Vinegar with meals
A vinegar dressing with a carbohydrate-rich meal slows gastric emptying. Small effect, no effort.
Order of magnitude
One to two tablespoons of vinegar as a dressing with the meal, not drunk neat.
Shishehbor 2017: postprandial glucose AUC SMD −0.60, insulin AUC SMD −1.30. Acute, not fasting. Drunk neat, vinegar attacks tooth enamel and the oesophagus. As a dressing that concerns none of the six lab values, so there is no marker offset.
Effects in detail
Each row is a directed edge from our database, with range, latency, evidence grade and the condition under which it applies at all.
| Marker | Effect | Latency | Mode of action | Outcome | Evidence | Condition | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fasting glucose | helps. Lowers 5–15 % Shishehbor 2017 SMD −0.60 on postprandial glucose AUC, not on fasting glucose. Individual trials conflicted before pooling. | 0–1 weeks | postprandial | no | Evidence grade C | applies regardless of the starting value | |
| Fasting insulin | helps. Lowers 8–20 % Shishehbor 2017 SMD −1.30 on postprandial insulin AUC. | 0–1 weeks | postprandial | no | Evidence grade C | applies regardless of the starting value |
What this measure costs
Counteracting effects of the same measure.
No counteracting effect is on file for this measure. That does not mean there is none, only that we found no defensible edge.
Sources
Full details of every study the rows above rely on.
Vinegar consumption can attenuate postprandial glucose and insulin responses; a systematic review and meta-analysis of clinical trials
Shishehbor et al. · Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice · 2017 · Meta-analysis