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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.
If you have type 2 diabetes, eating 28 grams of tahini every day for 6 weeks might help lower bad fats and inflammation in your blood while raising good cholesterol.
Eating tahini with veggies like broccoli or kale might help your body process estrogen better because the ingredients in both work together in a helpful way.
Sesame oil has natural compounds that help it stay fresh and not go bad, even when you cook with it at high heat.
The good stuff in sesame seeds might only work if your gut bacteria are the right kind — not everyone’s gut can activate it.
Turning sesame seeds into tahini paste helps your body absorb more of the healthy lignans because it breaks open the tough outer shell—something chewing alone might not do well enough.
Eating 50 grams of tahini all at once might help lower blood pressure, slow down heart rate, and improve blood vessel health in healthy men.
Eating 28 grams of tahini every morning for six weeks can lower bad fats in the blood and cut heart disease risk by nearly 40% in people with type 2 diabetes.
If you have type 2 diabetes, eating a meal with tahini might stop your blood pressure from spiking after eating, unlike meals without it.
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.
Sesame seeds might help your body process estrogen in a healthier way, which could boost testosterone levels by reducing how much estrogen holds it back.
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.
If you have type 2 diabetes, eating a meal with tahini might be better for your heart than eating one with margarine and cheese.
If you have type 2 diabetes, eating tahini every day for six weeks might lower your bad cholesterol, raise your good cholesterol, and help protect your heart.
Tahini might only work well if your gut bacteria are healthy and the right kind — they help turn sesame nutrients into something your body can actually use.
Turning sesame seeds into tahini helps your body absorb more of the healthy compounds in the seeds because grinding them breaks open the tough outer shell that normally traps those good things during digestion.
Sesame seeds might help your body process estrogen in a safer way, making more of the good kinds and less of the bad kinds that could cause problems.
Taking sesame supplements might boost testosterone by changing how the body handles estrogen, and the more you take, the greater the effect.
Eating 50 grams of tahini all at once might help lower your blood pressure and heart rate, and could also improve how well your blood vessels work in healthy people.
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.
If you have type 2 diabetes, eating a spoonful of tahini (about 28 grams) every morning might cut your risk of heart disease by nearly 40% in just six weeks.
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.
In male rats with diabetes, eating sesame oil every day for about two months might help protect a key part of their reproductive system from shrinking.