The Claim
In healthy adults, acute glycemic response to bread is not significantly altered by the use of coarse semolina with gluten substitution or by reducing gluten content from 20% to 5%.
What the research says
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In healthy adults, eating bread made with coarse semolina or with reduced gluten content does not change the level of blood glucose after eating.
See the scientific wording
Glycemic response to bread is not significantly affected by the use of coarse semolina with gluten substitution or by reducing gluten content from 20% to 5%, indicating that acute blood glucose levels remain stable regardless of these structural modifications in healthy adults.
When bread is made with coarse semolina and reduced gluten, the starch inside plant cells stays trapped behind tough walls, and the gluten forms a dense network that blocks digestive enzymes from breaking down the starch quickly. This means sugar is released slowly into the gut, so glucose enters the bloodstream at a steady rate instead of spiking.
What the research says
1 studyEven when bread is made with coarser flour or less gluten, the amount of sugar that enters the bloodstream right after eating stays about the same in healthy people — so these changes don’t spike blood sugar.
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