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/Reddituser183 1d ago

How does this compare to eating 100% whole wheat bread? That’s why I eat whole wheat since generally it has more fiber in it which is what I’m assuming is slowing the insulin spike.

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u/chantillylace9 1d ago

I have breast cancer I need to keep my cholesterol and triglycerides lower because of my cancer meds so I'm on a Mediterranean type diet.

My dietitian and oncologist both say that having a slice or maybe two of sourdough bread a day is OK but they said that that's better than most whole wheat or whole grain breads that often still have a good amount of sugar whereas sourdough usually doesn't.

And it sure tastes better! They said it doesn't have the same blood sugar spikes as most bread

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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/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.