How vinegar might help reduce fat
Acetic acid upregulates the expression of genes for fatty acid oxidation enzymes in liver to suppress body fat accumulation.
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Surprising Findings
Acetic acid reduced fat accumulation without changing food intake or muscle weight.
Most weight loss interventions either reduce appetite or cause muscle loss. This shows fat-specific metabolic changes may be possible without those side effects.
Practical Takeaways
Including small amounts of vinegar in meals might support fat metabolism, based on early animal and cell studies.
Not medical advice. For informational purposes only. Always consult a healthcare professional. Terms
Surprising Findings
Acetic acid reduced fat accumulation without changing food intake or muscle weight.
Most weight loss interventions either reduce appetite or cause muscle loss. This shows fat-specific metabolic changes may be possible without those side effects.
Practical Takeaways
Including small amounts of vinegar in meals might support fat metabolism, based on early animal and cell studies.
Publication
Journal
Journal of agricultural and food chemistry
Year
2009
Authors
Tomoo Kondo, Mikiya Kishi, T. Fushimi, Takayuki Kaga
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Claims (4)
Acetic acid helps the liver burn fat and stop making new fat at the same time.
Acetic acid might help the body burn fat better by turning on certain fat-burning genes in liver cells — at least in mice and lab-grown human cells.
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.
Acetate turns up fat-burning genes in liver cells, but only when a specific switch called AMPK is working — if we turn off that switch, the effect goes away.