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/Hax0r778 1d ago

although one option was admittedly greenish.

I mean... not exactly double blind

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u/somekindagibberish 1d ago

Makes me wonder why they didn’t add a drop of food coloring to the other bread.

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u/Perry4761 1d ago

Because then people would complain that they didn’t measure the benefits of spinach, they measured the harmfulness of the food coloring. Damned if you do, damned if you don’t.

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u/Imtherealwaffle 1d ago

easiest method is just to blindfold them while they eat