Adding a small amount of wakame seaweed to rice helps keep your blood sugar and insulin from spiking too high right after eating.

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Effects of Undaria pinnatifida (Wakame) on Postprandial Glycemia and Insulin Levels in Humans: a Randomized Crossover Trial

Randomized Controlled Trial

Human

2019 Dec

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Effects of Undaria pinnatifida (Wakame) on Postprandial Glycemia and Insulin Levels in Humans: a Randomized Crossover Trial

Score: 60

DOI: 10.1007/s11130-019-00763-5

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