Are there any benefits to a daily dose of apple cider vinegar?

ABC News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jen Ashton answers your health questions and shares tips for beating food cravings.
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>> Eva: I CAN ALREADY SEE IT IN HERE. HERE. DR. JEN, LOOKING AT A QUESTION DR. JEN, LOOKING AT A QUESTION FROM ONE OF YOU GUYS WHEN IT FROM ONE OF YOU GUYS WHEN IT COMES TO OUR HEALTH AND COMES TO OUR HEALTH AND WELLNESS. WELLNESS. HERE IT IS. HERE IT IS. ARE THERE ANY BENEFITS -- THIS ARE THERE ANY BENEFITS -- THIS IS WHY IT STINKS, TO DRINKING A IS WHY IT STINKS, TO DRINKING A SHOT OF APPLE CIDER VINEGAR SHOT OF APPLE CIDER VINEGAR DAILY? DAILY? >> DeMarco: SHE'S TALKING ABOUT >> DeMarco: SHE'S TALKING ABOUT THE VINEGAR, NOT ME. THE VINEGAR, NOT ME. >> Dr. Jen: OKAY, SO -- SO YOU >> Dr. Jen: OKAY, SO -- SO YOU CAN SMELL IT. CAN SMELL IT. IT'S PRETTY -- PRETTY POTENT. IT'S PRETTY -- PRETTY POTENT. SO LISTEN, AS A NUTRITIONIST, AS SO LISTEN, AS A NUTRITIONIST, AS A DOCTOR, A DEEP DIVE INTO THE A DOCTOR, A DEEP DIVE INTO THE RESEARCH, IT'S NOT TOTALLY THERE RESEARCH, IT'S NOT TOTALLY THERE YET. YET. IT'S NOT CONCLUSIVE. IT'S NOT CONCLUSIVE. HOWEVER, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME HOWEVER, THERE HAVE BEEN SOME STUDIES THAT HAVE SHOWN A LINK, STUDIES THAT HAVE SHOWN A LINK, AN ASSOCIATION BETWEEN CONSUMING AN ASSOCIATION BETWEEN CONSUMING APPLE CIDER VINEGAR WITH MOTHER APPLE CIDER VINEGAR WITH MOTHER AS THE ACTIVE INGREED YENT AS AS THE ACTIVE INGREED YENT AS YOU APPROPRIATELY MENTIONED AND YOU APPROPRIATELY MENTIONED AND BETTER CONTROL OF GLUCOSE BETTER CONTROL OF GLUCOSE LEVELS, BETTER CONTROL OF LEVELS, BETTER CONTROL OF INSULIN LEVELS, SOME POSSIBLE INSULIN LEVELS, SOME POSSIBLE ASSOCIATED WEIGHT LOSS, SOME ASSOCIATED WEIGHT LOSS, SOME ANTIOXIDANT, AND, YOU KNOW, ANTIOXIDANT, AND, YOU KNOW, CARDIO-PROTECTIVE BENEFITS. CARDIO-PROTECTIVE BENEFITS. I HAVE TO EMPHASIZE THESE ARE I HAVE TO EMPHASIZE THESE ARE ASSOCIATIONS AND NOT CASUALITY. ASSOCIATIONS AND NOT CASUALITY. IT'S NOT THERE YET, HOWEVER, IT'S NOT THERE YET, HOWEVER, ANTI-MICROBIAL AND ANTIOXIDANT. ANTI-MICROBIAL AND ANTIOXIDANT. COULD THERE BE A HARM? COULD THERE BE A HARM? IN MINIMAL/MINUSCULE AMOUNTS -- IN MINIMAL/MINUSCULE AMOUNTS -- >> DeMarco: LIKE A TEASPOON. >> DeMarco: LIKE A TEASPOON. >> Eva: THAT'S NOT A TEASPOON. >> Eva: THAT'S NOT A TEASPOON. >> DeMarco: THAT'S A SHOT. >> DeMarco: THAT'S A SHOT. >> Dr. Jen: OUR PRODUCER BROUGHT >> Dr. Jen: OUR PRODUCER BROUGHT US A SHOT, WHICH