Toenail and foot maintenance doesn’t have to come at a high cost.

In fact, some of the best hygiene remedies are common kitchen staples.

One, we wager you’ve heard plenty about before:apple cider vinegar.

Alexandra Engler

Apple cider vinegar is made from apple juice and is fermented to hard apple cider.

It’s then fermented a second time to become apple cider vinegar.

Here’s what you should probably know.

Apple cider vinegar for toenail fungus: Does it work?

Fungal overgrowth is actually the cause oftinea pedis, or what’s commonly called athlete’s foot.

It’s triggered by the overgrowth of fungus likeCandida albicans, trichophyton, epidermophyton, and microsporum.

However, in a 2018 study, scientists found that the vinegar can inhibit the growth ofC.

albicansin a petri dish3.

It works by destroying the fungus’s cell structure, along with specific enzymes the fungus needs to survive.

Signs of toenail fungus.

So how do you know you have a fungal infection?

The best and most effective way to use apple cider vinegar to treat fungal overgrowth is throughACV foot soaks.

Athlete’s foot is annoying, to say the leastand at its worst, painful!)

The takeaway.