Monday, February 7th

Because we have to (or get to?) balance multiple hours of class and studying with being social and sometimes even working, college kids often turn to energy drinks or caffeinated drinks like coffee to make it through the day. 

However, these "energy" drinks are usually full of sugar and give you only a quick rush of energy before draining you.  Coffee isn't much better, but that's another story for another day. 

What will give you the energy you need to make the A is apple cider vinegar. 

Sound gross?  Keep reading.  Apple cider vinegar has been used since 400 B.C. for its amazing health benefits. 

Bragg's website for its ACV (http://bragg.com/products/bragg-organic-apple-cider-vinegar.html) lists the following benefits of apple cider vinegar (along with many more):

Internal benefits:
- Strengthens your immune system
- Helps control weight
- Helps remove toxins from the body

External benefits:
- Maintains healthy skin
- Promotes youthful, healthy bodies
- Removes muscle pain from exercise

You might be wondering why, if this is such an amazing drink, you have never heard of it.  Read below.

Warning:  This stuff might taste gross at first.  Keep in mind that its many benefits make it 300% worth drinking!!!

If you are concerned about the taste, don't worry.  Mixing apple cider vinegar with other healthy (and tasty) ingredients makes it much easier to tolerate.  For example, my-mother-the-health-guru invented this concoction of ACV to make it taste fruity and delicious:

"Happiness Is" Cocktail:

In a 16 oz jar add:
- 1 oz ACV
- 3 squirts Acai Berry Extract
- 10 drops of Green Tea Peach Extract
- Stevia to Taste
- Dash of ginger
- Dash of Cinnamon
- 1 T honey (optional)

You might enjoy this mixture of ACV and other ingredients, or you might prefer drinking it straight.  Either way, you will LOVE the health benefits your body experiences from apple cider vinegar!