[pete]

It has been my experience that eating too many sour foods can agravate the tendons. My achilies tendons used to give me trouble till I gave up the excess citrus and vinegars in my diet.
I do not think a tablespoon in a cup of water will do too much harm. As you said "everything in moderation". I just wanted to make you awareof anohter side affect though. Too much acidic things can also destroy the acidic lining of the stomach. Without stomach acid it is hard to diggest and absorb your nutrients. I know several peaple who went on vinegary diets where they took a tablespoon of vinegar in the morning witha tablespoon of honey. it weekend thier stomachs. One doctor told one guy to discontinue it for this reason. Some old wives practices should be done with caution or even avoided entirely.