This is the Guardian.

They're small, red, chewy.

And if you believe what you see on Tik-Tock, they could be the key to everything

from drastic weight loss to better skin, immune health, and basically living your best life.

It has suppressed my appetite so much.

I have lost, I think, like three pounds this week.

Apple's side of vinegar gummies have become the latest nutrition craze to rack up millions of views on the platform.

And while not everyone is convinced, it's absolutely disgraceful, It's scamming. It's deceiving people.

Total scam.

Behind the hype, there is some interesting science on the health benefits of vinegar. So what does the actual evidence tell us? Are gummies the way forward for supplements?

And what do we need to know before we reach for the vinegar in whatever form.

From the Guardian, I'm Madeline Finley, and this is Science Weekly. I particularly like fermented foods in particular but always

used venegrad dressings as opposed to the creamier one. So I do I do like vinegar.

Carol Johnston is a professor in the College of Health Solutions at Arizona State University

and a registered dietician who has been studying vinegar

for the past 20 years. I asked her how she got interested in this area.

Back in the 90s, so quite a few decades ago my work was focused on trying to develop

menu plans for individuals with diabetes with type 2 diabetes and as you know they can't tolerate a lot of glucose, a lot of

sugar, carbohydrate in their diet. And so I was studying some of these diets that

were popular such as Atkins and the zone and I was having great

success with these diets because they are low in carbohydrate and so clearly if you

don't eat as much carbohydrate you're not going to get as much glucose in the bloodstream and that's going to be very helpful for these individuals because it allows them to manage their blood glucose.

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