Vinegar of a thousand virtues: true or alleged?

Wine, red or white, balsamic, apple, pear, rice, coconut, honey or beer. These are just a few variants of vinegar much-loved food in all parts of the world and used for many different purposes. Seasoning, flavoring, cooking, preserving, disinfecting, and even achieving specific health benefits, from weight control to blood sugar control. But what is true among the many touted virtues?
Here is what is known
about this valuable fermentation product and what, on the other hand, remains to be proven.

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How to quiet the mind

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Mint: an ally against many ailments

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What damages the brain (and how to protect it)

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Helpful actions against knee pain

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Do statins make you irritable?

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Cerumen this unknown, or not?

Earwax, like many other bodily secretions, is unfairly considered a useless organic material that can sometimes even create quite serious problems. For example, when too much accumulates in the ear

Itching as a sign of disease

Itching, when not short-lived and resolvable soon, but prolonged for a long time can be a warning sign of a disease of the body; including: A blood disease; diabetes; A

Alternative therapies: do they work or not?

In most cases, those who rely on alternative therapies exercise an act of faith. Scientific evidence supporting its objective, or at least probable, efficacy is in fact often lacking, and

A zigzag swim in the sea to avoid jellyfish; the enemy is fear

In our seas it is often possible to have jellyfish. These are not lethal species, but with their stinging tentacles they can ruin our vacations.

Depression after “age”? Here’s why

Anyone can experience a drop in mood for more or less prolonged periods, at any time of life. Sometimes you it is a true major depression, i.e., a disorder psychiatric

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