NEWS: Latest Studies Found New Evidence that Vinegar Can Prevent Weight Gain

A recent study conducted in Japan has shown new evidence about the health benefits of vinegar. According to researchers in Japan, the ordinary vinegar, which is usually used in salad dressings and other foods, is able to provide health benefits like what the folk medicine has told us. The study showed that vinegar can prevent weight gain by inhibiting accumulation of fat in the body.

It is very well known that vinegar is used in folk medicine ages ago. Folk medicine believed that vinegar has a lot of health benefits. A lot of people have been using the vinegar for different illnesses in the ancient times. According to modern science, the acetic acid content of vinegar helps in controlling blood sugar levels as well as addition of excess fat in the body.

Researchers have found out that acetic acid can fight fats by triggering the genes that are responsible for fatty acid oxidation enzymes. The genes release proteins or enzymes that are involved in breaking down fats. Thus, accumulation of excess fat in the body is inhibited.

This research will be further discussed and published in the July issue of American Chemical Society’s Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry.