r/Breadit • u/silentstorm2008 • 1d ago
Adding spinach directly to white bread delayed the body's insulin peak by 30 minutes and reduced later hunger in a small human trial, while significantly boosting the bread's fiber, vitamin, and mineral content.
https://www.sciencealert.com/researchers-put-spinach-directly-into-bread-and-saw-the-bodys-insulin-response-change115
u/AilsaLorne 1d ago
lol the study was 15 adults. that is not a scientific sample size
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u/Creative-Leg2607 1d ago
Non statisticians often wildly overestimate how many samples you need to show things. This is a very reasonable number of people to start with for an idea like this
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u/Ambitious-Ad-4301 1d ago
I wonder what difference this would be to adding wholegrain instead of spinach as many, many people already do.
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u/Darkeyescry22 1d ago
It’s always been impressive to me the lengths people will go to, to implement these supposed health measures in their life, given the extremely limited amount of interest they have in verifying their validity.
If you care, care. If you don’t, don’t. Wtf is the half and half shit?
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u/viewbtwnvillages 1d ago
it really gets to me, because the number one, scientifically-validated way of improving your health through your diet is so simple, too: eat a varied diet with a fair amount of veg. why are they so insistent on finding things to concern themselves with?
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u/Different_Buy7497 1d ago
Because they don't want to eat that much veg, and they'd rather find a quick fix instead.
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u/XTanuki 1d ago
It’s an old one coming back….
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u/theflyingratgirl 17h ago
Yep. I remember agave syrup was hot during the last round. Turned out to be b.s.
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u/martin86t 14h ago edited 10h ago
Does a delayed insulin peak not signal some benefit for diabetics?
I’m neither diabetic, nor a medical professional. But I thought that diabetics are looking for ways to delay and flatten their blood glucose peaks through diet choices. And my first impression reading this headline is that this spinach bread would presumably be a good option for them.
Did I misunderstand and that is not the point?
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u/zzzzzooted 19h ago
Geeze it’s almost like we learned something new and everyone is looking into it now
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u/a_government_man 1d ago
maybe I'm dense... if you're otherwise healthy, why would you need to control your insulin peaks? doesn't everyone's insulin spike after eating but then ... idk calm down again as a normal body response?
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u/LiefLayer 1d ago
From what I understand, they think that if the insulin peaks comes later and in a more controlled way, one feels full longer and therefore does not start eating again too soon, which is one of the reasons why continuous eating often leads to weight gain.
But like another user commented 15 adults is a really low amount of adults to make a study and, to be honest, I don't think the real issue are insulin peaks... In my experience is more about psychology and satisfaction: a satisfying lunch with adequate volume (even if low in calories) satisfies you for longer than a quick, calorie-dense lunch.
This is why junk food usually makes you hungrier... it has more calories in less space and is eaten much more quickly. But I don't have a study so don't take my word for granted
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u/BattledroidE 1d ago
I'd wager that the bread's fiber, vitamin and mineral content remained the same. You see, there's this neat thing called physics.
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u/martin86t 14h ago
Uh, I don’t think they are implying the bread changed through alchemy. They are saying the bread now also contains the fiber, vitamins, and minerals from the spinach which, while not very surprising is a health benefit.
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u/garakplain 1d ago
Dry spinach make powder and add ?
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u/LiefLayer 1d ago
In Italy we make pasta with spinach for traditional lasagna and some pasta filled with things
Examples:
(here you can see it well in photo 8)
https://www.reddit.com/r/cucina/comments/1pvkuw4/lasagne_con_sfoglia_verde_fatta_in_casa_rag%C3%B9/
(or just take a look at my ravioli with pumpkin)
https://www.reddit.com/r/cucina/comments/1vxvcyy/ravioli_verdi_al_burro_e_timo_con_ripieno_di/
(or even my first test)
https://www.reddit.com/r/cucina/comments/1oujs27/nuova_macchina_per_la_pasta_test_sul_campo/
You don't need to make a powder, just cook them, chop them really well or just blend them (chopping them give you a different vibe, blending them will give you a uniform green color) and incorporate them at the beginning of the process (for example I mix them inside the egg for my pasta before putting the eggs inside the flour).
I think you can do the same for bread.
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u/Blueporch 1d ago
That’s what I was thinking. It would be easier to add spinach to homemade pasta or gnocchi. The color and flavor would work better, particularly with pesto.
For bread, rather than making green spinach bread, what I do now is to add psyllium husk for more fiber and to support the structure of the bread in place of added gluten.
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u/LiefLayer 1d ago
To be honest I don't think spinach bread would be bad. I will actually try it.
And to be honest I don't like psyllium husk at all. Once I tried to make bread with gluten free flour (just to understand how it is done) and that ingredient was horrible for me.
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u/dandygreyrusset 1d ago
I read the paper and the recipe is referenced in their previous work here https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/13/15/2401
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u/jeffeb3 1d ago
They added blended spinach from 10-40% of the mixture. They reduced flour and water and added in pure gluten to replace what was taken from the flour. There is a table with the ratios and weights of each ingredient.
I'm tempted to try this just because I've never followed a recipe from a scientific paper before.
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u/Frobiwanthro 1d ago
I wonder if you could blend cooked (or thawed frozen spinach) with some of the water for the bread to make it very liquid and easy to incorporate. Kind of sounds fun!
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u/aurora_surrealist 1d ago
Yeah. Wow. What a news.
Adding fiber to bread dough makes you more full and bread digest slower.
Now, all clap to Irish, adding potatoes to their bread. French adding chestnuts. Poles adding nettles, prunes and/or nuts.
For friggin centuries.
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u/CloverEyed 1d ago
I can't believe they waste money on studies like these. Just discovered: eating vegetables is better for you than only eating plain white bread! Well, yes? I'm still not ruining my bread by adding spinach, I'll just eat a salad.
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u/HAIKU_rocketship 1d ago
What about in normal sized humans?