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In most grocery stores, you'll find vinegar in the salad dressing aisle. But one nutritionist hopes to change the way we think about the sour solution.

Carol Johnston, Ph.D.:

Hippocrates used it thousands of years ago as a medicine.

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Carol Johnston is studying the benefits of vinegar. In one study, three groups of people - healthy, pre-diabetic and type two diabetics… were tested to see if vinegar would lower their blood glucose levels.

Carol Johnston, Ph.D.:

Both the blood glucose and insulin were better managed after the meal when they consumed the vinegar.

Carol Johnston, Ph.D.:

It appears that the vinegar mimics the effects of both Acrabose and Metformin which are two of the commonly prescribed medications for diabetics.

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Johnston's vinegar solution was then tested to see if it could lower cholesterol levels. It didn't… but it did offer something else.

Carol Johnston, Ph.D.:

Interestingly, the group that got the vinegar lost several pounds on average and that was significant compared to the placebo group that had no change in their weight.

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Which was a pleasant surprise for study participants.

Linda Sampsel:

Oh, pretty shocked. I didn't expect it. So, I tried to continue it but I just didn't care for having vinegar every morning before breakfast.

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It's the unpleasant taste of the vinegar that professor Johnston is hoping to work on next.

Carol Johnston, Ph.D.:

We're trying to come up with a version that can be put in a tablet.

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In the meantime, Johnston says you can add vinegar to your diet by topping your salad with a vinegar-based dressing. For WebMD, I'm Damon Meharg.

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