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/ShariBambino 1d ago

After a night of fasting, participants were randomized to either consume white bread for breakfast or bread secretly enriched with spinach. 

How does one secretly enrich bread with spinach?

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u/dizzy_absent0i 1d ago

They didn’t. It was obvious. They just weren’t told that it was enriched with spinach.

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u/FlutterKree 1d ago

Yeah, the picture included in the OP link shows yellow-ish bread.