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DESCRIPTION: The role of vinegar in modulating our blood sugar levels and satiety. Have a question about this video? Leave it in the comment section at http://nutritionfacts.org/videos/is-vinegar-good-for-you/ and I’ll try to answer it! Just wanted to clarify about the “calorie-free” nature of vinegar. If you walk into your kitchen right now and pick up a bottle of vinegar you will see on the label: zero calories. Does it actually have zero? No. According to the USDA nutrient database (http://ndb.nal.usda.gov/), it has 3 calories per tablespoon, but that is considered such an insignificant amount (how much vinegar can you really use in a meal anyway?) that the FDA allows them to label it zero (per 1 CFR 101.9(c) of the FDA labeling guide: “less than 5 calories [per serving] may be expressed as 0 calories”). So I should have said “virtually” zero, or “effectively” zero. Given the effects on gastric emptying I talk about in the video, though, one would expect a net decrease in caloric intake, which is what matters in the end (i.e. why we typically care about calories). So there are actually technically a few calories, but for practical purposes (and that’s what the website is all about–helping inform people to making real-world day-to-day decisions based on the best available science) it’s essentially calorie-free.
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