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Apple cider vinegar makes healthy and slim? Known study withdrawn
A study that had been received primarily under influencers claimed: apple cider vinegar helps with the acceptance. But scientists now found blatant mistakes.
A study on supposedly positive effects of apple cider vinegar on health has been withdrawn due to numerous mistakes. Of all things, this study was widespread on social networks.
The authors of the investigation, which was published in 2024 in the journal “BMJ Nutrition, Prevention & Health”, admitted mistakes and agreed to withdraw the study.
Apple cider vinegar as a miracle cure? Influencers like “Glucose Goddess” swear by it
Among other things, the study had claimed that apple cider vinegar could help you lose weight. She had found a large echo through several influencers. The Frenchwoman Jessie Inchauspé, who has more than five million subscribers under the name Glucose Goddess (Glukosegöttin) on Instagram, had repeatedly emphasized the supposedly positive effects of apple cider vinegar.
According to criticism from other scientists, the BMJ group commissioned a new study to review the results. This now came to the conclusion that the first study contained numerous statistical mistakes. The publisher then withdrew the study.
“Healthy portion of skepticism when something sounds too beautiful”
“We should have a healthy portion of skepticism when something sounds too beautiful to be true,” said Australian nutritionist Rosemary Stanton. She warned that taking apple cider vinegar could harm the enamel.
In principle, she warned against trusting influencers who make unfounded claims about nutrition, often with the intention of selling certain products. The topic was recently taken up in the Netflix series called “Apple Cider Vinegar”, which was based on the true history of an Australian blogger who falsely claimed to have successfully fought a brain tumor using gluten-free food and Ayurvedic medicine.
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Source: Stern
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