Tahini has special compounds that get into your blood after you eat it, and that's how it helps your heart and metabolism.

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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 shows that eating tahini improves health markers linked to metabolism and antioxidants, which supports the idea that it’s beneficial, but it doesn’t prove exactly how or why those benefits happen in the body.

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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 give your blood vessels and antioxidant levels a quick boost after a meal, and could even help lower blood sugar — at least for a little while in healthy people.

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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 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 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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