Vinegar intake reduces body weight, body fat mass, and serum triglyceride levels in obese Japanese subjects

• Published in: Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry Vol. 73; no. 8; pp. 1837 - 1843
• Main Authors: Kondo, T.(Mizkan Group Corp., Aichi (Japan)), Kishi, M, Fushimi, T, Ugajin, S, Kaga, T
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Tokyo Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry 01.08.2009; Japan Society for Bioscience Biotechnology and Agrochemistry; Oxford University Press
• Subjects: ABDOMINAL FAT; Abdominal Fat - drug effects; Abdominal Fat - metabolism; ACETIC ACID; Acetic Acid - administration & dosage; Acetic Acid - pharmacology; Acetic Acid - therapeutic use; ACIDE ACETIQUE; ACIDO ACETICO; ADIPOSE TISSUE; Adipose Tissue - drug effects; Adipose Tissue - metabolism; Adult; Asian Continental Ancestry Group; Biological and medical sciences; Blood Pressure - drug effects; BLOOD SERUM; body fat mass; Body Weight - drug effects; Double-Blind Method; Female; Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology; GRAISSE ABDOMINALE; GRASA ABDOMINAL; Humans; Male; METABOLIC DISORDERS; Middle Aged; obesity; Obesity - blood; Obesity - diet therapy; Obesity - physiopathology; OVERWEIGHT; Placebo Effect; SERUM SANGUIN; serum triglyceride; SOBREPESO; SUERO SANGUINEO; SURPOIDS; TEJIDO ADIPOSO; Time Factors; TISSU ADIPEUX; TRASTORNOS METABOLICOS; TRIGLICERIDOS; TRIGLYCERIDE; TRIGLYCERIDES; Triglycerides - blood; TROUBLE DU METABOLISME; VINAGRE; VINAIGRE; VINEGAR; Obesity; serum triglyceride; vinegar; Fat; Serum; Acetic acid; Triglyceride; body fat mass
• ISSN: 0916-8451; 1347-6947
• DOI: 10.1271/bbb.90231

Acetic acid (AcOH), a main component of vinegar, recently was found to suppress body fat accumulation in animal studies. Hence we investigated the effects of vinegar intake on the reduction of body fat mass in obese Japanese in a double-blind trial. The subjects were randomly assigned to three groups of similar body weight, body mass index (BMI), and waist circumference. During the 12-week treatment period, the subjects in each group ingested 500 ml daily of a beverage containing either 15 ml of vinegar (750 mg AcOH), 30 ml of vinegar (1,500 mg AcOH), or 0 ml of vinegar (0 mg AcOH, placebo). Body weight, BMI, visceral fat area, waist circumference, and serum triglyceride levels were significantly lower in both vinegar intake groups than in the placebo group. In conclusion, daily intake of vinegar might be useful in the prevention of metabolic syndrome by reducing obesity.