VINEGAR
by Dr. Lawrence Wilson
© October 2022, LD Wilson Consultants, Inc.
All information in this article is for educational purposes only. It is not for the diagnosis, treatment, prescription or cure of any disease or health condition.
Contents
II. VINEGAR FOODS AND DEVELOPMENT
III. CAUTIONS WITH EATING VINEGAR
IV. HOUSEHOLD USES FOR VINEGAR
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DEFINITION
Vinegar is a product of fermentation often made from fruits or vegetables. The food is fermented in a certain way that leaves weak acetic acid as the main ingredient. While this is a good chemical explanation of vinegar, in reality vinegar is much more than just a chemical.
Cleaning up. Vinegar also contains many special souls that are attracted to its qualities. These souls specialize in cleaning the body and in cleaning the food that the vinegar is made from.
Cleansing is the main action of vinegar. This is extremely helpful today because all the food contains toxic chemicals that impair healing and development.
A high-quality, non-toxic cleaner is also very needed in all homes, offices, factories and farms.
II. VINEGAR FOODS AND DEVELOPMENT
A new category of foods for rapid development are those that contain vinegar (September 2022). To read about the amazing process of development, read Introduction To Development.
Recommended vinegar foods. Vinegar foods we recommend in small quantity only are:
Sauerkraut. If you can find it, we recommend Bubbies brand of plain sauerkraut. However, others are often okay.
Mustard prepared with vinegar. This is a decent spice for all meats or on vegetables.
Kosher dill pickles. This is more for those who are well developed but a little is okay. Pickles are made from cucumbers, which are fruits. As a result, they are more yin.
Balsamic vinegar sauces or dressings. This can be used on vegetables.
Miso. This is a traditional Japanese soybean paste that contains beneficial bacteria for digestion and more.
Tamari. This is traditionally prepared soy sauce. It is another topping that can be used with meats or vegetables.
Pickled herring in dill marinade. This is an interesting and nutritious food that contains vinegar. It is a fermented preparation of herring.
A brand we like is Blue Hill Bay Herring In Dill Marinade – 12 ounce. It is available on the internet and found in many supermarkets in America, usually in the fish department. You may have to ask where it is.
While all fish are high in mercury, one “square” or piece of pickled herring per week is fine and a nice addition to the development diet.
Butter. Butter is a type of fermented food created by a chemical reaction when cream is churned properly.
Goat and other cheeses, yogurt and kefir. While these do not taste like vinegar, they contain a little of it. Soft goat cheese is an important food for development.
Olives. These are often packed in vinegar. We recommend up to three black kalamata olives packed in red wine vinegar per week. An alternative is up to three black Peruvian botija olives per week. You can mix these, but do not exceed this quantity. Do not eat green olives, which are unripe and more yin.
Beef or turkey jerky. These are traditional methods of preserving meat that involve fermenting organisms.
Corned beef. This is a traditional method of preserving beef that is quite nutritious.
Coffee. Coffee is a vinegar food because it is fermented early in its production. We strongly recommend coffee in enemas, but not to drink except up to one small cup per day if you wish.
Tea. Black tea or traditional tea is a vinegar food that is prepared by drying tea leaves and allowing them to ferment. One cup a day is fine. We do not recommend green tea, which is unfermented tea. We also do not recommend most herbal teas because they are all somewhat toxic.
AVOID. Vinegar foods that we do not recommend include apple cider vinegar, kimchi, and kombucha tea. We also do not recommend eating much tempeh and tofu, which may be fermented.
We also do not recommend bread or other fermented vegetables, especially if you ferment them yourself. The reasons we do not recommend these foods are discussed below.
Weston Price, DDS. We are happy that the Weston A Price Foundation discusses fermented foods. However, we do not agree that the more fermented foods, the better. We discuss the toxicity of vinegar foods below.
ACTIONS OF THE VINEGAR FOODS
Cleaning up foods. Vinegar in food will clean up whatever it is mixed with. This applies especially to foods.
Improving digestion. The weak acidic nature of vinegar helps balance the digestive system. Bacteria in the vinegar act as a probiotic.
This means they help restore the proper bowel flora. This is very helpful today because food chemicals, metal toxicity and malnutrition all damage the bowel flora.
Providing special souls. This is a very important reason to eat vinegar foods, especially as one develops. The souls are very needed for the process of development. Many go to the brain and other vital organs and enhance their activity.
Providing special nutrients. Some of the fermenting organisms in some vinegar foods make many kinds of chemicals that our bodies need. Often, these are not easy to find in most food. Therefore, the vinegar foods become vital sources of unusual nutrients.
Other energies. Vinegar foods provide other subtle energies needed today by our bodies.
A healthy preservative. Vinegar also acts as a food preservative. This chemical action prolongs the life of foods that contain vinegar.
COOKING VINEGAR FOODS
Usually, one does not cook vinegar foods. The vinegar causes a type of cooking action and that is sufficient. Cooking would also damage the microorganisms contained in the vinegar and some of the nutrients it contains.
No need for cooking is an advantage of these foods because they are fast and simple to eat.
III. CAUTIONS WITH EATING VINEGAR
Aldehydes. Vinegar foods often contain some aldehydes. These are liver poisons, so one must be careful with vinegar foods. As one moves into the higher stages of development, vinegar foods become more important and the body is better able to handle a little aldehydes. However, some people eat a lot of vinegar foods and this is not wise.
Some vinegar foods are higher in aldehydes than others. For this reason, we do not recommend kimchi, kombucha tea and just eating random fermented foods. For more details, read Aldehydes.
Cold or yin. Vinegar foods are all somewhat yin. This is important because the bodies today are already too yin in macrobiotic terminology. For details, read Yin And Yang Foods, Yin And Yang Healing, and Yin Disease.
Example - apple cider vinegar. This is a popular health food store product. It contains some beneficial bacteria and other compounds. However, it is too cold (or yin in macrobiotic terminology) to use on a regular basis, so we cannot recommend it. For more details, read Apple Cider Vinegar.
Damage to the teeth. Most vinegar foods are acidic. Eating them can damage the enamel on the teeth. Mixing some salt with vinegar foods will help prevent this problem.
We added a small section about vinegar foods to the Food For Daily Use article.
IV. HOUSEHOLD USES FOR WHITE VINEGAR
White vinegar is an excellent cleaning compound! Some high-quality professional house cleaners will only use vinegar for cleaning because it is non-toxic and very effective. Vinegar leaves a slight odor when used, but the odor dissipates within an hour or so.
We suggest putting some white vinegar full strength in a spray bottle. Use it everywhere – counters, floors, walls, ceilings, toilets and more. It is especially good everywhere in the kitchen. I also spray the outside of new bottles and other containers with vinegar when I bring them to my home. It cleans them up and sterilizes them.
Laundry. Another superb idea is to add a few cups of white vinegar to each load of laundry when you put your clothes in the washing machine. It will freshen the laundry and clean it much better. You can still use some soap with it.
AVOID ALL LAUNDRY DETERGENTS, INCLUDING ALL-NATURAL ONES. They are not needed and all of them are somewhat toxic. An exception is 18 Extreme X by Naturoli. This is soap nut extract that is okay in small amounts.
For more details, read Cleanliness.
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