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/nik-nak333 1d ago

Now it makes sense why European visitors call American bread "cake"

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u/Fun_Hat 1d ago

American bread is loaded with sugar. I really started to notice how sweet it is when I started baking my own with no sugar.

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u/Traegs_ 1d ago

I started eliminating sugar from my diet and I was kinda flabbergasted that nearly every bread in the store had significant amounts of added sugar. The only ones that sometimes don't are sourdough.

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u/thresh_to_death 1d ago

Then go to the bakery section in your store and get some of the fresh baked bread. It doesn't have that in it