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Apple cider vinegar can be used for weight loss

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  • Tested in Humans

    Vinegar Intake Reduces Body Weight, Body Fat Mass, and Serum Triglyceride Levels in Obese Japanese Subjects

    Published 2009
    Reviewer Insight
    11/3/2025

    Conducted on obese but otherwise healthy individuals. Many variables tracked and balanced or accounted for. Limitation only in Japanese populations

    Meeta Mistry
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  • Inconclusive

    Beneficial effects of Apple Cider Vinegar on weight management, Visceral Adiposity Index and lipid profile in overweight or obese subjects receiving restricted calorie diet: A randomized clinical trial

    Published 2018
    Reviewer Insight
    11/3/2025

    Co-administration of apple cider vinegar (ACV) and restricted calorie diet (RCD) decrease body weight and BMI.

    Not sure whether this a is a result of the vinegar or the diet; confounded.

    Also cannot access, so not sure about demographic balance

    Meeta Mistry
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  • Awaiting Review

    Dietary acetic acid suppress high-fat diet-induced obesity in mice by altering taurine conjugated bile acids metabolism

    Published 2022
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