- Several food choices and lifestyle habits contribute to healthy weight management.
- Researchers are seeking to understand specific foods that may help people maintain an appropriate weight.
- A recent study found that regular consumption of apple cider vinegar may have several benefits, including reducing weight, body fat ratio, cholesterol, and blood glucose levels.
Maintaining a healthy weight can be challenging. People may utilize a number of strategies to assist with weight loss.
One such strategy of interest is the regular consumption of apple cider vinegar. Apple cider vinegar has many potential health benefits, and it is a highly popular item, used by consumers in foods and even in hair and skin routines.
A study published in BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health found that apple cider vinegar appeared to have weight management benefits among young adults with overweight or obesity.
Participants in the intervention group experienced a greater reduction weight, in waist-to-hip circumference, body mass index, and body fat ratio.
They also had lower blood sugar, triglyceride, and cholesterol readings. The results point to the potential benefits of apple cider vinegar in weight management.
Future research must confirm these findings and see how apple cider vinegar consumption may help individuals in other groups.
The study was a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study that included Lebanese adolescents and young adults between the ages of 12 and 25. Participants were not on medications and did not have any chronic diseases.
Researchers recruited a total of 120 participants with overweight or obesity, and divided them into four groups. One group received the placebo, and the other three received a specific dose of apple cider vinegar — either 5, 10, or 15 milliliters (ml) diluted in water daily.
Other than this intervention, participants continued their normal diets and recorded what they ate.
Researchers collected data on body measurements and blood…
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