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[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 62 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Instructions unclear: still depressed and smell like vinegar.

[–] burgersc12@mander.xyz 45 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Its a surprising effect, no one said it was a good surprise!

[–] aaaa@lemmy.world 16 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Nothing about this outcome was a surprise

[–] burgersc12@mander.xyz 5 points 5 days ago

The surprise is there is no surprise?

[–] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 11 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Was your depression surprised though?

[–] M137@lemmy.world 10 points 5 days ago

No, but the vinegar surely was.

[–] Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

"There goes that gloomy guy that smells like a foot."

[–] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

Feet are not supposed to smell like vinegar. You may need to give your feet some extra tlc if they do. If that doesn’t work, talk to your doc.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 37 points 5 days ago (2 children)

The trial was completed by a total of 28 overweight but otherwise healthy adults, who were split into two groups: one group taking two tablespoons of red wine vinegar twice daily, and the other group taking a daily pill with a very small amount of vinegar in it.

Group too small, overweight is a weird group to use because it doesn’t really apply to people. And there wasn’t a control

[–] paragade@lemmy.ca 23 points 5 days ago (1 children)

overweight is a weird group to use because it doesn’t really apply to people

Overweight people aren't people?

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 30 points 5 days ago

Sure but my point was that an underlying health condition can impact a study and mean the results don’t apply to the general population

It could be as simple as vinegar is an appetite suppressant so their mood boosted as their diet was better

[–] baldingpudenda@lemmy.world 22 points 5 days ago

While I understand your point that it is a weird group to test on,

[–] NigelFrobisher@aussie.zone 10 points 4 days ago (2 children)

If this is true then how come Britain is depressed as fuck?

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago

TBF the headline didn't say it was a good effect.

[–] averyminya@beehaw.org 2 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Hey now, it alleviates depression, it doesn't cure Britain.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 50 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Eating salt and vinegar chips is the biological equivalent of scrubbing your digestive tract with a wire brush, and this is exactly what I deserve.

[–] hopesdead@startrek.website 7 points 5 days ago

I’ve heard of people being told to drink vinegar to try and pass a THC test.

[–] fckreddit@lemmy.ml 27 points 5 days ago (3 children)

Of course. If I add vinegar to anything it has a surprising effect.

[–] lukecooperatus@lemmy.ml 12 points 5 days ago

An effect that becomes less surprising with repetition. At some point, it's no longer a "surprising effect" but an entirely expected one.

[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago

Only at first. Unless you've got that Memento or 50 First Dates shit going on..

[–] CptEnder@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

Yeah I've never been mad because I ate some salt and vinegar chips

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 17 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

The country with the highest per capita consumption of vinegar in 2018 was the Netherlands, with 3,108 liters per 1,000 people

This checks out. As we all know, the Dutch only inflict depression, they’re never depressed themselves.

[–] CptEnder@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

As a Ferrari fan I can confirm.

[–] mosiacmango@lemm.ee 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I feel like you've done that to yourself. The Dutch are barely involved.

[–] CptEnder@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

Also true. See: our pitwall

[–] 4_degrees@lemmy.world 18 points 5 days ago

This could explain my love for pickles. My body's looking out for me, I guess

[–] Sabre363@sh.itjust.works 6 points 4 days ago

Help me, salt-vinegar chipobi! Your my only hope . . .

[–] darkpanda@lemmy.ca 13 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Unfortunately most chip companies don’t actually use salt and vinegar directly, they use sodium diacetate and sodium acetate which when combined produce the salt and vinegar flavouring we know.

[–] grozzle@lemm.ee 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

is that to avoid using liquid vinegar?

[–] darkpanda@lemmy.ca 3 points 4 days ago

Yeah, basically. You get the same flavour but in a powdered form. Imagine opening a bag of chips and getting a soggy mess of liquid vinegar. It would be chaos. Its probably cheaper too, but I don’t know shit about chip manufacturing.

[–] june@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 5 days ago
[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

You cannot handle my strongest potion, Adventurer.

My weakest potion would leave you crumpled on the floor.

[–] stupidcasey@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago (2 children)

Is that effect making your depression worse? I think drinking vinegar might make me more depressed.

[–] june@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 5 days ago (2 children)
[–] Lightfire228@pawb.social 20 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

1 - popsci headlines about food are always bogus

2 - skimming through the article, it suggests that the Vit B in vinegar is the suspected cause

3 - substituting vinegar for antidepressants (which the article does not state, but seems to ~~elude~~ allude to) is a bad idea

[–] stupidcasey@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] 10_0@lemmy.ml 8 points 5 days ago

Looks real to me, I only read the headline

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[–] PixelTron@lemm.ee 11 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Apple cider vinegar (unpasteurised) gang here, love the stuff!

[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)

It'll cure what ails ya.

Somehow. Doesn't matter what it is. Miracle cure, yessiree.

[–] M137@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago (2 children)

What if my ailment is feeling sick after ingesting apple cider vinegar?

[–] MelodiousFunk@slrpnk.net 14 points 5 days ago

You're probably miracle-intolerant.

[–] 0ops@lemm.ee 5 points 5 days ago
[–] x00za@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I wash my clothes with vinegar.

[–] LillyPip@lemmy.ca 5 points 5 days ago

Wait – is this how we prevent our socks committing suicide in the dryer?

Alex Jones screeching

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Hang on a sec, I need a drink.

[–] curiousaur@reddthat.com 4 points 4 days ago

I litterally drink the juice. The jar is completely empty when I'm done.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 6 points 5 days ago

And suddenly salt and vinegar chips will increase in prive by a factor of 100.000

[–] howrar@lemmy.ca 7 points 5 days ago

Hmmmm... A quick pickled depression you say

[–] frickineh@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

The vinegar situation where I am atm has kind of made me more depressed? Some of it is straight up ass, and the salt & vinegar chips have been pretty terrible across the board. I love vinegar, too, so I'm very sad. Maybe the vinegar has to taste good to work.

[–] radicalautonomy@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

Gitcha some of them all-dressed chips for a little flavor with your vinegar.

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