I actually knew this but just never really applied it to me or worried about it. The article really brings it to life.
I’m drastically increasing my spice usage.
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I now eat many of these spices and herbs on a semi-daily basis as a part of getting to 30 plants per week. I think the added flavor is a good enough reason but I’m happy to get.more benefits (anti-microbial and other phytochemical attributes)
Onion
Garlic
Rosemary
Thyme
Dill
Parsley
Oregeno
Cinnamon
Tumeric
Basil
Ginger
Crushed red peppet
Plus actual plants (seeds and vegetables)
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I just added purple cauliflower to my stack of veggies. I eat it raw and add it to my morning smoothies. It’s organic and home grown. Cannot have it enough!
I also eat red beets leaves and stems in my salads. Shredded raw red beets with apple cider vinegar is also delicious.
I love to chew on cilantro seeds couple times a day (grow in my yard).
Hibiscus and ginger home made tea.
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Wheat Germ!
Specifically Kretschmer Original.
Has a crap ton of spermidine and although recent studies have thrown some water on spermidine, it’s filling and frankly delicious.
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I eat wheat germ too everyday. I saw some research that spermidine helps with arthritis and while it could be the placebo effect, since I started taking it my arthritis has been less of an issue.
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Nettle Tea. I brew it as ice tea. It is anti-inflammatory. And I much prefer it to plain water.
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Could I put a word in for miso.
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Has anyone actually tested this with a CGM? How long did you wait after eating cheese and eating carbs?
It’s good having a list like that that I can refer to. (I bookmarked this page.)
I eat some of these things, and then take a lot of them in supplement form. Generally, I try to eat as healthy a diet as I can; but because I eat out a lot (because I have to grab breakfast and lunch near my work, and then I only eat 2 meals per day), it’s often hard to find healthy food.
I find myself taking in a lot of the things in the list in powder or pill form, as it’s quicker and easier. e.g. I eat broccoli sprout powder + mustard seed powder (1 teaspoon at a time of the sprout powder, with a dash of mustard seed powder in the same spoon, then wash it down with some water).
One thing I learned about just recently is how powerful an iron absorption inhibitor tea and coffee can be; so, I’m cutting back on those when trying to take in iron (I tend to have low RBC counts, and it’s probably due to drinking coffee or tea with almost every meal – large amounts, in fact – together with the fact that my diet is already relatively low in iron). There are probably also other interactions one has to be careful of when consuming what seems to be “healthy food”. It might be good to feed things into GPT-5-thinking and ask it what things one should avoid eating during the same meal.
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Nah, I just eat the cheese because I like it. Any benefit is confirmation bias. At this point I don’t have many dietary restrictions. Recently my diet consists mostly of carbs and protein and very little fat except mct8 oil.
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FWIW, I tried both aged cheddar and feta but saw no spike mitigation with either, unfortunately.