lower increase in blood sugar and a favorable response in appetite hormones.
“The way we eat and present food to our mouth may have significant physiological effects,” said study author Christiani Henry, director of the Clinical Nutrition Research Center at Singapore Institute for Clinical Sciences.
Henry said fiber and other nutrients in vegetables appear to slow the transit time of food, which may also slow the rise in blood sugar levels after eating.
Eating vegetables first is “a simple, practical way to reduce blood glucose rise when eating rice,” he said. Henry added that more research is necessary to see if similar changes would help control blood sugar spikes for foods eaten in places like the United States.
The three studies were scheduled to be presented between Saturday and Tuesday at the American Society for
