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Does Adding Vinegar to a Meal Actually Lower Your Blood Sugar Spike?
Published July 6, 2026
Vinegar has been folk medicine for centuries, but the modern version of the claim is specific: a tablespoon or two of vinegar with a carb-heavy meal blunts the glucose response. The interesting part is that it mostly holds up. A meta-analysis of controlled trials found that vinegar taken with or just before a carbohydrate meal reduced post-meal glucose and insulin responses, with the effect strongest in people with insulin resistance (see [1]). We're not talking about a magic bullet — we're talking about shaving a peak, which is a reasonable thing to want if your dinner is heavy on rice, bread, or pasta.
