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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Tahini consumption improves metabolic and antioxidant status biomarkers in the postprandial state in healthy males

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The study tested exactly what the claim says: eating 50 grams of tahini at breakfast or as a snack, and it found that this improved health markers in men right after eating.

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Tahini consumption improves metabolic and antioxidant status biomarkers in the postprandial state in healthy males

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DOI: 10.1007/s00217-021-03828-5

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