Thirty minutes. That is all it takes. Healthy monounsaturated fats begin signalling satiety to your brain. Blood sugar climbs slowly, not in a spike, because protein and fat are slowing glucose absorption together. Magnesium is activating hundreds of enzymatic processes your body runs quietly in the background. Vitamin E is neutralising free radicals in your bloodstream. And fibre is feeding the gut bacteria your immune system depends on. Meanwhile, your processed snack from an hour ago already crashed. Why do we keep choosing the crash when we know what the alternative feels like?
Source: Flint et al., American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2006 (satiety signalling); Traber & Atkinson, Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 2007 (vitamin E).
Sources: Source: Flint et al., American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2006 (satiety signalling); Traber & Atkinson, Free Radical Biology and Medicine, 2007 (vitamin E).