Dr. Michael Greger
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And by metabolizing the acetic acid, it requires energy.
And that energy drain actually bumps up AMPK, which is boosted by exercise, boosted by calorie restriction.
It's one of the anti-aging pathways.
And we can get that boost by just simple vinegar.
And it decreases our blood sugars, decreases body fat.
You can randomize people to get vinegar.
Come on.
They did vinegar drinks, sound kind of gross, but they used acetic acid versus another kind of acid, tasted exactly the same, but it wasn't acetic acid, and saw significant difference in visceral body fat, which is the most dangerous body fat coiled around our internal organs, infiltrating our organs, and they did CT scans.
I mean, the conscious people randomized to different kinds of, well, one vinegar or placebo vinegar, and they did this and saw significant loss.
Pounds of body fat different.
Same amount of calories.
Same amount of calories.
Just by having vinegar?
Vinegar.
Vinegar.
Now, the problem with the vinegar strategy is that it gets cleared from our system within 46 hours.
That's why you really got to do it at every meal if you want to get that constant boost.
Every meal?
I know.
Okay, so how do you do it?