Vinegar Drinker Vinegar can kill B.O.

　　I felt fatigued these days. A friend of mine recommended, "Drink two-thirds fluid oz. (20ml.) of rice vinegar everyday." Two-thirds fluid oz. is such a small quantity that it stands a little in the bottom of a glass. It tastes too sour to swallow down straight. I added a lot of apple juice to it to gulp it down at last.
　　I kept, however, drinking vinegar several days and found myself in a better condition. Somehow I felt energized. As for quick refreshment, vinegar is more effective than coffee.
　　Vinegar favorably affects the acid/alkali balance of the human body to strengthen the natural healing power. The acetic acid and citric acid contained in vinegar can activate the energy metabolism. Some of Japanese Olympic athletes drink vinegar as good remedy for physical exhaustion.
　　Drinking vinegar has been a popular health treatment in the U.S. as well. There is the international association of vinegar drinkers, where the members introduce delicious vinegars over the world and teach how to drink them nicely each other.
　　A friend who works for a think tank in Washington D.C always sprinkles a lot of vinegar over the salad, saying," Vinegar can kill B.O. (body odor)"
　　North America is a great producer of apples, so apple cider vinegar is popular. The proverb says, "An apple a day keeps the doctor away." Many people believe that apple cider vinegar is a panacea for any disease.
　　Recently those who prefer light and mild taste have increased in Japan as well as in the U.S. The truly sour taste has almost disappeared. In the U.S. they use vinegar for salad dressing, but add vegetable oil twice as much as vinegar to kill sour taste. As for lemonade made of lemon, they put a lot of sugar in it to be very sweet.
　　In Japan, the sourest food is Umeboshi (salted and pickled plum) from ancient times. Now the tendency to cut sodium has changed the taste of Umeboshi flatter than ever. As for Sunomono (a vinegared dish), they prefer the sweet-sour seasoning with sugar, salt, and vinegar to the sour seasoning only with salt and vinegar, because the taste of the former is milder than that of the latter.
　　By the way, now one of the most popular diet supplements in the U.S. is a mixture of the essence of vinegar and kelp, soy lecithin, and vitamin B6. These ingredients belong to Japanese traditional foods such as vinegared seaweed salad, grilled sardines, and miso-soup with soybean curd. That is to say, "food is medicine."