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Apple Cider and Honey

Apple cider is known around the world as Mother Nature's miracle medicine, a powerful weapon in the war against aging and disease that is more effective than many high-priced prescription drugs. Now experts reveal that when mixed with honey, apple cider becomes potent enough to cure cancer, heart disease and other deadly ailments while remaining safe enough to take as an appetite suppressant to lose weight. "Mixing these two healing foods produces amazingly healthful effects," said Dr. Louis Ducarre of Geneva, Switzerland. Read more about the properties of honey.

ARTHRITIS

Stir one tablespoon apple cider and one tablespoon honey into a cup of boiling water. Drink the brew morning and evening to ward off arthritis pain. You can also make a soothing salve by combining equal parts of apple cider and honey, stirring well, and applying directly to aching areas.

BLADDER INFECTIONS

A teaspoon apple cider mixed with a teaspoon honey taken morning, noon and night should eliminate bacteria responsible for causing bladder infections. Add a teaspoon cranberry juice for especially stubborn infections.

CANCER

Recent research indicates apple cider and honey can dramatically improve cancer cure rates. In one study, 387 men and women undergoing chemotherapy for a variety of cancers took daily doses of apple cider and honey and experienced remission rates twice that of patients who had chemotherapy alone.

CANKER SORES

An ordinary salad with apple cider and honey dressing will help eliminate canker sores. Eat the dressing on salad twice a day.

CHOLESTEROL

The dangerous effects of fatty foods can be controlled by drinking a hot tea made of two cups water, two tablespoons honey and three tablespoons apple cider. Sip the tea at least twice daily to lower cholesterol levels and keep them low.

COLDS

Take one tablespoon apple cider and one teaspoon honey to eliminate symptoms, often in a matter of hours. The mixture is especially helpful when your cold is accompanied by a sore throat.

FATIGUE

Experts recommend mixing a half teaspoon of apple cider and a tablespoon of honey in a cup of warm water. Sip as needed.

HEARING LOSS

Exciting new research demonstrates that drinking daily doses of apple cider and honey, mixed one-to-one, help repair damage to the inner ear and boost hearing levels.

HEART DISEASE

You can guard against heart disease and prevent the deposit of fatty plaque in the arteries by dosing yourself with one cup apple cider sweetened with a teaspoon of honey.

HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE

High blood pressure and its accompanying symptoms disappeared within a month after patients in an Italian study began taking regular doses of two parts apple cider mixed with one part honey.

IMMUNE SYSTEM

Your immune system will function more than three times as effectively if you regularly consume apple cider and honey in combination. Medical research shows that the nutrients in these miracle foods boosted the activities of white blood cells, helping them prevent disease by destroying invading viruses and bacteria.

INDIGESTION

A miracle cure for indigestion can be made from a quarter-cup apple cider combined with two teaspoons honey. Take two teaspoons of the mixture as needed to settle your stomach and speed up digestion.

INFLUENZA

Danish studies show that a substance in apple cider is a natural wonder drug when combined with an equal quantity of honey. A teaspoon of the mixture taken every hour eliminates viral symptoms.

LONGEVITY

You can live to be 100 and enjoy a healthy, active life by sipping a cup of hot apple cider and honey "tea" daily. To make it, mix two teaspoons of each ingredient in a cup of water.

SKIN PROBLEMS

Mix three teaspoonfuls of apple cider with a teaspoon of honey and dab on pimples and other skin conditions each night.

SORE MUSCLES

Rub sore muscles with warm apple cider mixed nine-to-one with honey after too much exercise. Repeat each morning and evening until aches disappear.

WEIGHT LOSS

You can take off pound after pound of ugly, excess flab in a matter of weeks by sipping fabulous "diet cocktail" made of five parts apple cider to one part honey. You should drink one cup of this miracle brew before meals to speed up metabolism and suppress your appetite.

ENERGY LOSS

There's tremendous evidence that the natural sugars in honey can improve energy levels significantly. Used properly, these sugars can help senior citizens and others who suffer from common fatigue. Nutrition experts recommend making a mixture with half a teaspoon of honey and an 8 ounce glass of water. Drink this tasty concoction every morning about two hours after you wake up.