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Chickpea Flour
Chickpea (gram) flour — the metabolic-health interest is in COARSELY milled flour that keeps plant cell walls intact, which slows starch digestion, lowers the post-meal glucose rise, and raises GLP-1 versus finely-milled conventional flour.
2 well-supported · 0 disputed. This shows how settled each sub-question is, not whether Chickpea Flour is "good." Direction lives in each claim below.
The 2 claims about Chickpea Flour
Each keeps its own verdict — we never average them away.
Does coarse chickpea flour lower blood sugar after a meal?
Strong support Yes, when coarsely milled so starch stays locked in cells; grinding it fine erases the benefit.
Does intact-cell chickpea flour boost the gut hormone GLP-1?
Strong support Yes — human trials agree, though shown by only a couple of research groups so far.
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