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" I never could get into the &amp;quot;apple cider vinegar&amp;quot; diet. It just sounded so gimmicky. But now I may be changing my tune. Here&amp;#x27;s why...**** Japanese researchers are making me wonder if there might be something to vinegar and weight loss. In their recent study of mice, which will be highlighted in the July 8 issue of the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, they fed one group of mice a high-fat diet along with acetic acid, a main component of vinegar, for six weeks. A second group was fed a high-fat diet and given water, but not the acetic acid. Both groups of rodents gained weight, but the vinegar group gained 10 percent less weight than the group that just had water. The reason? Researchers believe that acetic acid &amp;quot;inhibited the accumulation of body fat and hepatic lipids, which include cholesterol and triglycerides, by increasing the expression of genes involved in fatty acid oxidation.&amp;quot; That&amp;#x27;s science speak for: vinegar may help your body produce certain proteins that may help break down fats quicker, preventing them from sticking to your thighs. And a girl&amp;#x27;s gotta love that, right? It&amp;#x27;s important to underscore that this research was conducted on mice, and the results are still quite preliminary, so no need to start bumping up our vinegar intake just yet. But I&amp;#x27;m still going to feel good about tossing my salad with a little tonight. What do you think? Does this make you want to go drizzle on your salad right now? P.S. Try this skinny salad trick! Get Glamour Wherever You Go! Follow us on Twitter. Friend us on "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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