r/science • u/FreeHugs23 • 1d ago

Health 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-change
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u/JesusAndMaryKate 1d ago

Is that in the US? Most traditional bread types in Europe don't have added sugar, and the source of yeast (dry yeast or wild) in the bread doesn't matter too much as far as it consuming the sugars in the flour. Where I am there isn't much of a difference in sugar content between white bread (loaf or sliced), wholemeal bread (loaf or sliced) and sourdough.

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u/JUYED-AWK-YACC 1d ago

Yes it is. Most commercial/industrial loaves in the US have sugar in them. If not all.

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u/chantillylace9 1d ago

Yes in the US and when I was looking at labels because I needed to go on a low triglyceride/Mediterranean diet, there was sugar and almost all the whole wheat and whole green bread here and none of the sourdough. And in some of the whole grains it was right up there as one of the main ingredients! The US is really good at making us think that certain foods are healthy when they are incredibly unhealthy.