ACV

Researchers have found that consuming apple cider vinegar may lead to certain metabolic changes, not only to help explain these study results, but also support healthy fat burning*:

1. Prevents the complete digestion of complex carbohydrates*
   The acetic acid in apple cider vinegar helps block your gut’s absorption of carbs and starchy foods when taken before a meal. It’s thought to disrupt your enzymes that break down starch. This may help curb appetite.*
2. Turns on genes to signal your body to accumulate and store less fat*
   Rats fed with apple cider vinegar showed an increase in the expression of genes linked to reduced belly fat and liver fat storage. Extending this to humans (our bodies work like rats’ bodies in many ways!), apple cider vinegar may help reduce your risk of developing the signs of metabolic syndrome.*
3. May help encourage the burning of fat*
   When mice were fed a high-fat diet, researchers found a significant increase in the genes responsible for fat burning. Apple cider vinegar helps support healthy insulin levels, encouraging the breakdown of fat for fuel.*
4. Improve metabolic function*
   A rat study showed a boost in the enzyme AMPK, your metabolic master switch that regulates your metabolism and increases fat burning and reduces the production of fat and sugar in the liver.*
5. Maintain healthy blood sugar levels in the normal range*
   In animal and human studies, apple cider vinegar helped maintain healthy normal blood glucose levels already in the normal range by supporting the process by which the liver and muscles absorb sugar from the blood.* This may also help your body burn more stored fat.*

In one famous Japanese human study, subjects consumed either 15 ml (one tablespoon), 30 ml (two tablespoons), or no apple cider vinegar added to a beverage.

At the end of the 12-week study, signs of metabolic syndrome and measures of body weight, BMI, visceral fat, waist circumference, serum lipid levels were lower in the groups who consumed either 15 ml and 30 ml of apple cider vinegar.

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