Woo!! SO SOUR >.<

Tadda!! See what topic we gonna talk about now.. What is

the sour thing that we always meet in our daily life?

Its vinegar!! at least for me...

I admit, I am a guy who like to "eat vinegar" as means jealous in Chinese lolz..

There are few kind of vinegar such as white, rice, apple cider and some others.

Vinegar can be said as a multi functional tools as it can be use on cooking, medical, cleaning and many many other purpose.

So let us see, what can he do :D

Besides cooking, vinegar can also be used as medicines. Vinegar is believed to be one of the ancient medicines and the natural remedy. This is because vinegar contains agents that kill fungus and bacteria, so that it can be used to cure some food fungus such as “Hong Kong Leg”. It is cured by changing the pH value of the leg so that those funguses cannot be grown.

Besides that, vinegar can also relief cramp as cram happens often is because the lack of potassium in out body, so that by taking in vinegar can increase the potassium level inside our body and cure the cramp. And these are only a part of the example of the medicine uses of vinegar.

Vinegar can also use to preserve food. As we know that powerful British navy by the old time use vinegar to preserve food so that they can get enough food supply during the war.

For cleaning purposes, many people in modern days had forgotten the ancient way of cleaning by using the vinegar. Something that we hardly remove by these days such as the stain left by cellophane tape can be easily removed by apply some vinegar on the stain then wait for a while, then the stain can be easily wiped away.

Isit cool? Haha..

So now, let us see the nutritional value of vinegar

Vinegar are mostly fat-free and l

Vinegars are mostly fat-free and low in sodium and calories. Although vinegar contain low level of vitamins, but it contains many minerals needed by our body such as magnesium and potassium. Vinegar contains carbohydrates and sugar, so the taking of vinegar should depend on one’s body condition. So it is encourage to read the label of nutrition facts before buying one as different kind of vinegar contain different amount of certain substances. Vinegars are mostly fat-free and low in sodium and calories. Although vinegar contain low level of vitamins, but it contains many minerals needed by our body such as magnesium and potassium. Vinegar contains carbohydrates and sugar, so the taking of vinegar should depend on one’s body condition. So it is encourage to read the label of nutrition facts before buying one as different kind of vinegar contain different amount of certain substances.

Calories

There are 30calories per cup of distilled vinegar.

Sugar

There are about 12g of sugar per cup of white vinegar

Potassium

Most of the vinegar contain small amount of potassium inside. A cup of distilled white vinegar contains 36 milligrams of potassium while a cup of apple cider vinegar contains 175 milligrams of potassium.

Sodium

Vinegar is known to be the famous sodium free diet as a cup of vinegar contain less than 3 milligrams of sodium.

Magnesium

A cup of distilled white vinegar consists of 53 milligrams of magnesium which is 13 percent of our daily needs of magnesium in

So now let us see, how is vinegar being manufactured.

Vinegar actually is the dilluted aques solution of acetic acid.

The way to process vinegar can be divided into 2 biochemical process.

The 1st part is the fermentation of alcohol.

C­­₆H₁₂O₆ -->2C₂H₅OH+2CO₂

This process is help by the presence of yeast. It turns the sugar into alcohol.

For the 2nd part it is the acid fermentation

C₂H₅OH+O₂-->CH₃COOH+H₂O

This process is going by acetobacter, a kind of microorganisms which present in the air. It will converts the alcohol into acid.

By the way, most of the vinegar are more dilute then the aqueos of acetic acid depends on the material and the ways they made from. And the amount of nutrition also vary with each other. But the major benefit of the vinegar are still the same.

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