How Not to Diet, I cover how vinegar can diminish both visceral and superficial body fat213 and reduce blood sugars in diabetics on par with antidiabetic drugs214 by improving the uptake of blood sugar by our muscles.215 That’s an AMPK effect also seen with exercise.216 Surprisingly, vinegar plus metformin worked better to control blood sugars than metformin alone, suggesting either additive benefits to further AMPK stimulation (the metformin dose was relatively low) or vinegar benefits above and beyond AMPK.
