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Apple Cider Vinegar (Gummies)

Apple Cider Vinegar Gummies is offered in 11g per gummy, totalling 660g for 60 gummies.

Apple Cider Vinegar has long been a popular remedial aid. It is claimed to possess a wide range of health properties, including anti-microbial and anti-oxidant effects. These brand new gummies are fully encapsulate with apple cider vinegar with the added benefit of pomegranate and beetroot juice extract. Apple cider vinegar is made from crushing down apples, squeezing out the liquid, and adding yeast which ferments the natural sugars to alcohol. Bacteria is then added that ferments the alcohol to acetic acid or vinegar. Some of the possible beneficial properties include raw enzymes and the advancement of positive bacteria in the gastrointestinal or digestive tract [R].

Apple Cider Vinegar and its Potential to Lower Blood Sugar and Manage Diabetes

Type 2 diabetes is characterised by high blood sugar levels caused by insulin resistance or the inability to produce insulin [R].

However, people without diabetes can also benefit from keeping their blood sugar levels in the normal range, as some researchers believe that high blood sugar levels are a major cause of aging and various chronic diseases. Research shows drinking apple cider vinegar following a meal may potentially help to lower blood sugar levels. Studies have shown subjects consuming a high starch meal, followed by apple cider vinegar react by blood sugar maintaining homeostasis compared to a placebo group [R].

Consumption of a small amount of apple cider vinegar has been shown to delay the release of food from the stomach into the intestinal tract. This is where the body breaks down starches like pasta into sugars and as a result, those sugars will not be absorbed as quickly. When sugar absorption is slowed down, insulin levels tend to stay lower and better regulated, and as such blood sugar won’t rise as much and as quickly. To summarize, apple cider vinegar lowers blood sugar levels because it increases insulin sensitivity [R].

This means that when we consider insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes, we consider that both conditions are a result of the body not managing blood sugar effectively. Insulin resistance starts long before you see any change in your fasting blood sugar causing it often to go undiagnosed. If we can identify and address insulin resistance early, we can stop it before it inevitably leads to type 2 diabetes. The implication of apple cider vinegar in the field of diabetes or even prediabetes can be enormous.

Apple Cider Vinegar and Potential Weight Loss

Apple cider vinegar has been proven to aid in weight loss, as mentioned above, lowering blood sugar levels affects how your body breaks down and processes food. In a recnt study conducted on rats, acetic acid improved the ability of the liver and muscles to take up sugar from the blood also show an improved ability of the muscles and liver to take up sugar from the blood.

The same study showed that acetic acid in apple cider vinegar reduces the ratio of insulin to glucagon, which will favor fat burning [R]. A separate study done on rats exposed to the same acetic acid over time, showed elevated levels of AMPK, which boosts the body’s natural fat-burning and decreases fat and sugar excess production by the liver [R].

Studies done on mice fed with a high-fat diet, supplemented with acetic acid found a significant increase in genes known to be responsible for fat burning, leading to less of a build-up of body fat. These studies showed a lot of potential and future growth in the study of substances such as apple cider vinegar as an healthier alternative to many of the over-the-counter compounds [R].