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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Tahini consumption affects blood pressure and endothelial function in healthy males

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2022 Dec

The study looked at what happens right after eating tahini once, not the effects of eating it every day. It found some short-term heart benefits but didn’t test blood sugar or hormones like testosterone.

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