City, State/Country – Omo, wetin we go talk now ehn? You don hear about apple cider vinegar wey everybody dey craze for? Na im be the latest gist for health matter, until dem just pull the trigger on one big study wey don kuku enter the dustbin. Chai! Na wetin happen?
The big medical ahankar, BMJ Group, don retract one study wey claim say apple cider vinegar fit make you shed serious pounds. This study come out for March 2024, but as dem check am well, dem find say quality no dey. Na so dem say, “Abeg, we don change our mind!” (Pele to the people wey don don try am.)
Of course, plenty nutrition experts don dey suspect this vinegar miracle since, well, forever. One big professor for nutrition talk say, “Omo, why these people even publish this study in the first place?” I mean, an apple a day might keep doctor away, but apple cider vinegar as superfood? Na dream be dat!
The study dey show say 120 overweight folks from Lebanon take di vinegar for 12 weeks and lose about 9% of their body mass. E don sweet na? When dem release am, the gist spread like wildfire, and everybody wan rush buy dem apple cider vinegar for market. But e get as e be, scientists don dey raise eyebrows since. One researcher talk say the weight loss no even fit pass wetin people dey see with those expensive weight loss drugs like Ozempic. Ehn, wetin I go call am? Na wah oh!
Now, the zinger be say, after plenty months of people sending signals to BMJ, dem finally retract the study. Dem don talk say this retraction na just one part of how the academic publishing world dey need serious reformation. Omo, we no fit just dey fly paper around anyhow!
For those wey dey follow celebrity gist, apple cider vinegar don get plenty hype from social media influencers. People like Kim Kardashian don spread the gospel of this vinegar, but scientists don dey try burst their bubbles. Dem say e high time we face reality, abeg. Dem even relate this matter to Netflix series wey dey follow one popular influencer wey deceive plenty people with gist of curing cancer with food. Seriously, make we shine our eyes!
But all these wahala no mean say apple cider vinegar no go still dey popular. E get researchers wey don cite predictions say dis juice fit continue grow for global market till 2032, because people still believe say e dey work somehow. Bragg Live Food Products don come out dey talk say dem no even rely on this study to promote their vinegar claims. Na dem sabi.
But let’s be real, even though dem don retract the study, some people go still dey use apple cider vinegar like magic potion. Na just one small part of a healthy lifestyle, no go use am carry load for your life. Make you no turn am to your weight loss soldier. Better to dey balance am with proper food and exercise, abeg!
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