It's time to pump up that flabby womb, everyone. Grab a bottle of Apple Cider Vinegar, make sure your feet are elevated a good 10 inches while sitting on a toilet and get ready for the tale of "Dr." Paul Bragg and his health knowledge about the benefits of apple cider vinegar. Strange Country cohosts Beth and Kelly share nuggets from Bragg's tome Apple Cider Vinegar: Miracle Health System written 19 years after his death at the age of 80 or 199—what are numbers or facts or science or reality—who cares? The guy in charge of the federal health complex freezes raccoon penises.
Theme music: Big White Lie by A Cast of Thousands.
Cite your sources:
Bragg, Patricia, and Paul C. Bragg. Apple Cider Vinegar: Miracle Health System. Bragg, 2020.
Cramp, Arthur J. (1936). Nostrums and Quackery and Pseudo-Medicine, Volume 3. Press of American Medical Association. pp. 145-147
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Masters, Nathan. "How a Health Guru Helped L.A. Discover its Hiking Trails." PBS, 19 August 2014, https://www.pbssocal.org/shows/lost-la/how-a-health-guru-helped-l-a-discover-its-hiking-trails. Accessed 25 July 2026.
"The Mysterious Life Of Mr. Bragg: The Man Behind Apple Cider Vinegar's Rise." Pendulum Newsletter, 22 September 2022, https://pendulumnewsletter.com/news/the-untold-story-of-braggs-apple-cider-vinegar/. Accessed 25 July 2026
Oregonian. 3 Nov. 1932. America's Historical Newspapers, infoweb-newsbank-cay.orc.scoolaid.net/apps/news/document-view?p=EANX-K12&docref=image/v2%3A11A73E5827618330%40EANX-K12-12A275C4C90DA159%402427015-1299E01660B9883C%408-1299E01660B9883C%40. Accessed 25 July 2026.
Schwarcz, Joe. "Apple Cider Vinegar…Again." Office for Science and Society, 8 Oct. 2025, https://www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/health-and-nutrition-pseudoscience/apple-cider-vinegaragain.
