Eating tahini can lower your blood sugar after a meal within an hour and also help your body make more testosterone by changing how it processes estrogen, which is something most supplements don't do.

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Consumption of sesame seeds and sesame products has favorable effects on blood glucose levels but not on insulin resistance: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of controlled clinical trials

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2022 Mar

This study looked at how sesame products like tahini affect blood sugar over weeks, not within an hour, and didn't test testosterone or estrogen. So it doesn't support the claim.

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Eating tahini every day might help your heart, keep your blood sugar from spiking after meals, and help balance testosterone by changing how your body processes estrogen.

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Eating 50 grams of tahini (a sesame seed paste) helps lower blood sugar levels in healthy men at 1, 3, and 4 hours after a meal, and the healthy plant compounds in tahini get into the blood and become usable by the body.

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Eating 50 grams of tahini might help lower blood sugar after meals in healthy guys, and it also seems to let helpful plant antioxidants get into the bloodstream.

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Eating 50g of tahini might help lower blood sugar spikes after meals in healthy guys, and it could also boost antioxidant levels in the blood, meaning the good stuff in tahini is being used by the body.

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Eating 50 grams of tahini instead of less healthy snacks or as part of breakfast might give healthy guys a short-term boost in their metabolism and body's natural defenses against damage.

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