vinegar might fight fat

[Amby 490]

Ordinary vinegar used to make salad dressings and pickles just might live up to its age-old reputation in folk medicine as a promoter of health, a new study suggests.

Nobody should start guzzling vinegar, but Japanese scientists found new evidence that vinegar can help prevent accumulation of body fat and weight gain, at least in mice.

Tomoo Kondo and colleagues note that vinegar has been used as a folk medicine since ancient times. People have used it for a range of ills. Modern scientific research suggests that acetic acid, the main component of vinegar, may help control blood pressure, blood sugar levels, and fat accumulation.

Lab mice fed a high-fat diet and given acetic acid developed significantly less body fat (up to 10 percent less) than other mice, Kondo's team found.

Despite the constant barrage of diet advice and warnings about the ill effects of being overweight, the finding comes at a time when Americans diets are getting worse. Scientists said last month that fewer Americans in their middle and later years heed advice for a healthy lifestyle now compared to two decades ago.

The new research adds evidence to the idea that acetic acid fights fat by turning on genes that churn out proteins involved in breaking down fats, thus suppressing body fat accumulation in the body.

Further research on humans would be needed to confirm the effect carries over.

The results will be detailed in the July 8 issue of American Chemical Society's Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.

http://www.livescience.com/health/090620-vinegar-fat.html

[Amby 490]

so I was thinking if you put vinegar on your chips then you're ok

[Peikko 1,575]

[EstebanTrabajos 7]

Salsa Valentina has lots of vinegar, FTW!!

[Ladylethal 12]

Actually, one diet tip I've read many years ago (and that I tried for a week) was to drink one tbsp of apple vinegar every morning. Blerh!!! It's the pectin in the apples that apparently help do the trick with that.

I'm sure it must work to some extent (saw a documentary on it) but it's too horrible to go through with.

[mawilson 2,133]

so I was thinking if you put vinegar on your chips then you're ok

I'm so happy to hear that

[Dr. A ♥ O 203]

It also helps to soften your laundry and keep the lint off.

[Ladylethal 12]

It's great to deep clean your hair as well, specially for those with oily hair, you wash it with vinegar then wash it normally. Or people like me, who get sores on the scalp (heat and having my head sweaty makes me scratchy and then I hurt myself with my nails) it helps to heal them.

[reeses16 8]

I love vinegar. I guess this might be one more plus. lol.

[almaty 19]

sanita drinks it every morning with honey...hmmmmmm...she never offers me any..

[caybee 21]

Balsamic vinegar doesn't keep the fat away.

<-- Case in point.

But I still love the stuff.

My grandmother used to drink this concoction called jogging in a jug, I think a combination of apple juice, grape juice, and vinegar. Seemed to do her good -- always had plenty of energy.

It also helps to soften your laundry and keep the lint off.

Nice! Is this something you've learned in Egypt?

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

It's great to deep clean your hair as well, specially for those with oily hair, you wash it with vinegar then wash it normally. Or people like me, who get sores on the scalp (heat and having my head sweaty makes me scratchy and then I hurt myself with my nails) it helps to heal them.

You can also use it to get rid of skunk spray

[Ladylethal 12]

I run my washing machine with water and vinegar once every other month to keep it clean. Empty on small load, just to clean out any dirt, soap scum, lint, etc.

Edited June 23, 2009 by Ladylethal

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Well that makes sense - as the vinegar breaks down limescale.

[HAL 9000 96]

HAL 9000 always uses Red Wine Vinegar with Olive oil on his salads.