr swimming exercise. Immediately afterward, they were given by gavage 2 ml of one of the following solutions: 30 % glucose only or 30 % glucose with 0.4 % acetic acid. Rats were sacrificed by decapitation before, immediately after exercise and 2 hours after the feeding. Exercise significantly decreased soleus and gastrocnemius glycogen content, and feeding significantly increased liver, soleus and gastrocnemius glycogen content. In soleus muscle, acetate feeding significantly increased glycogen content and the ratio of glycogen synthase in the I form (means +/- SEM: 4.04 +/- 0.41 mg/g-tissue and 47.0 +/- 0.7 %, respectively) in contrast to no acetate feeding (3.04 +/- 0.29 mg/g-tissue and 38.1 +/- 3.4 %, respectively). Thus, these findings suggest that the feeding of glucose with acetic acid can more speedily accelerate glycogen repletion in skeletal muscle than can glucose only.

Pretty much useless

a bit of placebo effect

a bit of GI lowering

but not much more

But, as it can't be bad nor does it cost a lot, try it !