Can vinegar or acidic acid reduce a blood sugar spike from big Mac burger from McDonald’s ?🫣😱📊📈

Vinegar slows down the breakdown of starches into glucose, and it tells our muscles to soak up glucose as it arrives in our bloodstream.

Scientists found that the acetic acid in vinegar temporarily inactivates alpha-amylase -a digestive enzyme in saliva that breaks down starch. As a result, sugar and starch are transformed into glucose more slowly, and that glucose hits our system more softly. Then, once acetic acid gets into the bloodstream, it penetrates our muscles and encourages them to make glycogen faster than they usually would, leading to more efficient glucose uptake.

These two factors – the glucose being released into the body slower and our muscles uptaking it quicker – mean less free-flowing glucose around, so less of a glucose spike.

One tablespoon of vinegar (any vinegar, but not balsamic vinegar) diluted in a very large glass of water, drunk up to 20 minutes before a meal, reduces the glucose spike of the meal by up to 30%. This is amazing – it means you can eat what you normally eat without worrying so much about glucose spikes.

So if you’re looking to: 
Manage your blood sugar.
Reduce cravings and hunger.
Lose weight.
Feel amazing.

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