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Giving mice vinegar (acetic acid) in their stomachs while they eat fatty food seems to help them store less fat in their bodies and livers, even if they eat the same amount and don’t gain or lose muscle.
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Acetic acid upregulates the expression of genes for fatty acid oxidation enzymes in liver to suppress body fat accumulation.
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2009 Jul 8The study gave mice acetic acid while they ate a high-fat diet and found they stored less fat in their bodies and livers, even though they ate the same amount of food. This matches the claim exactly.
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