Posted on 07/07/2009 12:50:38 PM PDT by MyTwoCopperCoins
The vinegar used to garnish salad dressings, pickles and other foods, may live up to its folk reputation as a fat buster and health promoter.
Japanese researchers Tomoo Kondo and colleagues noted that vinegar has also been used as a folk medicine since ancient times, for a range of illnesses.
Modern research suggests that acetic acid, the main component of vinegar, may help control blood pressure, blood sugar levels, and fat accumulation.
Their new study showed that lab mice fed a high-fat diet and given acetic acid developed significantly less body fat (up to 10 percent less) than other mice, said an American Chemical Society (ACS) release.
Importantly, the new research bolsters evidence that acetic acid fights fat by turning on genes for fatty acid oxidation enzymes.
The genes churn out proteins involved in breaking down fats, thus suppressing body fat accumulation in the body.
These findings were published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.
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1940s Vinegar Cake
But not enough vinegar to do you any good or any harm for that matter.
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