I WILL NOT BE US A SHOT, WHICH I WILL NOT BE CONSUMING, BE YOU IF YOU WANT TO CONSUMING, BE YOU IF YOU WANT TO PUT MAYBE ONER CONSUMING, BE YOU IF YOU WANT TO PUT MAYBE ONE OR TWO TEASPOONS PUT MAYBE ONE OR TWO TEASPOONS IN A LARGE GLASS OF WATER -- IN A LARGE GLASS OF WATER -- >> Eva: IF YOU DRINK TOO MUCH, >> Eva: IF YOU DRINK TOO MUCH, IT'S GOING TO HURT YOUR TUMMY. IT'S GOING TO HURT YOUR TUMMY. >> Dr. Jen: WISH ME LUCK. >> Dr. Jen: WISH ME LUCK. >> DeMarco: DO YOU FEEL IT GOING >> DeMarco: DO YOU FEEL IT GOING DOWN? DOWN? >> Dr. Jen: I JUST SMELLED IT. >> Dr. Jen: I JUST SMELLED IT. THIS WILL SUPPRESS YOUR APPETITE THIS WILL SUPPRESS YOUR APPETITE BY SMELLING IT. BY SMELLING IT. IT DOESN'T TASTE AWFUL. IT DOESN'T TASTE AWFUL. YOU DO A TEASPOON? YOU DO A TEASPOON? >> DeMarco: EVERY MORNING. >> DeMarco: EVERY MORNING. YOU CAN FEEL IT GOING ALL THE YOU CAN FEEL IT GOING ALL THE WAY DOWN. WAY DOWN. >> Dr. Jen: LOOK AT NP WAY DOWN. >> Dr. Jen: LOOK AT THIS. >> Dr. Jen: LOOK AT THIS. LOOK AT THIS PICTURE OF PERFECT LOOK AT THIS PICTURE OF PERFECT HEALTH. HEALTH. >> DeMarco: THAT'S A JOKE, >> DeMarco: THAT'S A JOKE, EVERYBODY. EVERYBODY. >> Dr. Jen: NOPE, NOPE. >> Dr. Jen: NOPE, NOPE. THAT IS MY MEDICAL ASSESSMENT. THAT IS MY MEDICAL ASSESSMENT. YOU'RE VERY HEALTHY. YOU'RE VERY HEALTHY. >> DeMarco: THE DOCTOR SAID IT. >> DeMarco: THE DOCTOR SAID IT. >> Dr. Jen: WE HAVE TO REMEMBER >> Dr. Jen: WE HAVE TO REMEMBER IN MODERATION, YOU KNOW, IF YOU IN MODERATION, YOU KNOW, IF YOU CONSUME THAT WHOLE BOTTLE, I CAN CONSUME THAT WHOLE BOTTLE, I CAN ASSURE YOU, YOU WILL FEEL SICK ASSURE YOU, YOU WILL FEEL SICK AND THERE WILL BE NO BENEFITS, AND THERE WILL BE NO BENEFITS, BUT IF YOU WANT TO DILUTE IT, BUT IF YOU WANT TO DILUTE IT, ONE TO TWO TEASPOONS, ALL RIGHT. ONE TO TWO TEASPOONS, ALL RIGHT. >> DeMarco: WHAT ELSE? >> DeMarco: WHAT ELSE? >> Dr. Jen: OTHER WAYS TO HELP >> Dr. Jen: OTHER WAYS TO HELP WITH FOOD CRAVINGS BECAUSE WITH FOOD CRAVINGS BECAUSE THAT'S ONE OF THE PURPORTED THAT'S ONE OF THE PURPORTED MAYBE BENEFITS. MAYBE BENEFITS. SO FIRST OF ALL, DISTRACTING SO FIRST OF ALL, DISTRACTING YOURSELF, GOING FOR A WALK, YOURSELF, GOING FOR A WALK, GETTING ENOUGH SLEEP. GETTING ENOUGH SLEEP. >> DeMarco: GOOD LUCK WITH THAT. >> DeMarco: GOOD LUCK WITH THAT. >> Dr. Jen: ALWAYS HELPFUL, AND >> Dr. Jen: ALWAYS HELPFUL, AND THEN CHEWING SUGARLESS GUM THEN CHEWING SUGARLESS GUM ABSOLUTELY CAN HELP YOU WITH ABSOLUTELY CAN HELP YOU WITH THOSE FOOD CRAVINGS. THOSE FOOD CRAVINGS. >> DeMarco: WE

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